Jeopardizing quality at the frontline of healthcare: Prevalence and risk factors for disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in Ethiopia
The influence of ethnicity and displacement on quality of antenatal care: The case of Roma, Ashkali, and Balkan Egyptian communities in Kosovo
What makes or mars the facility-based childbirth experience: Thematic analysis of women’s childbirth experiences in western Kenya
Interventions to support effective communication between maternity care staff and women in labour: A mixed-methods systematic review
Effect of a multifaceted social franchising model on quality and coverage of maternal, newborn, and reproductive health-care services in Uttar Pradesh, India: A quasi-experimental study
The role of distance and quality on facility selection for maternal and child health services in urban Kenya
Do experiences and perceptions about quality of care differ among social groups in Nepal?: A study of maternal healthcare experiences of women with and without disabilities, and Dalit and non-Dalit women
Performance-based financing to increase utilization of maternal health services: Evidence from Burkina Faso
Outcomes of a coaching-based WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist program in India
Antenatal care and opportunities for quality improvement of service provision in resource limited settings: A mixed methods study
Provision of medical supply kits to improve quality of antenatal care in Mozambique: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial
Bridging the quality chasm in maternal, newborn, and child healthcare in low- and middle-income countries
An implementation algorithm to improve skin-to-skin practice in the first hour after birth
Using a quality improvement approach to improve maternal and neonatal care in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Expectations and needs of Ugandan women for improved quality of childbirth care in health facilities: A qualitative study
The meaning of a poor childbirth experience – A qualitative phenomenological study with women in Rwanda
Defining quality of care during childbirth from the perspectives of Nigerian and Ugandan women: A qualitative study
The communication and emotional support needs to improve women’s experience of childbirth care in health facilities in Southwest Nigeria: A qualitative study
A service concept and tools to improve maternal and newborn health in Nigeria and Uganda
Exploring factors behind pregnant women’s quality of life in Iran: A qualitative study
Look, then leap: Quality and improving maternity care
Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: A pre-post evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist at a hospital in Bangladesh
The midwifery services framework: What is it, and why is it needed?
Integrating trauma-informed care into maternity care practice: Conceptual and practical issues
Experience of facility based childbirth in rural Ethiopia: An exploratory study of women’s perspective
A woman’s right to dignified, respectful healthcare during childbirth: A review of the literature on obstetric mistreatment
SMFM special report: Putting the “M” back in MFM: Addressing education about disparities in maternal outcomes and care
Severe maternal outcomes and quality of care at district hospitals in Rwanda– a multicentre prospective case-control study
Intrapartum care quality indicators: A literature review
Quality of antenatal care service provision in health facilities across sub–Saharan Africa: Evidence from nationally representative health facility assessments
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Improvement in the active management of the third stage of labor for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study
Determinants of antenatal care attendance among women residing in highly disadvantaged communities in northern Jordan: A cross-sectional study
‘When helpers hurt’: Women’s and midwives’ stories of obstetric violence in state health institutions, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
Women’s experiences of disrespect and abuse in maternity care facilities in Benue State, Nigeria
Pregnant women’s experiences with an integrated diagnostic and decision support device for antenatal care in Ghana
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