Is the policy of allowing a female labor companion feasible in developing countries? Results from a cross sectional study among Sri Lankan practitioners
Improving postpartum care delivery and uptake by implementing context-specific interventions in four countries in Africa: A realist evaluation of the Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant Health (MOMI) project
Cervical dilatation patterns of ‘low-risk’ women with spontaneous labour and normal perinatal outcomes: A systematic review
Care and self-reported outcomes of care experienced by women with mental health problems in pregnancy: Findings from a national survey
Assessing quality of maternity care in Hungary: Expert validation and testing of the mother-centered prenatal care (MCPC) survey instrument
It does matter where you come from: Mothers’ experiences of childbirth in midwife obstetric units, Tshwane, South Africa
Factors that influence the provision of intrapartum and postnatal care by skilled birth attendants in low- and middle-income countries: A qualitative evidence synthesis
Key bottlenecks to the provision of safe obstetric anaesthesia in low- income countries; a cross-sectional survey of 64 hospitals in Uganda
Women’s empowerment and experiences of mistreatment during childbirth in facilities in Lucknow, India: Results from a cross-sectional study
Relationship between hospital-level percentage of midwife-attended births and obstetric procedure utilization
Discordance in self-report and observation data on mistreatment of women by providers during childbirth in Uttar Pradesh, India
Obstetric care navigation: A new approach to promote respectful maternity care and overcome barriers to safe motherhood
‘Safe’, yet violent? Women’s experiences with obstetric violence during hospital births in rural Northeast India
Measuring the impact of cash transfers and behavioral ‘nudges’ on maternity care in Nairobi, Kenya
Traditional beliefs and practices in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum: A review of the evidence from Asian countries
Respectful care during childbirth in health facilities globally: A qualitative evidence synthesis
Advancing a conceptual model to improve maternal health quality: The Person-Centered Care Framework for Reproductive Health Equity
Emergency obstetric and newborn care signal functions in public and private facilities in Bangladesh
Respectful midwifery care in Malawi: A human rights-based approach
Management of pregnancy at and beyond 41 completed weeks of gestation in low-risk women: A secondary analysis of two WHO multi-country surveys on maternal and newborn health
Satisfaction with childbirth services provided in public health facilities: Results from a cross- sectional survey among postnatal women in Chhattisgarh, India
Association between maternal and child health handbook and quality of antenatal care services in Palestine
Diagnosis and management of 365 ureteric injuries following obstetric and gynecologic surgery in resource-limited settings
Measuring mistreatment of women during childbirth: A review of terminology and methodological approaches
Establishing partnership with traditional birth attendants for improved maternal and newborn health: A review of factors influencing implementation
Do mobile clinics provide high-quality antenatal care? A comparison of care delivery, knowledge outcomes and perception of quality of care between fixed and mobile clinics in central Haiti
Patient-centered early pregnancy care: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies on the perspectives of women and their partners
A new use for an old tool: Maternity waiting homes to improve equity in rural childbirth care. Results from a cross-sectional hospital and community survey in Tanzania
Distance from health facility and mothers’ perception of quality related to skilled delivery service utilization in northern Ethiopia
Disrespect and abuse during childbirth in fourteen hospitals in nine cities of Peru
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Mothers’ experience of disrespect and abuse during maternity care in northern Ethiopia
Mothers’ experience of disrespect and abuse during maternity care in northern Ethiopia
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Burden of physical, psychological and social ill-health during and after pregnancy among women in India, Pakistan, Kenya and Malawi
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