Unskilled home delivery is a threat to maternal and child health. In northern Nigeria, many pregnant women attend antenatal care but opt to deliver at home despite knowing the potential consequence…
Unskilled home delivery is a threat to maternal and child health. In northern Nigeria, many pregnant women attend antenatal care but opt to deliver at home despite knowing the potential consequence…
Background: International organs such as, the African Union and the South African Government view maternal health as a dominant health prerogative. Even though most countries are making progress, m…
Background: Women may have persistent risk of HIV acquisition during pregnancy and postpartum. Estimating risk of HIV during these periods is important to inform optimal prevention approaches. We p…
Objectives Increasing access to skilled birth attendance, usually via childbirth in health facilities, is a key intervention to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Yet, in some c…
Liberia, a country recently afflicted by civil conflict and an epidemic of Ebola virus disease, has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the world. A biosocial analysis of this problem…
Maternal mortality issues have become a major cause for concern especially in developing counties as they struggle to attain the Sustainable Development Goals 3.1 and 3.2. Tradi tional Birth Attend…