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Using targeted vouchers and health equity funds to improve access to skilled birth attendants for poor women: a case study in three rural health districts in Cambodia Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Nomads' perceptions of quality, accessibility, and affordability of health services as determinants of using skilled birth attendants in Gossi, Mali. Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Aim: More than half of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For nomadic pastoralists (30 to 60 million) in SSA, the risk of maternal death is very high because of the low proportion of assisted deliveries in the areas where they live. The objective of this research was to understand the determinants of using skilled birth attendants in relation to the perceptions of quality, geographic accessibility, and financial ...
Using targeted vouchers and health equity funds to improve access to skilled birth attendants for poor women: a case study in three rural health districts in Cambodia. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: In many developing countries, the maternal mortality ratio remains high with huge poor-rich inequalities. Programmes aimed at improving maternal health and preventing maternal mortality often fail to reach poor women. Vouchers in health and Health Equity Funds (HEFs) constitute a financial mechanism to improve access to priority health services for the poor. We assess their effectiveness in improving access to skilled birth ...
'Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?' Issues in estimating skilled birth attendant coverage through population-based surveys and implications for improving global tracking Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
The percentage of live births attended by a skilled birth attendant (SBA) is a key global indicator and proxy for monitoring progress in maternal and newborn health. Yet, the discrepancy between rising SBA coverage and non-commensurate declines in maternal and neonatal mortality in many low-income and middle-income countries has brought increasing attention to the challenge of what the indicator of SBA coverage actually measures, and whether ...