Measuring quality of care for all women and newborns: how do we know if we are doing it right? A review of facility assessment tools

Summary: Background: Ensuring quality of care during pregnancy and childbirth is crucial to improving health outcomes and reducing preventable mortality and morbidity among women and their newborns. In this pursuit, WHO developed a framework and standards, defining 31 quality statements and 352 qua...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Brizuela, DrPH, Hannah H Leslie, PhD, Jigyasa Sharma, MSc, Ana Langer, MD, Özge Tunçalp, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19300336