What the percentage of births in facilities does not measure: readiness for emergency obstetric care and referral in Senegal

IntroductionIncreases in facility deliveries in sub-Saharan Africa have not yielded expected declines in maternal mortality, raising concerns about the quality of care provided in facilities. The readiness of facilities at different health system levels to provide both emergency obstetric and newbor...

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Main Authors: Lenka Benova, Emma Radovich, Kerry Wong, Alexandre Dumont, Adama Faye, El Hadji Dioukhane, Paula Sheppard, Abdou Salam Mbengue, Carine Ronsmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/3/e001915.full