Adoption of policies to improve respectful maternity care in Timor-Leste.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are now well-established global standards for supporting improvement in women's experience of maternity services, including frameworks for the prevention of mistreatment during childbirth. To support initiatives to improve the quality of care in maternal health services in Timor-Leste, we examine the adoption of global respectful maternity care standards in the national intrapartum care policy and in three urban birth facilities in Dili.

Methods

From May to July 2022, we conducted a desk review of the Timor-Leste National Intrapartum Care Standards and Clinical Protocols for Referral Facilities and Community Health Centres. This was followed by a health-facility audit of policies, guidelines and procedures in three main maternity facilities in the capital,

SUBMITTER: Fernandes ADC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10962841 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature