Public provision of emergency obstetric care: a case study in two districts of Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pakistan is one out of five countries where together half of the global neonatal deaths occur. As the provision of services and facilities is one of the key elements vital to reducing this rate as well as the maternal mortality rate, this study investigates the status of the delivery of essential obstetric care provided by the public health sector in two districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2015 aiming to highlight areas where critical improvements are needed.

Setting

We analysed data from a survey of 22 primary and secondary healthcare facilities as well as 85 community midwives (CMWs) in Haripur and Nowshera districts.

Participants

Using a structured questionnaire we evaluated the performance of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) signal functions and patient s

SUBMITTER: Bruckmann P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538091 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature