Quality of maternal and newborn care in limited-resource settings: a facility-based cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess and compare the quality of intrapartum and immediate postpartum care across levels of healthcare in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire using validated process indicators.

Design

Health facility-based cross-sectional study with direct observation of healthcare workers' practices while caring for mother-newborn pairs during intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods.

Setting

Primary healthcare facilities and their corresponding referral hospitals in the Central-North region in Burkina Faso and the Agneby-Tiassa-Mé region in Côte d'Ivoire.

Participants

Healthcare providers who care for mother-newborn pairs during intrapartum and immediate postpartum periods, the labouring women and their newborns after childbirth.

Main outcome measures

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SUBMITTER: Millogo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature