Provision of essential evidence-based interventions during facility-based childbirth: cross-sectional observations of births in northeast Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To measure the provision of evidence-based preventive and promotive interventions to women, and subsequently their newborns, during childbirth in a high-mortality setting.

Design and participants

Cross-sectional observations of care provided to women, and their newborns during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum period using a standardised checklist capturing healthcare worker behaviours regarding lifesaving and respectful care.

Setting

Ten primary healthcare facilities in Gombe state, northeast Nigeria. The northeast region of Nigeria has some of the highest maternal and newborn death rates globally.

Main outcome measures

Data on 50 measures of internationally recommended evidence-based interventions and good practice.

Results

1875 women

SUBMITTER: Exley J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7590366 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature