Distance to available services for newborns at facilities in Malawi: A secondary analysis of survey and health facility data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malawi has halved the neonatal mortality rate between 1990-2018, however, is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 12 per 1,000 live births. Despite a high facility birth rate (91%), mother-newborn dyads may not remain in facilities long enough to receive recommended care and quality of care improvements are needed to reach global targets. Physical access and distance to health facilities remain barriers to quality postnatal care.

Methods

Using data We used individual data from the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey and facility data from the 2013-14 Malawi Service Provision Assessment, linking households to all health facilities within specified distances and travel times. We calculated service readiness scores for facilities to measu

SUBMITTER: Peven K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8263259 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature