Quality of maternal and newborn health care in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite reports of universal access to and modest utilization of maternal and newborn health services in Ethiopia, mothers and newborns continue to die from preventable causes. Studies indicate this could be due to poor quality of care provided in health systems. Evidences show that high quality health care prevents more than half of all maternal deaths. In Ethiopia, there is limited knowledge surrounding the status of the quality of maternal and newborn health care in health facilities. This study aims to assess the quality of maternal and neonatal health care provision at the health facility level in four regions in Ethiopia.

Methodology

This study employed a facility-based cross-sectional study design. It included 32 health facilities which were part of the fac

SUBMITTER: Biadgo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8272353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature