A Comprehensive Approach to Improving Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care in Kigoma, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To address high levels of maternal mortality in Kigoma, Tanzania, stakeholders increased women's access to high-quality comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) by decentralizing services from hospitals to health centers where EmONC was delivered mostly by associate clinicians and nurses. To ensure that women used services, implementers worked to continuously improve and sustain quality of care while creating demand.

Methods

Program evaluation included periodic health facility assessments, pregnancy outcome monitoring, and enhanced maternal mortality detection region-wide in program- and nonprogram-supported health facilities.

Results

Between 2013 and 2018, the average number of lifesaving interventions performed per facility increased f

SUBMITTER: Dominico S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9053146 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature