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Women autonomy and demand for maternal health services in Nigeria: Evidence from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

Innocent A, Ifelunini; Adzugbele S, Agbutun; Samuel C, Ugwu; Michael O, Ugwu.
Afr. J. reprod. Health (online); 26 (4), 2022
mproving women autonomy can be vital in determining the uptake of healthcare services, especially in a patriarchal society with gender rights concerns. Using the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey and employing Zero Inflated Negative Binomial regression, the effect of household decision-making p...
Decision Making, Women, Personal Autonomy, Maternal Health Services, Binomial Distribution
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Policy review on the management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia by community health workers in Mozambique

Macuácua, salésio; Catalão, raquel; Valá, anifa; Machete, eusébio; Sharma, sumedha; Vidler, mariamme; Sid at, mohsim; Munguambe, khatia; Dadelszen, peter; Seven, esperança.
Hum. resour. health; 17 (1), 2019
Background: Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Mozambique. Limited access to health care facilities and a lack of skilled health professionals contribute to the high maternal morbidity and mortality rates in Mozambique and indicate a need for community-level interventions. Th...
Community Health Services, Community Health Workers, Mozambique, Eclampsia/therapy, Eclampsia/mortality, Health Policy, Health Services Accessibility, Maternal Death/prevention & control, Maternal Health, Maternal Health Services, Maternal Mortality, Pre-Eclampsia/mortality, Pre-Eclampsia/therapy, Professional Role, Pregnancy
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