Background In low-resource settings where disease burdens remain high and many health
facilities lack essentials such as drugs or commodities, functional equipment, and trained …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted important needs in water, sanitation
and hygiene (WASH) services and standard practices for infection prevention and control in …

Background Effective coverage measures aim to estimate the proportion of a population in
need of a service that received a positive health outcome. In 2020, the Effective Coverage …

Primary health centres are an effective means of achieving access to primary healthcare
(PHC) in low-and middle-income countries. We assessed service availability, service …

Introduction Globally, the majority of births happen in urban areas. Ensuring that women and
their newborns benefit from a complete package of high-quality care during pregnancy …

Background The persistence of preventable maternal and newborn deaths highlights the
importance of quality of care as an essential element in coverage interventions. Moving …

Introduction: To ensure equitable and accessible services and improved utilization of
institutional delivery it is important to identify what progress has been achieved, whether …

Public health supply chains are channels through which health commodities are distributed
among end clients. In develo** countries, significant resource constraints hamper the …

Abstract Background Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.7 aims to ensure universal
access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services, where antenatal care (ANC) is a …

Background The extent to which a favorable policy environment influences health care
utilization and outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women is largely unknown. In this …