In Bangladesh, preference for place of delivery and socioeconomic factors associated with
caesarean section are not well-understood. This paper examines the socioeconomic …

Background A measure of the proportion of deliveries assisted by skilled attendants is one of
the indicators of progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which …

Background Kenya has a maternal mortality ratio of 488 per 100,000 live births. Preventing
maternal deaths depends significantly on the presence of a skilled birth attendant at …

Background Ethiopia is one of the six countries that contributes' to more than 50% of
worldwide maternal deaths. While it is revealed that delivery attended by skilled provider at …

Maternal and child mortalities are among major health problems facing develo** countries
such as Tanzania. Most of these deaths can be avoided by utilization of maternity health …

BACKGROUND: Efforts to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity must address societal
and cultural factors that affect women's health and their access to services. There was no …

Turkey protects its entire population of 75 million people with all the MPOWER measures at
the highest level. The aim of this study is to make a comparison of smoking and addiction …

Introduction: Maternal mortality and morbidity associated with pregnancy related obstetric
complications is imposing substantial burden for develo** countries. Maternal place of …

Objectives To estimate (i) lifetime prevalence of physical and sexual intimate partner
violence (IPV) and (ii) associations of development of complications around delivery and …

This study examines the safe delivery practices of Bangladeshi women using data on 4905
ever-married women aged 15 to 49 years from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and …