Charles Ameh, Sia E. Msuya, Jan Hofman, Joanna Raven et al.
BACKGROUND: Ensuring women have access to good quality Emergency Obstetric Care (EOC) is a key strategy to reducing maternal and newborn deaths. Minimum coverage rates are expected to be 1 Comprehensive (CEOC) and 4 Basic EOC (BEOC) facilities per 500,000 population. METHODS AND FINDINGS: A cross-se...
Charles Ameh, Robert S. Kerr, Barbara Madaj, Mselenge Mdegela et al.
BACKGROUND: Healthcare provider training in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmOC&NC) is a component of 65% of intervention programs aimed at reducing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity. It is important to evaluate the effectiveness of this. METHODS: We evaluated knowledge and skills ...
Alicia G. Sykes, Justina O. Seyi‐Olajide, Emmanuel A. Ameh, Doruk Ozgediz et al.
BACKGROUND: Surgical care is an important, yet often neglected component of child health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study examines the potential impact of scaling up surgical care at first-level hospitals in LMICs within the first 20 years of life. METHODS: Epidemiological dat...