A5091867551- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Migration, Identity, and Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Global Health and Surgery
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
World Health Organization
2019-2025
London School of Economics and Political Science
2014-2024
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2020
Harvard University
2013
Harvard Global Health Institute
2012
Women's Health Initiative
2011
People working in Ghana's informal sector have low rates of enrolment the publicly funded National Health Insurance Scheme. Informal workers, including migrant girls and women from northern Ghana as head porters (kayayei), report challenges obtaining insurance seeking formal health care. This article analyses how status affects kayayei migrants' care-seeking behaviours. mixed-methods study involved surveying 625 migrants using respondent-driven sampling conducting in-depth interviews with a...
Background A vast body of global research shows that cultural factors affect the use skilled maternity care services in diverse contexts. While interventions have sought to address this issue, literature on these efforts has not been synthesised. This paper presents a systematic mapping implemented women's care. It identifies and develops map literature; describes range interventions, types study designs; knowledge gaps. Methods Findings Searches conducted systematically ten electronic...
Objectives In response to the newest WHO recommendations on routine antenatal care (ANC) for pregnant women and adolescent girls, this paper identifies literature existing ANC measures, presents a conceptual framework quality ANC, maps measures specific recommendations, gaps where new are needed monitor implementation impact of prioritises capture. Methods We conducted searches in four databases five websites. Searches application inclusion/exclusion criteria followed Preferred Reporting...
Background Cesarean section is the only surgery for which we have nearly global population-based data. However, few surveys provide additional data related to cesarean sections. Given weaknesses in many health information systems, planners developing countries will likely rely on nationally representative foreseeable future. The objective validate self-reported emergency status of sections among women delivering teaching hospitals capitals two contrasting countries: Accra, Ghana and Santo...
Women's ability to access health care requires and control of resources as well the make personal decisions. Female migrants may experience additional challenges in accessing due marginalization vulnerability resulting from both their gender migrant status. Rural-to-urban women working informal sector, such Ghana's head porters (kayayei), exclusion system, risk being uninsured, poor outcomes. Kayayei's survival needs (eg, food, water) a need provide for families can mean that kayayei avoid...
The private health sector is becoming increasingly important in discussions on improving the quality of care for maternal and newborn (MNH). Yet information rarely addresses what engaging MNH means how to do it. In 2019, Network Improving Quality Care Maternal, Newborn Child Health (the Network) initiated exploratory research better understand ensure that delivers public must facilitate sustain this process. This article details approach lessons learnt from two countries, Ghana Nigeria,...
Knowledge of female migration patterns is scant despite increased recognition and reporting the feminization migration. Recent data on internal in Ghana challenges historical assumptions that underestimated
Introduction To accelerate progress to reach the sustainable development goals for ending preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, it is critical that both public private health service delivery systems invest in increasing coverage of interventions sustainably deliver quality care mothers, newborns children at scale. Although various approaches have been successful high-income countries, little known about how effectively engage sustain sector involvement delivering low-income...
Policymakers and program implementers require high-quality data on migrants migration in low- middle-income countries (LMIC); however, a shortage of exists these settings. Sampling migrant populations requires better techniques
All around the world, health systems fail to provide good quality of care (QoC). By developing learning systems, are able better identify practices and explain how sustain scale these practices. To facilitate operationalisation national Network for Improving Quality Care Maternal Newborn Child Health (the Network) developed a conceptual framework support QoC at scale. The facilitated an iterative process reach consensus on up delivery healthcare. Following landscape analysis, Secretariat WHO...