Measuring quality of care for all women and newborns: how do we know if we are doing it right? A review of facility assessment tools

• Main Authors: Vanessa Brizuela, DrPH (Author), Hannah H Leslie, PhD (Author), Jigyasa Sharma, MSc (Author), Ana Langer, MD (Author), Özge Tunçalp, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Ensuring quality of care during pregnancy and childbirth is crucial to improving health outcomes and reducing preventable mortality and morbidity among women and their newborns. In this pursuit, WHO developed a framework and standards, defining 31 quality statements and 352 qual...