"If you work alone on this project, you can't reach your target": unpacking the leader's role in well-performing teams in a maternal and neonatal quality improvement programme in South Africa, before and during COVID-19

• Main Authors: Willem Odendaal (Author), Terusha Chetty (Author), Mark Tomlinson (Author), Ameena Goga (Author), Yages Singh (Author), Shuaib Kauchali (Author), Carol Marshall (Author), Xanthe Hunt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The South African National Department of Health developed a quality improvement (QI) programme to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and still births. The programme was implemented between 2018 and 2022 in 21 purposively selected public health facilities. We conducted a process evaluati...