"Once the delivery is done, they have finished": a qualitative study of perspectives on postnatal care referrals by traditional birth attendants in Ebonyi state, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Adanna Chukwuma (Author), Chinyere Mbachu (Author), Jessica Cohen (Author), Thomas Bossert (Author), Margaret McConnell (Author)
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• 出版: BMC, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background While 79% of Nigerian mothers who deliver in facilities receive postnatal care within 48 h of delivery, this is only true for 16% of mothers who deliver outside facilities. Most maternal deaths can be prevented with access to timely and competent health care. Thus, the World Heal...