Two decades of antenatal and delivery care in Uganda: a cross-sectional study using Demographic and Health Surveys

• Main Authors: Lenka Benova (Author), Mardieh L. Dennis (Author), Isabelle L. Lange (Author), Oona M. R. Campbell (Author), Peter Waiswa (Author), Manon Haemmerli (Author), Yolanda Fernandez (Author), Kate Kerber (Author), Joy E. Lawn (Author), Andreia Costa Santos (Author), Fred Matovu (Author), David Macleod (Author), Catherine Goodman (Author), Loveday Penn-Kekana (Author), Freddie Ssengooba (Author), Caroline A. Lynch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Uganda halved its maternal mortality to 343/100,000 live births between 1990 and 2015, but did not meet the Millennium Development Goal 5. Skilled, timely and good quality antenatal (ANC) and delivery care can prevent the majority of maternal/newborn deaths and stillbirths. We ex...