Expanding Maternity Waiting Homes as an Approach to Improve Institutional Delivery in Southwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Case-Control Study

• Main Authors: Meaza Hailu (Author), Fikru Tafese (Author), Gebeyehu Tsega (Author), Ayinengida Adamu (Author), Kiddus Yitbarek (Author), Tizta Tilahun (Author), Yibeltal Siraneh (Author), Belay Erchafo (Author), Mirkuzie Woldie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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With the promising efforts in increasing institutional delivery yet, maternal and child mortality is high in Ethiopia. One of the strategies used to minimize this problem was the introduction of Maternity Waiting Homes (MWH). MWHs are residential facilities for pregnant women near a qualified medica...