Louise Tina Day, Qazi Sadeq-Ur Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Nahya Salim, Ashish Kc, Harriet Ruysen, Tazeen Tahsina, Honorati Masanja, Omkar Basnet, Georgia R Gore-Langton, Sojib Bin Zaman, Josephine Shabani, Anjani Kumar Jha, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Shafiqul Ameen, Donat Shamba, Bijay Jha, Dorothy Boggs, Tanvir Hossain, Kizito Shirima, Ram Chandra Bastola, Kimberly Peven, Abu Bakkar Siddique, Godfrey Mbaruku, Rajendra Paudel, Angela Baschieri, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Stefanie Kong, Asmita Paudel, Anisuddin Ahmed, Simon Cousens, Shams El Arifeen, Joy E Lawn
BACKGROUND: Progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths is impeded by data gaps, especially regarding coverage and quality of care in hospitals. We aimed to assess the validity of indicators of maternal and newborn health-care coverage around the time of birth in survey data and routine facility register data. METHODS: Every Newborn-BIRTH Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals was an observational study in five hospitals in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Tanzania...
March 2021: Lancet Global Health