Oliva Bazirete, Kirsty Hughes, Sofia Castro Lopes, Sabera Turkmani, Abu Sayeed Abdullah, Tasleem Ayaz, Sheila E Clow, Joshua Epuitai, Abdul Halim, Zainab Khawaja, Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Karin Minnie, Rose Chalo Nabirye, Razia Naveed, Faith Nawagi, Fazlur Rahman, Saad Ibrahim Rasheed, Hania Rehman, Andrea Nove, Mandy Forrester, Shree Mandke, Sally Pairman, Caroline S E Homer
BACKGROUND: Midwives are essential providers of primary health care and can play a major role in the provision of health care that can save lives and improve sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health outcomes. One way for midwives to deliver care is through midwife-led birth centres (MLBCs). Most of the evidence on MLBCs is from high-income countries but the opportunity for impact of MLBCs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) could be significant as this is where most maternal and newborn deaths occur...
October 17, 2023: BMC Health Services Research