Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Kerry L M Wong, Tope Olubodun, Peter M Macharia, Narayanan Sundararajan, Yash Shah, Gautam Prasad, Mansi Kansal, Swapnil Vispute, Tomer Shekel, Olakunmi Ogunyemi, Uchenna Gwacham-Anisiobi, Jia Wang, Ibukun-Oluwa Omolade Abejirinde, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Ngozi Azodoh, Charles Nzelu, Bosede B Afolabi, Charlotte Stanton, Lenka Beňová
BACKGROUND: Better accessibility for emergency obstetric care facilities can substantially reduce maternal and perinatal deaths. However, pregnant women and girls living in urban settings face additional complex challenges travelling to facilities. We aimed to assess the geographical accessibility of the three nearest functional public and private comprehensive emergency obstetric care facilities in the 15 largest Nigerian cities via a novel approach that uses closer-to-reality travel time estimates than traditional model-based approaches...
May 2024: Lancet Global Health