A systematic review of inequalities in the use of maternal health care in developing countries: examining the scale of the problem and the importance of context

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 85; no. 10; pp. 812 - 819
• Main Authors: Say, Lale, Raine, Rosalind
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Genève Organisation mondiale de la santé 01.10.2007; World Health Organization; The World Health Organization
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Developing Countries; Epidemiology; Female; General aspects; Health care; Health care delivery; Health services; Health Services Accessibility - economics; Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration; Humans; LDCs; Maternal & child health; Maternal Health Services - economics; Maternal Health Services - organization & administration; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Obstetrics; Outcome Assessment, Health Care; Parturition; Population; Pregnancy; Prenatal Care; Public Health Reviews; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Quality; Quality of Health Care - economics; Quality of Health Care - organization & administration; Ratios; Reproductive health; Risk factors; Rural areas; Rural Population; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; Subject heading schemes; Systematic review; Urban Population; Womens health; Evaluation scale; Use; Developing countries; Systematic review; Epidemiology; Care; Pregnancy; Mother; Tropical medicine; Delivery; Public health; Inequality; WHO

Two decades after the Safe Motherhood campaigns 1987 launch in India, half a million women continue to die from pregnancy-related causes every year. Key health-care interventions can largely prevent these deaths, but their use is limited in developing countries, and is reported to vary between popul...