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Hidden Cities, Hidden Gaps: Measuring Facility Readiness for Maternal and Newborn Health Services and its Association with Person-Centered Maternity Care in Urban Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Lusaka and Ouagadougou.

2025-03-05 health systems and quality improvement Title + abstract only
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BackgroundIn sub-Saharan Africa, maternal and newborn deaths remain disproportionately higher among low-income populations, and they are associated with delivery in poorly equipped facilities and a shortage of staff to manage birth complications. We measured facility readiness to provide essential maternal and newborn health services and its association with womens experience of person-centered maternity care (PCMC), and we compared facilities serving and not serving informal settlements in Nair...

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