BACKGROUND Effective maternal and child healthcare delivery requires a proper and adequate funding of the health sector. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of government-community healthcare co-financing on maternal and child healthcare services' delivery. METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional study with an intervention component, conducted amongst 240 women from Igboukwu (intervention area...

The health of the girl child is a concern for obstetrician-gynecologists. Pediatric gynecologic conditions deserve special attention. The obstetric performance of the adult woman depends in large part on the health and healthcare of the girl child. Gender discrimination against the girl child violates her human rights and adversely impacts on her health and her life. The profession has a social...

People living in rural areas in developing nations have limited access to quality healthcare. According to a recent United Nations report, most developing nations will not reach their millennium development goals related to maternal and child care. Lack of infrastructure creates a challenge in deploying information and communication technologies (ICT) to extend the reach of healthcare to rural ...

The persistent high occurrence of maternal and child morbidity and mortality especially in SubSaharan African societies still reflects that much ground is yet to be covered on maternal and child healthcare. The study therefore, investigates the socio-cultural factors that influence the utilization of MCH. The study uses triangulation of a structured questionnaire and an in-depth interview in da...

BACKGROUND Parents of children and young people with long-term conditions who need to deliver clinical care to their child at home with remote support from hospital-based professionals, often search the internet for care-giving information. However, there is little evidence that the information available online was developed and evaluated with parents or that it acknowledges the communities of ...

ALL HEALTHCARE workers need to be more assertive in detecting and reporting cases of suspected child abuse, according to nursing organisations.

Medical technologies, although often crucial for the provision of healthcare, may carry unintended significance for patients and their families. The highly technicised neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is the place where parents of hospitalised baby have their early encounters with their child. The aim of this study is to investigate phenomenologically how the contact and relation between par...

In a Perspective, Lars Åke Persson discusses the need to focus on quality of care to improve maternal, newborn, and child healthcare.