Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality
Abstract Background: The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include reducing the global maternal mortality rate to less than 70…
Alexandre Dumont
DECIDE: a cluster randomized controlled trial to reduce non-medically indicated caesareans in Burkina Faso
Abstract Background: Since 2006, Burkina Faso has subsidized the cost of caesarean sections to increase their accessibility. Caesareans are performed…
Effect of a facility-based multifaceted intervention on the quality of obstetrical care: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Mali and Senegal
Abstract Background: Maternal mortality in referral hospitals in Mali and Senegal surpasses 1% of obstetrical admissions. Poor quality obstetrical care…
Validity and reliability of criterion based clinical audit to assess obstetrical quality of care in West Africa
Abstract Background: In Mali and Senegal, over 1% of women die giving birth in hospital. At some hospitals, over a…
QUARITE (quality of care, risk management and technology in obstetrics): a cluster-randomized trial of a multifaceted intervention to improve emergency obstetric care in Senegal and Mali
Abstract Background: Maternal and perinatal mortality are major problems for which progress in sub-Saharan Africa has been inadequate, even though…