Harriet Nabudere

TL;DR: The views, experiences, and behaviours of skilled birth attendants and those who support them were explored to identify factors that influence the delivery of intrapartum and postnatal care in low‐ and middle‐income countries; and the extent to which these factors were reflected in intervention studies was explored.

TL;DR: The meaning and determinants of maternity care quality from the perspective of health workers and mothers in Uganda, the informal solutions used by health workers to manage their daily challenges, and ways in which maternal care quality can be improved are described.

TL;DR: The strategies implemented and bottlenecks experienced as Uganda’s skilled birth attendance policy was rolled out provide important lessons for decision makers as they implement policies to further improve maternity care.

TL;DR: A policy brief on Increasing Access to Skilled Birth Attendance was used as a background document for two stakeholder dialogue meetings involving members of parliament, policy makers, health managers, researchers, civil society, professional organizations, and the media.

TL;DR: There is need for conceptual clarity on the notion of KT and an understanding of the most appropriate KT strategies in low-income settings and a lack of conceptual clarity about what precisely constitutes evidence.