Isabelle L. Lange

TL;DR: Key factors underlying the gap between high rates of antenatal care attendance and much lower rates of health-facility delivery are identified and initiatives to improve quality of client-provider interaction and respect for women are essential.

TL;DR: How near-miss audits can empower the hospital teams to document and help reduce barriers to obstetric care in the most useful way is discussed and practical suggestions on interviews, analytical framework, ethical issues and staff motivation are made.

TL;DR: The Ugandan health system had to cope with more than 30,000 additional births annually between 1991 and 2011 and achieved universal health coverage and maternal/newborn SDGs in Uganda requires prioritising poor, less educated and rural women despite competing priorities for financial and human resources.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided of the cost and effects of national policies focussed on improving financial access to caesarean and facility deliveries in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Morocco that were effective in meeting financial protection goals and probably health and equity goals, at sustainable cost.

TL;DR: The framework is developed based on the findings of a literature review as well as on the experience, and reflects the specific features and challenges of transnational CoPs in health policy and organizes the key elements of CoPs into a logical flow that links available resources and the capacity to mobilize.