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AFRICA

2019, Afulani, Moyer, Accountability for respectful maternity care

2019, Adanu, Aderoba, Adeyanju, Adu-Bonsaffoh, Balde, Bohren, Diallo, Fawole, Gulmezoglu, Guure, Irinyenikan, Landoulsi, Maung, Maya, Mehrtash, Mon, Sall, Soumah, Thwin, Tunçalp, Vogel, How women are treated during facility-based childbirth in four countries: a cross-sectional study with labour observations and community-based surveys

2019, WHO, New evidence shows significant mistreatment of women during childbirth, https://www.who.int/news/item/09-10-2019-new-evidence-shows-significant-mistreatment-of-women-during-childbirth

2019, Aborigo, Afulani, Moyer, Phillips, Person-centred maternity care in low-income and middle-income countries: analysis of data from Kenya, Ghana, and India

2018, Downe, Finlayson, Lawrie, Oladapo, Effectiveness of respectful care policies for women using routine intrapartum services: a systematic review

2017, Abdulcadir, Hindin, Rodriguezm Say, Clinical indications for cesarean delivery among women living with female genital mutilation

2017, Borne, Crutzen, Jonas, Reddy, Healthcare workers' behaviors and personal determinants associated with providing adequate sexual and reproductive healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

2017, Graham, Mohale, Sweet, Maternity health care: The experiences of Sub-Saharan African women in Sub-Saharan Africa and Australia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2016.11.011

2016, Bradley, McCourt, Parmar, Rayment, Disrespectful intrapartum care during facility-based delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis of women's perceptions and experiences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.039

2016, Hindin, Rodriguez, Say, Seuc, Episiotomy and obstetric outcomes among women living with type 3 female genital mutilation: a secondary analysis

2016, Banda, Ntoimo, Muchiri, Odimegwu, Women at risk: Gender inequality and maternal health, https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2016.1170092

2015, Bulage, Chi, Sundby, Urdal, A qualitative study exploring the determinants of maternal health service uptake in post-conflict Burundi and Northern Uganda

2015, Bulage, Chi, Sundby, Urdal, Barriers in the Delivery of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care in Post-Conflict Africa: Qualitative Case Studies of Burundi and Northern Uganda

2015, Bartlett, Bazant, Carr, Lynam, Reis, Ricca, Rosen, Direct observation of respectful maternity care in five countries: a cross-sectional study of health facilities in East and Southern Africa

2015, Ahn, Burke, Eckardt, Natarajan, Nelson, Pendleton, Emergency hysterectomy for uncontrolled postpartum hemorrhage may be averted through uterine balloon tamponade in Kenya and Senegal

2015, Adanu, Adu-Bonsaffoh, Alu, Baldé, Bohren, Camara, Dako-Gyeke, Diallo, Diallo, Fawole, Gulmezoglu, Idris, Maung, Maya, Myint, Oladapo, Olutayo, Titiloye, Tunçalp, Vogel, Wai, WHO, How women are treated during facility-based childbirth: development and validation of measurement tools in four countries – phase 1 formative research study protocol

2015, Barros, Crahay, Colbourn, Duysburgh, Gichangi, Foia, Kaboré, Kerstens, Kouanda, Lopes, Mann, Masache, Nambiar Osman, Sitefane, Temmerman, Yugbare, Opportunities to improve postpartum care for mothers and infants: design of context-specific packages of postpartum interventions in rural districts in four sub-Saharan African countries

2015, Amzat, The Question of Autonomy in Maternal Health in Africa: A Rights-Based Consideration, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-015-9607-y

2015, Gipson, Shimamoto, The relationship of women’s status and empowerment with skilled birth attendant use in Senegal and Tanzania

2014, Bohren, Gülmezoglu, Hunter, Munthe-Kaas, Souza, Vogel, Facilitators and barriers to facility-based delivery in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative evidence synthesis

2013, African Union, Community engagement and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

2013, Dumont, Pirkle, Traoré, Zunzunegui, QUARITE group, Effect of a facility-based multifaceted intervention on the quality of obstetrical care: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Mali and Senegal

2013, Aninanya, Kagoné, Kakoko, Leshabari, Marx, Prytherch, Sauerborn, Williams, Yé, Motivation and incentives of rural maternal and neonatal health care providers: a comparison of qualitative findings from Burkina Faso, Ghana and Tanzania

2013, Berg, Underland, The Obstetric Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation-Cutting: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2012, Brighton, D’Arcy, Kennedy, Kirtley, Perceptions of prenatal and obstetric care in Sub-Saharan Africa, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.09.017

2012, Antai, Namasivayam, Osuorah, Syed, The role of gender inequities in women's access to reproductive health care: a population-level study of Namibia, Kenya, Nepal, and India

2011, Chichava, Journeys to health: middle-class Mozambican women assess healthcare service delivery in Mozambique and South Africa

2010, Bangser, Daly, Kamugumya, Metha, Mwangomale, Childbirth experiences of women with obstetric fistula in Tanzania and Uganda and their implications for fistula program development, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-010-1236-8

2007, Fauveau, UNFPA–AMDD Working Group on Indicators, Program Note: Using UN process indicators to assess needs in emergency obstetric services: Gabon, Guinea‐Bissau, and The Gambia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.12.004

2006, WHO, Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six African countries, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68805-3

2006, Chishimba, Fakelid, Musandu, Nissen, Ong’any, Warenius, Nurse-midwives' attitudes towards adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs in Kenya and Zambia, DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(06)27242-2

2005, Cowan, Lester, Miller, Webster, Obstetric Fistula: A Preventable Tragedy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.03.009

2004, Pettersson, Challenges and constraints encountered by women and midwives during childbirth in low-income countries Experiences from Angola and Mozambique

2004, Boubli, Carcopino, Shojai, Female genital mutilation: generalities, complications and management during obstetrical period, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0368-2315(04)96544-1

2003, Sundby, Female genital mutilation

2000, WHO, A systematic review of the health complications of female genital mutilation including sequelae in childbirth

BENIN

2012, Fujita, Gozo, Matsumoto, Perrin, Sugiura, Uchida, Vodounon, Humanised care and a change in practice in a hospital in Benin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2011.07.003

2006, Dujardin, Godin, Ouendo, Saizonoi, Zerbo, Emergency obstetrical care in Benin referral hospitals: 'near miss' patients' views, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01602.x 

2001, Filippi, Grossmann-Kendall, Kanhonou, Giving birth in maternity hospitals in Benin: Testimonies of women, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0968-8080(01)90095-3

BURKINA FASO

2020, Juma, Ouedraogo, From the shadows to light. Perceptions of women and healthcare providers of post-abortion care in Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113154

2019, Kamiya, Tanou, Assessing the impact of geographical access to health facilities on maternal healthcare utilization: evidence from the Burkina Faso demographic and health survey 2010

2019, Betrán, Bocoum, Chaillet, Dumont, Kaboré, Ridde, DECIDE: a cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce unnecessary caesarean deliveries in Burkina Faso

2018, Dumont, Kaboré, Kouanda, Ridde, Assessment of clinical decision-making among healthcare professionals performing caesarean deliveries in Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2018.04.008

2016, Kaboré, Kouanda, Millogo, Seck, Soudouem, Yaméogo, A case–control study of risk factors for surgical site infection after cesarean delivery in eastern Burkina Faso https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.08.018

2016, Bado, Belemsaga, Degomme, Duysburgh, Goujon, Kouanda, Temmerman, A cross-sectional mixed study of the opportunity to improve maternal postpartum care in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health services in the Kaya health district of Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.08.005

2016, Agier, Dumont, Kaboré, Kouanda, Queuille, Ridde, Determinants of non-medically indicated cesarean deliveries in Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.08.019

2016, Diallo, Melberg, Moland, Tylleskär, ‘We saw she was in danger, but couldn’t do anything’: Missed opportunities and health worker disempowerment during birth care in rural Burkina Faso

2015, Østergaard, Maternal healthcare in context: A qualitative study of women's tactics to improve their experience of public healthcare in rural Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.062

2014, Coulibaly, Dumont, Kouanda, Meda, Millogo, Ouedraogo, Audit of cesarean delivery in Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.11.010

2013, Bado, Kadio, Kouanda, Ridde, Yameogo, Why do women pay more than they should? A mixed methods study of the implementation gap in a policy to subsidize the costs of deliveries in Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.09.005

2010, Akoum, Filippi, Murray, Outtara, Storeng, Beyond body counts: A qualitative study of lives and loss in Burkina Faso after ‘near-miss’ obstetric complications

2009, Andrzejewski, Bassane, Brazier, Knight, Perkins, Themmen, Improving poor women's access to maternity care: Findings from a primary care intervention in Burkina Faso, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.023

2007, Akoum, Baggaley, Filippi, Ganaba, Marshall, Meda, Ouedraogo, Outtara, Sombié, Storeng, Health of women after severe obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal study, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61574-8

2003, Askew, Diop, Jones, Kaboré, Female genital cutting practices in Burkina Faso and Mali and their negative health outcomes, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4465.1999.00219.x

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

2019, Falb, Hategekimana, Roth, O’Connor, Scolese, In‐law‐perpetrated abuse against women in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13005

2019, Cowgill, Donnen, Dramaix-Wilmet, Ntambue, Malonga, Incidence of catastrophic expenditures linked to obstetric and neonatal care at 92 facilities in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2015

2017, Cowgill, Ntambue, Post-partum detention of insolvent women and their newborns in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional survey

2016, Albutt, Bartels, Burkhardt, Greiner, Haider, Onyango, Rouhani, Scott, VanRooyen, Sexual violence-related pregnancies in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a qualitative analysis of access to pregnancy termination services

EGYPT

2020, Cubi-Molla, El-Shal, Jofre-Bonet, Accreditation as a quality-improving policy tool: family planning, maternal health, and child health in Egypt

2016, Abbas, Ali, Amin, Salem, Maternal mortality: a tertiary care hospital experience in Upper Egypt

2014, Benova, Campbell, Plobidis, Sholkamy, Socio-economic factors associated with maternal health-seeking behaviours among women from poor households in rural Egypt

2013, Abdel-Moneim, Farahtat, Omran, Salem, Medico-Legal Evaluation of Violence Against Pregnant Women Attending Woman’s Health Hospital in Assiut University, Upper Egypt, DOI: 10.21608/mjfmct.2013.47681

2011, Berggren, Ghani, Parturient needs during labor: Egyptian women’s perspective toward childbirth experience, a step toward an excellence in clinical practice

2009, Awadalla, Kamel, Mahfouz, Refaat, Evaluation of maternal and child health services in El-Minia City, Egypt, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-009-0255-8

2007, Abdelhady, Elnashar, The impact of female genital cutting on health of newly married women, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.03.008

2004, Alwen, Campbell, Deeb, Gipson, Issa, Mansour, Matta, Mohandes, National maternal mortality ratio in Egypt halved between 1992-93 and 2000

2003, Aoyama, Chiang, Higuchi, Labeeb, Mohamed, Barriers to the use of basic health services among women in rural southern Egypt (Upper Egypt)

ETHIOPIA

2021, A. A. Kebede, B. T. Taye, K. Y. Wondie, A. E. Tiguh, G. A. Eriku, M. S. Mihret, Adherence to respectful maternity care guidelines during COVID-19 pandemic and associated factors among healthcare providers working at hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: a multicenter, observational study

2020, Desta, Hidru, Maeruf, Mengesha, Disrespect and Abuse during Childbirth in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

2020, Bayou, Bekele, Garedew, Magnitude of disrespectful and abusive care among women during facility-based childbirth in Shambu town, Horro Guduru Wollega zone, Ethiopia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102629

2020, Chojenta, Geleto, Loxton, Taddele, Perceptions of midwives on the quality of emergency obstetric care at hospitals in Ethiopia: A qualitative explanatory study, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2020.102814

2019, Husen, Kassa, Disrespectful and abusive behavior during childbirth and maternity care in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2019, Boynito, Gurara, Ukke, Disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth in public health facilities in Arba Minch town, south Ethiopia – a cross-sectional study

2019, Bobo, Etana, Feyissa, Kasaye, Woldie, Disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Western Ethiopia: Should women continue to tolerate?

2019, Mihret, Obstetric violence and its associated factors among postnatal women in a Specialized Comprehensive Hospital, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia

2019, Hebo, Siraj, Teka, Prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility based child birth and associated factors, Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

2018, Wassihun, Zeleke, Compassionate and respectful maternity care during facility based child birth and women’s intent to use maternity service in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

2018, Berhane, Gebremichael, Medhanyie, Worku, Mothers experience of disrespect and abuse during maternity care in northern Ethiopia

2018, Deribe, Gultie, Wassihun, Worede, Prevalence of disrespect and abuse of women during child birth and associated factors in Bahir Dar town, Ethiopia

2018, Alemseged, Ewunetu, Gebremicheal, Ma'alin, Melaku, Tolossa, Yewondwessen, Sequela of female genital mutilation on birth outcomes in Jijiga town, Ethiopian Somali region: a prospective cohort study

2018, Asefa, Bekele, Kermode, Morgan, Service providers’ experiences of disrespectful and abusive behavior towards women during facility based childbirth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2018, Berhane, Edin, Gebremichael, Medhanyie, Worku, Women suffer more from disrespectful and abusive care than from the labour pain itself: a qualitative study from Women’s perspective

2017, Banks, Betemariam, Karim, Langer, Ratcliffe, Jeopardizing quality at the frontline of healthcare: prevalence and risk factors for disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in Ethiopia

2017, Akker, Ayalew, Bazant, Belay, Fenta, Gibson, Kebebu, Kim, Sheferaw, Stekelenburg, Woldie, Worku, Respectful maternity care in Ethiopian public health facilities

2015, Dietsch, Hailemariam, King, Jackson, Barriers and facilitators to accessing skilled birth attendants in Afar region, Ethiopia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2015.02.004

2015, Asefa, Bekele, Status of respectful and non-abusive care during facility-based childbirth in a hospital and health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2014, Afework, Gebreyesus, Hassen, Lemma, Roro, Why do women not deliver in health facilities: a qualitative study of the community perspectives in south central Ethiopia?

2013, Allsworth, Browning, Wall, The Relationship Between Female Genital Cutting and Obstetric Fistulas

2013, Godefrooij, Melkamu, Shiferaw, Spigt, Tekie, Why do women prefer home births in Ethiopia?

2012, Egata, Mengistie, Reda, Tilahun, Health workers' attitudes toward sexual and reproductive health services for unmarried adolescents in Ethiopia, DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-9-19

2012, Edin, Gebrehiwot, Goicolea, Sebastian, Making pragmatic choices: women’s experiences of delivery care in Northern Ethiopia

2001, Hakim, Impact of female genital mutilation on maternal and neonatal outcomes during parturition

GAMBIA

2016, Chen, Huang, Lowe, Social and Cultural Factors Affecting Maternal Health in Rural Gambia: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

2015, Khan, Unplanned pregnancy among unmarried adolescents in Urban Gambia

2014, Fretheim, Jammeh, Lerberg, Sundby, Barriers to skilled birth attendance: a survey among mothers in rural Gambia, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24796167/

2013, Bonhoure, Ceesay, Forbes, Kaplan, Manneh, Martìn, Utzet, Female genital mutilation cutting in The Gambia long-term health consequences and complications during delivery and for the newborn

2012, Sambou, The Quality of Intra-Partum Care in a Gambian Rural Major Health Centre

2012, Chou, Huang, Jallow, Liu, Women's perception of antenatal care services in public and private clinics in the Gambia

2009, Cham, Sundby, Vangen, Availability and quality of emergency obstetric care in Gambia's main referral hospital women-users' testimonies

2005, Cham, Sundby, Vangen, Maternal mortality in the rural Gambia, a qualitative study on access to emergency obstetric care

2002, Rowley, Telferm Walraven, Experiences of mothers with antenatal, delivery and postpartum care in rural Gambia, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12476731/

2000, Ronsmans, Rowley, Telfer, Walraven, Maternal mortality in rural Gambia levels, causes and contributing factors

GHANA

2020, Boakye, Analysis of the Moral Habitability of Obstetric Settings in Ghana

2020, Agbadi, Donkor, Dzomeku, Lori, Mensah, Nakua, "I wouldn’t have hit you, but you would have killed your baby:" exploring midwives’ perspectives on disrespect and abusive Care in Ghana

2020, Ankomah, Habib, Maya, Torpey, Promoting respectful maternity care for adolescents in Ghana: a quasi-experimental study protocol

2019, Agorinya, Al-Hassan, Awoonor-Williams, Awuni, Ayamba, Kaburise, Kagura, Kanmiki, Nonterah, Nonterah, Oduro, Ofosu, Sakeah, Tamimu, Prevalence and adverse obstetric outcomes of female genital mutilation among women in rural Northern Ghana, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz195

2019, Avle, Morhe, Morhe, Sexual and reproductive rights violations at sexual debut of male and female adolescents in Ghana, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.13015

2018, Dalinjong, Homer, Wang, Are health facilities well equipped to provide basic quality childbirth services under the free maternal health policy? Findings from rural Northern Ghana

2018, Adanu, Adu-Bonsaffoh, Bohren, Badzi, Dako-Gyeke, Maya, Vogel, Women's perspectives of mistreatmen during childbirth at health facilities in Ghana: findings from a qualitative study

2016, Adanu, Ankomah, Edusie, Ganle, Obeng, Otupiri, Challenges Women with Disability Face in Accessing and Using Maternal Healthcare Services in Ghana: A Qualitative Study

2016, Agyei-Baffour, Dzomeku, Kwedu, Lori, Moyer, Rominski, Exposure to disrespectful patient care during training: Data from midwifery students at 15 midwifery schools in Ghana, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2016.07.009

2014, Aborigo, Adongo, Engmann, Hodgson, Moyer, ‘They treat you like you are not a human being’: Maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.006

2013, Adanu, Adu-Bonsaffoh, Hindin, Tunçalp, Assessment of maternal near-miss and quality of care in a hospital-based study in Accra, Ghana, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.06.003

2013, Adanu, Crespo, Crissman, Engmann, Moyer, Nimako, Shifting norms: pregnant women’s perspectives on skilled birth attendance and facility–based delivery in rural Ghana

2011, Dzomeku, Maternal satisfaction with care during labour: A case study of the Mampong-Ashanti district hospital maternity unit in Ghana

2006, Abor, Female genital mutilation : psychological and reproductive health consequences. The case of Kayoro Traditional Area in Ghana, https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC34479

2005, Abbey, D'Ambruoso, Hussein, Please understand when I cry out in pain: women's accounts of maternity services during labour and delivery in Ghana

GUINEA

2020, WHO, Research leads to actions improving childbirth in Guinea, https://www.who.int/news/item/15-05-2020-research-leads-to-actions-improving-childbirth-in-guinea

2017, Balde, Balde, Bangoura, Bohren, Diallo, Niakate, Sall, Vogel, A qualitative study of women’s and health providers’ attitudes and acceptability of mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea

2017, Balde, Bangoura, Bohern, Diallo, Sall, Soumah, Vogel, Perceptions and experiences of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in health facilities in Guinea: a qualitative study with women and service providers

KENYA

2020, Lusambili, Mantel, Mossman, Mulama, Naanyu, Ngetich, Nyaga, Obure, Pell, Temmerman, Wade, Deliver on Your Own: Disrespectful Maternity Care in rural Kenya

2018, Dowd, Milan, Oluoch-Aridi, Smith-Oka, Exploring mistreatment of women during childbirth in a peri-urban setting in Kenya: experiences and perceptions of women and healthcare providers

2018, Odallo, Onyango, Opondo, Litigating to ensure access to quality maternal health care for women and girls in Kenya

2018, Atai, Inyama, Jebet, Oyieke, Wakasiaka, Prevalence of Disrespectful Maternity Care and Abuse among Women Seeking Maternity Care Services at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

2017, Gatwiri, Mwanri, Injured bodies, damaged lives: experiences and narratives of Kenyan women with obstetric fistula and Female Genital Mutilation Cutting

2017, Abuya, Ndwiga, Njue, Warren, Manifestations and drivers of mistreatment of women during childbirth in Kenya: implications for measurement and developing interventions

2015, Abuya, Bellows, Maranga, Mbehero, Miller, Ndwiga, Njeru, Njuki, Warren, Exploring the Prevalence of Disrespect and Abuse during Childbirth in Kenya

2015, Abuya, Binkin, Kanya, Ndwiga, Ritter, Warren, The effect of a multi-component intervention on disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya

2014, Okwako, Symon, Women's expectations and experiences of childbirth in a Kenyan public hospital, https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2014.8.3.115

2013, Bukusi, Hatcher, Kodero, Mangone, Odero, Onono, Romito, Turan, A Community-Supported Clinic-Based Program for Prevention of Violence against Pregnant Women in Rural Kenya 

2013, Abuya, Bellows, Gitonga, Karanja, Maingi, Mbehero, Muteti, Ndwiga, Njeru, Njuki, Olenja, Rakuom, Serwanga, Warren, Study protocol for promoting respectful maternity care initiative to assess, measure and design interventions to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya

2012, Kasiva, Robbed of Choice Forced and Coerced Sterilization experiences of Women living with HIV in Kenya 

2011, Fotso, Mukiira, Perceived quality of and access to care among poor urban women in Kenya and their utilization of delivery care: harnessing the potential of private clinics?

2010, Izugbara, Ngilangwa, Women, poverty and adverse maternal outcomes in Nairobi, Kenya

2009, Izugbara, Kabiru, Zulu, Urban poor Kenyan women and hospital-based delivery

2008, Bukusi, Cohen, Miller, Sande, Turan, HIV/AIDS and maternity care in Kenya: how fears of stigma and discrimination affect uptake and provision of labor and delivery services, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120701767224

2006, WHO, Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six African countries, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68805-3

MALAWI

2013, Bjune, Chirwa, Kumbani, Malata, Odland, Why some women fail to give birth at health facilities: a qualitative study of women’s perceptions of perinatal care from rural Southern Malawi

2012, Bjune, Chirwa, Kumbani, Malata, Odland, Do Malawian women critically assess the quality of care? A qualitative study on women’s perceptions of perinatal care at a district hospital in Malawi

2011, Kambala, Masangwi, Mitunda, Morse, Barriers to maternal health service use in Chikhwawa, Southern Malawi

MALI

2015, Fall, Phillips, Sacko, Say, Thomas, Touré, Tunçalp, Williams, Conflict, displacement and sexual and reproductive health services in Mali: analysis of 2013 health resources availability mapping system (HeRAMS) survey

2015, Beebe, Chase, Doumbia, Warren, Winch, Nègènègèn: Sweet talk, disrespect, and abuse among rural auxiliary midwives in Mali, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2015.07.007

2011, Aa, Grove, Haugsjå, Hinderaker, High maternal mortality estimated by the sisterhood method in a rural area of Mali

MOZAMBIQUE

2020, Abdirazak, Belo, Bernardo, Bomfim, Mupueleque, Pires, Santos, Siemens, Zakus, Quality assessment in primary health care: Adolescent and Youth Friendly Service, a Mozambican case study

2019, Cumbane, Degomme, Galle, Griffin, Manaharlal, Osman, Picardo, Roelens, Disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in southern Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

2017, Belo, Josaphat, Pires, Rooke, Siemens, Spence-Gress,  Maternal and new-born mortality: community opinions on why pregnant women and new-borns are dying in Natikiri, Mozambique

2017, Chavane, Hemminki, Long, Madede, Parkkali, Sundby, Maternity care system in Maputo, Mozambique: Plans and practice?

2017, Aerts, Chavane, Degomme, Dgedge, Loquiha, Temmerman, The magnitude and factors related to facility-based maternal mortality in Mozambique, https://doi.org/10.1080/01443615.2016.1256968

2016, Bique, Boene, Dadelszen, Firoz, Macete, Makanga, Menéndez, Munguambe, Qureshi, Sawchuck, Sevene, Vidler, Barriers and facilitators to health care seeking behaviours in pregnancy in rural communities of southern Mozambique

2016, Boene, Chiaú, CLIP, Dadelszen, Firoz, Magee, Makanga, Munguambe, Sevene, Vidler, Community perspectives on the determinants of maternal health in rural southern Mozambique: a qualitative study

2015, Agadjanian, Murray, Yao, A geographical perspective on access to sexual and reproductive health care for women in rural Africa

2015, Aleman, Althabe, Belizan, Bergel, Betrán, Biza, Carbonell, Chavane, Colomar, Crahay, Delvaux, Geelhoed, Gülmezoglu, Harris, Jille-Traas, Malapende, Melo, Merialdi, Nguyen, Osman, Temmerman, Widmer, Challenges and opportunities for implementing evidence-based antenatal care in Mozambique: a qualitative study

2015, Costumado, Domingos, Khalema, Ndinda, Women's access to sexual reproductive health and rights services in Mozambique : advocacy strategies to address barriers, https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/EJC175709

2014, Dekker, Adolescent pregnancy in Mozambique: determinants, interventions and future directions

2014, Bergstrom, Cavaliere, Chiluvane, David, Fiosse, Machungo, Sululu, Zanconato, Maternal near miss and maternal deaths in Mozambique: a cross-sectional, region-wide study of 635 consecutive cases assisted in health facilities of Maputo province

2014, MCHIP, Promoting Respectful Maternity Care in Mozambique

2012, Kempas, Socio-demographic factors and incidence of caesarean sections in Mozambique

2008, Chapman, Chikotsa—Secrets, Silence, and Hiding: Social Risk and Reproductive Vulnerability in Central Mozambique, https://doi.org/10.1525/maq.2006.20.4.487

2005, Christensson, Dgedge, Johansson, Pelembe, Pettersson, Mozambican Midwives' Views on Barriers to Quality Perinatal Care, https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330500457994

2003, Chapman, Endangering safe motherhood in Mozambique: prenatal care as pregnancy risk, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00363-5

2002, Granja, Maternal deaths in Mozambique : An audit approach with special reference to adolescence, abortion and violence, http://hdl.handle.net/10616/42842

NIGERIA

2020, Abateneh, Akamike, Okedo-Alex, Uneke, Multi-stakeholder Perspectives on the Maternal, Provider, Institutional, Community, and Policy Drivers of Disrespectful Maternity Care in South-East Nigeria

2019, Burden, Orpin, Puthussery, Healthcare providers’ perspectives of disrespect and abuse in maternity care facilities in Nigeria: a qualitative study

2019, Ajayi, "I am alive; my baby is alive": Understanding reasons for satisfaction and dissatisfaction with maternal health care services in the context of user fee removal policy in Nigeria

2019, Eferakeya, Fagbemi, Fasae, Ijadunola, Ilesanmi, Olotu, Oyedun, Lifting the veil on disrespect and abuse in facility-based child birth care: findings from South West Nigeria

2018, Burden, Davidson, Puthussery, Women’s experiences of disrespect and abuse in maternity care facilities in Benue State, Nigeria

2017, Filippi, Ishola, Owolabi, Disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth in Nigeria: A systematic review

2017, Alu, Bohren, Fawole, Gülmezoglu, Hindin, Idris, Metiboba, Oladapo, Olutayo, Ogunlade, Osunsan, Oyeniran, Titiloye, Tunçalp, Vogel, Mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria: a qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of women and healthcare providers

2017, Awotunde, Durodola,Fehintola, Fehintola, Idowu, Ogunlaja, Ogunlaja, Popoola, "Respectful maternity care" or "Disrespect and abuse during maternity care"; Experience of pregnant women in Ogbomoso, South West Nigeria

2016, Alu, Bohren, Fawole, Gülmezoglu, Hindin, Idris, Metiboba, Oladapo, Olutayo, Ogunlade, Osunsan, Oyeniran, Titiloye, Tuncalp, Vogel, "By slapping their laps, the patient will know that you truly care for her": A qualitative study on social norms and acceptability of the mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria

2015, Fagbamigbe, Idemudia, Barriers to antenatal care use in Nigeria: evidences from non-users and implications for maternal health programming

2014, The Heshima Project, Confronting disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Kenya

2014, Obi, Okafor, Ugwu, Disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in a low-income country, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.08.015

2014, Adeoye, Fatusi, Ijarotimi, What Are the Factors That Interplay From Normal Pregnancy to Near Miss Maternal Morbidity in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Care Facility?

2013, Aboyeji, Adeniran, Adesina, Eno, Fawole, Domestic violence and obstetric outcome among pregnant women in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria

2013, Adeoye, Fatusi, Onayade, Incidence, determinants and perinatal outcomes of near miss maternal morbidity in Ile-Ife Nigeria: a prospective case control study

2012, Baba, Sule, Utilisation of delivery services in Zaria, Northern Nigeria: Factors affecting choice of place of delivery, https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eajph/article/view/110168

2011, Igboanugo, Martin, What are pregnant women in a rural Niger Delta community's perceptions of conventional maternity service provision? An exploratory qualitative study

2010, Adiri, Butawa, Idris, Taylor, Tukur, Knowledge and Perceptions of Maternal Health in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria

2008, Iyaniwura, Oladapo, Sule-Odu, Quality of antenatal services at the primary care level in southwest Nigeria, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19435014/

2007, Balogun, Patients Perception of Quality of Antenatal Service in Four Selected Private Health Facilities in Ilorin, Kwara State of Nigeria, DOI: 10.4314/nmp.v51i4.28847

2002, Larsen, Okonofua, Female circumcision and obstetric complicantions, DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00028-0

1994, Jaffre, Prual, Midwives in Niger: An uncomfortable position between social behaviours and health care constraints, https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(94)90224-0

RWANDA

2020, Banguti, Cubaka, Mvukiyehe, Tuyishime, Post-Delivery Complications and Quality of Birth Practice in District Hospitals in Rwanda: A cross-Sectional Study

2019, Atuoye, Bagambe, Cechetto, Kpienbaareh, Luginaah, Ngabonzima, Rulisa, Spatio-temporal disparities in maternal health service utilization in Rwanda: What next for SDGs?, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.040

2018, Golooba-Mutebi, Habiyonizeye, Delivering Maternal Health Services in Rwanda: The Role of Politics

2018, Benimana, Rulisa, Small, Preventability of maternal near miss and mortality in Rwanda: A case series from the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)

2017, Berg, Dencker, Mukamurigo, Ntaganira, Nyirazinyoye, Associations between perceptions of care and women's childbirth experience: a population-based cross-sectional study in Rwanda

2017, Cechetto, Hategeka, Kasine, Luginaah, Rulisa, Tuyisenge, Maternal near miss and mortality in a tertiary care hospital in Rwanda, https://doi.org/10.1080/03630242.2018.1434591

2017, Bijlmakers, Dillen, Sayinzoga, Velden, Severe maternal outcomes and quality of care at district hospitals in Rwanda– a multicentre prospective case-control study

2017, Berg, Dencker, Mukamurigo, Ntaganira, The meaning of a poor childbirth experience – A qualitative phenomenological study with women in Rwanda

2016, Binder-Finnema, Essén, Klingberg-Allvin, Musafili, Påfs, Rulisa, Beyond the numbers of maternal near-miss in Rwanda – a qualitative study on women’s perspectives on access and experiences of care in early and late stage of pregnancy

2015, Roosmalen, Rulisa, Small, Umuziranenge, Maternal near miss and mortality in a tertiary care hospital in Rwanda

2015, Binder-Finnema, Essén, Klingberg-Allvin, Musafili, Påfs, Rulisa, ‘They would never receive you without a husband’: Paradoxical barriers to antenatal care scale-up in Rwanda

2011, Uwaliraye, Factors influencing job performance of nurses and midwives in postpartum care: case of Kibagabaga and Muhima district hospitals in Rwanda

SENEGAL

2020, Suh, What post-abortion care indicators don't measure: Global abortion politics and obstetric practice in Senegal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.044

2018, Johnson, Sombie, Uneke, Uro-Chukwu, Application of equitable impact sensitive tool (EQUIST) in evidence informed policymaking to improve Maternal and Child health outcomes in Senegal

2007, Harlow, A Qualitative Study of Pregnancy and Maternal Mortality in Rural Senegal: An Examination of the Pregnant Woman’s Experience, https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/106

1997, Bah, Correa, Garenne, Mbaye, Risk Factors for Maternal Mortality: A Case-Control Study in Dakar Hospitals (Senegal), https://doi.org/10.2307/3583271

SIERRA LEONE

2012, Amara, Daoh, Garbrah-Aidoo, Harding, Kanu, Oulare, Oyerinde, Shoo, A Qualitative Evaluation of the Choice of Traditional Birth Attendants for Maternity Care in 2008 Sierra Leone: Implications for Universal Skilled Attendance at Delivery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-012-1061-4

2012, Amara, Daoh, Garbrah-Aidoo, Harding, Kanu, Oulare, Oyerinde, Shoo, Barriers to Uptake of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Services in Sierra Leone: A Qualitative Study

SOMALIA

2020, Guyo, Kabiru, Kimani, Muteshi, Exploring barriers to seeking health care among Kenyan Somali women with female genital mutilation: a qualitative study

2020, Byrskog, Bogren, Erlandsson, Igal, Kalid, Johansson, Mohamed, Osman, Pedersen, Said, Health workforce perspectives of barriers inhibiting the provision of quality care in Nepal and Somalia – A qualitative study, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srhc.2019.100481

1993, Arbesman, Buck, Assessment of the impact of female circumcision on the gynecological, genitourinary and obstetrical health problems of women from Somalia: literature review and case series, DOI: 10.1300/J013v20n03_02

SOUTH AFRICA

2020, Madiba, Malatji, Disrespect and Abuse Experienced by Women during Childbirth in Midwife-Led Obstetric Units in Tshwane District, South Africa: A Qualitative Study

2020, Minnaar, "Have your baby and get out. We need this bed for somebody else." Compassionate intrapartum communication: a discourse analysis of language use during labour in South African public and private maternity settings

2020, Clow, Fouché, Fuzy, ‘Please treat me like a person’ – respectful care during adolescent childbirth, https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2020.28.6.360

2020, Dutton, Knight, Reproducing neglect in the place of care: Normalised violence within Cape Town Midwifery Obstetric Units, https://doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2019.1704481

2020, Mokgatle, Zitha, Women’s Views of and Responses to Maternity Services Rendered during Labor and Childbirth in Maternity Units in a Semi-Rural District in South Africa

2019, Görgens, Mentor, It’s time to get tough on crime… in our maternity wards?, https://bhekisisa.org/article/2019-05-01-00-south-africa-election-2019-obstetric-violence-breastfeeding-maternity-leave/

2019, Lappeman, Swartz, Rethinking obstetric violence and the "neglect of neglect": the silence of a labour ward milieu in a South African district hospital

2019, Chadwick, Mohlakoana-motopi, Rucell, Odada, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women

2018, Rucell, Pickles, Towriss, Submission to the parliamentary portfolio committee for justice & correctional services on State Liability Amendment Bill [B16-2018]

2017, Chadwick, Ambiguous subjects: Obstetric violence, assemblage and South African birth narratives

2017, Hastings-Tolsma, Nolte, Temane, Birth stories from South Africa: Voices unheard, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.06.015

2017, Bergh, Grimbeek, Oosthuizen, Pattinson, It does matter where you come from: mothers' experiences of childbirth in midwife obstetic units, Tshwane, South Africa

2017, Rucell, Obstetric violence & colonial conditioning in South Africa's reproductive health system

2017, Chekero, Ross, 'On paper' and 'having papers' migrants navigating medical xenophobia and obstetric rights in South Africa

2016, Pickles, Involuntary contraceptive sterilisation of women in South Africa and the criminal law

2016, Chadwick, Obstetric violence in South Africa

2015, Fawcus, Honikman, Meintjes, Disrespect and abuse of women during the process of childbirth at health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, DOI: 10.7196/samj.9582

2015, Pickles, Eliminating abusive ‘care’ A criminal law response to obstetric violence in South Africa

2014, Chadwick, Cooper, Harries, Narratives of distress about birth in South African public maternity settings: a qualitative study, DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.12.014

2014, Chadwick, Raising concerns: Quality of care in maternal health services in South Africa, https://doi.org/10.12968/ajmw.2014.8.4.177

2012, Birch, Harris, McIntyre, Penn-Kekana, Silal, Exploring inequalities in access to and use of maternal health services in South Africa

2011, Human Rights Watch, "Stop making excuses" Accountability for maternal health care in South Africa

2010, Schoombee, The other side of caring: Abuse in a South African maternity ward, DOI: 10.1080/02646830903294979

1998, Jewkes, Abrahams, Mvo, Why do nurses abuse patients? Reflections from South African obstetric services, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00240-8

SUDAN

2018, Ali, Idris, Yassin, Characteristics of female sexual dysfunctions and obstetric complications related to female genital mutilation in Omdurman maternity hospital, Sudan, DOI: 10.1186/s12978-017-0442-y

2018, Broerse, Dieleman, Kane, Kok, Matere, Too afraid to go: fears of dignity violations as reasons for non-use of maternal health services in South Sudan

TANZANIA

2020, Strong, Protocols and Deviations: Good Enough Care

2019, Kruk, Kujawski, Larson, Mashasi, Mbaruku, Disrespectful treatment in primary care in rural Tanzania: beyond any single health issue

2018, Freedman, Kruk, Kujawski, Kuwawenaruwa, Mbaruku, Mbuyta, Ramsey, Eye of the beholder? Observation versus self report in the measurement of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth

2017, Freedman, Kruk, Kujawski, Mbaruku, Mbuyita, Moyo, Ramsey, Community and health system intervention to reduce disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanga Region, Tanzania: A comparative before-and-after study

2017, Gupta, Kachale, Mtimuni, Rashidi, Sethi, Oseni, The prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility-based maternity care in Malawi: evidence from direct observations of labor and delivery

2016, Chalamilla, Emil, Langer, Lyatuu, McDonald, Mwanyika-Sando, Ratcliffe, Sando, Mitigating disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanzania: an explorary study of the effects of two facility

2016, Chalamilla, Emil, Langer, Lyatuu, McDonald, Mwanyika-Sando, Ratcliffe, Sando, Spiegelman, Wegner, The prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in urban Tanzania

2015, Freedman, Kruk, Kujawski, Mbaruku, Moyo, Ramsey, Association Between Disrespect and Abuse During Childbirth and Women’s Confidence in Health Facilities in Tanzania, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10995-015-1743-9

2015, Cox, Gabrysch, Hansan, Manzi, Mbaruku, Ronsmans, Schellenberg, Schellenberg, Tanner, Maternal mortality and distance to facility-based obstetric care in rural southern Tanzania: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional census data in 226 000 households

2015, Akker, Elteren, Nyamtema, Pallangyo, Roosmalen, Stal, Women's perceptions of the quality of emergency obstetric care in a referral hospital in rural Tanzania

2014, Hermosilla, Kimweri, Kruk, Larson, Mbaruku, Determinants of perceived quality of obstetric care in rural Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

2014, Chalamilla, Emil, Kendall, Langer, Lyatuu, McDonald, Mwanyika-Sando, Ratcliffe, Sando, Disrespect and Abuse During Childbirth in Tanzania: Are Women Living With HIV More Vulnerable?

2014, Freedman, Kruk, Kujawski, Mbaruku, Moyo, Ramsey, Disrespectful and abusive treatment during facility delivery in Tanzania: a facility and community survey

2014, Chebet, George, McMahon, Mosha, Mpembeni, Winch, Experiences of and responses to disrespectful maternity care and abuse during childbirth; a qualitative study with women and men in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

2013, Evjen-Olsen, Kohi, Moland, Mselle, Mvungi, Why give birth in health facility? Users' and providers' accounts of poor quality of birth care in Tanzania, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-174

2011, BruumNielsen, Elsass, Rasch, Sorensen, User and provider perspectives on emergency obstetric care in a Tanzanian rural setting: A qualitative analysis of the three delays model in a field study

2011, Evjen-Olsen, Kohi, Moland, Mselle, Mvungi, Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour

2009, Galea, Kruk, Mbaruku, McCord, Moran, Rockers, Bypassing primary care facilities for childbirth: a population-based study in rural Tanzania

2009, Carlstedt, Darj, Lindmark, Nyström, Pembe, Urassa, Rural Tanzanian women's awareness of danger signs of obstetric complications

2009, Haws, Mrisho, Mshinda, Mushi, Obrist, Schellenberg, Schellenberg, Tanner, The use of antenatal and postnatal care: perspectives and experiences of women and health care providers in rural southern Tanzania

TUNISIA

2017, Amroussia, Goicolea, Hernandez, Vives-Cases, "Is the doctor God to punish me?!" An intersectional examination of disrespectful and abusive care during childbirth against single mothers in Tunisia

UGANDA

2021, Halperin, Women’s perspectives of childbirth in Kiboga, Uganda, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2021.01.002

2019, Conlon, Cunningham, Goodwin, Kamara, Kraft, Komakech, Opio, Schmitz, Serbanescu, Saving Mothers, Giving Life Working Group, Did Saving Mothers, Giving Life expand timely access to lifesaving care in Uganda?A Spatial District-Level Analysis of Travel Time to Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care

2015, Akiror, Jhamba, Kiconco, Rutaremwa, Wandera, Determinants of maternal health services utilization in Uganda

2014, Kakaire, Kakande, Kaye, Mbalinda, Nakimuli, Osinde, Does knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy predict birth preparedness? A critique of the evidence from women admitted with pregnancy complications

2012, Bua, Ekirapa, Mutebi, Tetui, Tweheyo, Waiswa, Quality of Antenatal care services in eastern Uganda: implications for interventions

2011, Asiimwe, Mijumbi, Nabudere, Task shifting in maternal and child health care: An evidence brief for Uganda, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462311000055

2009, Annika, Atuyambe, Faxelid, Kirumira, Mirembe, Seeking safety and empathy: Adolescent health seeking behavior during pregnancy and early motherhood in central Uganda, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.012

2000, Kaye, Quality of midwifery care in Soroti District, Uganda

ZAMBIA

2014, Hamer, Massar, Ruiter, Sialubanje, Understanding the psychosocial and environmental factors and barriers affecting utilization of maternal healthcare services in Kalomo, Zambia: a qualitative study

2013, Orcutt, Maternal mortality in eastern Zambia: accessing health care for delivery and obstetric emergencies

2012, Chansa, Gabrysch, Kyei, Quality of antenatal care in Zambia: a national assessment

2010, MacArthur, Ndokera, The relationship between maternal depression and adverse infant health outcomes in Zambia: a cross‐sectional feasibility study, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01129.x

2004, Kyanamina, Mukelabai, Roosmalen, Stekelenburg, Wolffers, Waiting too long: low use of maternal health services in Kalabo, Zambia

2003, Chinganya, MacKeith, Murray, Zambian women's experiences of urban maternity care: results from a community survey in Lusaka, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12828141/

ZIMBABWE

2019, Andajani-Suthahjo, Holroyd, Kanengoni, Women's experiences of disrespectful and abusive maternal health care in a low resource rural setting in eastern Zimbabwe, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2019.06.003

2018,  Choguya, Corruption in Health Service Delivery: The Case of Maternal Health in Rural Zimbabwe, https://bit.ly/2ZyEOqa

2018, Abrahams, Munjanja, Shamu, Shamu, Temmerman, Zarowsky, Intimate partner violence, forced first sex and adverse pregnancy outcomes in a sample of Zimbabwean women accessing maternal and child health care

2008, Ehlers, Mugweni, Roos, Factors contributing to low institutional deliveries in the Marondera district of Zimbabwe

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