Agenda setting for maternal survival in Ghana and Tanzania against the backdrop of the MDGs

Financing of physical rehabilitation services in Iran: a stakeholder and social network analysis

“…However, regarding PRF-related policies, powerful stakeholders have little interest in participation [14]. This is a considerable challenge that prevents relevant topics from being included in the agenda setting [38]. Consequently, various strategies such as informing the key stakeholders about physical rehabilitation services and the growing demand for them [15], must be applied to increase the chances of putting these issues on the agenda [39].…”

Risk factors affecting maternal health outcomes in Rivers State of Nigeria: Towards the PRISMA model

“…The descriptive analysis of the data revealed evidence of technical, organizational, human and patient-related maternal health failures in the healthcare settings in Rivers State, Nigeria. The interplay between these failure categories and their associated risk factors constitute a very complex problem that require application of rigorous risk examination tools and a coordinated action of healthcare managers, practitioners and other healthcare interest groups (Smith & Huntsman, 2019;Shearer et al, 2016). Our PRMQ instrument alongside the exploratory factor analysis enabled us to investigate the risk factors from two main typologies -avoidable causes and unavoidable causes, and further allowed us to prioritize the most relevant risk factors that can be prevented or mitigated early and re-evaluated regularly to improve maternal health outcomes (van der Schaaf & Habraken, 2005).…”

“…The study wades into an important discussion in healthcare risk management where every thirteen minutes one Nigerian woman dies from preventable causes during childbirth (APHRC, 2017) and patient safety management should be designed to enable practitioners to prevent harm and lessen unavoidable incidents (Mackintosh & Sandall, 2016) through collective actions (Smith & Rodriguez, 2016;Smith & Huntsman, 2019). Such efforts and processes must be carried out continuously to prevent, detect and manage the frequently occurring incidents and complex risk factors in the healthcare sector to improve quality care of patients (van der…”

“…A strong political will formulated around rule of law, fair institutional structures and a diverse network of patients, medical experts, activists, technicians, politicians and other interested groups who are committed to reducing maternal mortality provides an effective platform for minimizing infant and mother caregiving risks (Smith & Rodriguez, 2016;Shearer et al, 2016;Smith & Huntsman, 2019). However, politicians can create partisan healthcare policies by aligning national healthcare quality agenda with their political aspirations, but such politicaldriven tendencies can lead to poor quality care and loss of public trust in governments (Walt & Gilson, 2014;Smith, 2014).…”

Maternal health literacy as an effort to reduce maternal mortality

“…The 189 Heads of State and their representatives, who are members of the UN, announced a Millennium Development Goal, one of the targets of which was to reduce mothers' mortality and infant mortality, and a program which ended in 2015, was expected to reduce maternal mortality and rates. Child mortality can only advance slower than other deals (Smith & Hunsmann, 2019). The aim of reducing maternal mortality and mortality for children is also set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDS), the purpose of which is to reduce the world maternal mortality rate by less than 70 deaths per 100,000 births by 2030.…”