Travel of pregnant women in emergency situations to hospital and maternal mortality in Lagos, Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study

• Mobolanle Balogun,
• Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas,
• Charles Ameh,
• Bosede Bukola Afolabi,
• Cephas Ke-on Avoka,
• Uchenna Gwacham-Anisiobi,
• Olufemi Omololu,
• Kikelomo Wright,
• Tolulope Temitayo Fasesin,
• Adedotun Olusi

Affiliations

Mobolanle Balogun

Department of Community Health and Primary Care, University of Lagos, Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria

Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas

School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, London, UK

Charles Ameh

1 Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

Bosede Bukola Afolabi

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

Cephas Ke-on Avoka

Faculty of Public Health, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana

Uchenna Gwacham-Anisiobi

Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK

Olufemi Omololu

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

Kikelomo Wright

Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Tolulope Temitayo Fasesin

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

Adedotun Olusi

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Metta, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, Nigeria