Journal of Global Health (Jun 2016)

Can innovative ambulance transport avert pregnancy–related deaths? One–year operational assessment in Ethiopia

  • Hagos Godefay,
  • John Kinsman,
  • Kesetebirhan Admasu,
  • Peter Byass

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.06.010410
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1

Abstract

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To maximise the potential benefits of maternity care services, pregnant women need to be able to physically get to health facilities in a timely manner. In most of sub–Saharan Africa, transport represents a major practical barrier. Here we evaluate the extent to which an innovative national ambulance service in Ethiopia, together with mobile phones, may have been successful in averting pregnancy–related deaths.

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