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An Assessment of Maternity Care Services in a Semi-Urban Local Government Area in Nigeria

Authors: ABIODUN Olumide

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Maternity services provide opportunity for women to have a supervised antenatal service, safe delivery and to receive family planning counseling. The utilization of maternity services is not as expected in developing countries. The consequence of this is an unacceptably high maternal mortality. The aim of this study is to assess the available obstetric services and the potential to manage obstetric emergencies. The study is a cross sectional survey of maternity services in 60 clinics, hospitals and maternity homes providing maternity services. Antenatal and delivery services were offered by all the facilities while post natal care was done by 36.2% of the facilities. Majority (40.4%) of the facility clinical heads had not attended relevant training in the preceding year. Only 48.9% of them organized relevant trainings for their staff. 80.9% of the facilities had no ambulance to transport patients during emergencies. The most common bad obstetrics practice is Enema saponis (56.9%) followed by fundal pressure application (42.6%). While basic obstetrics care is performed in most of the facilities, the comprehensive components are not. The quality of maternal services leaves much to be desired. Efforts to improve the skilled attendance at delivery should be emphasized. A scale up of the midwife service scheme is required.

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ABIODUN,O. . (0000). An Assessment of Maternity Care Services in a Semi-Urban Local Government Area in Nigeria , 0 (), 0-0.

ABIODUN,O. . "An Assessment of Maternity Care Services in a Semi-Urban Local Government Area in Nigeria " 0, no (), (0000): 0-0.

ABIODUN,O. and . (0000). An Assessment of Maternity Care Services in a Semi-Urban Local Government Area in Nigeria , 0 (), pp0-0.

ABIODUNO, . An Assessment of Maternity Care Services in a Semi-Urban Local Government Area in Nigeria . 0000, 0 ():0-0.

ABIODUN,Olumide , . "An Assessment of Maternity Care Services in a Semi-Urban Local Government Area in Nigeria ", 0 . (0000) : 0-0.

A.Olumide , "An Assessment of Maternity Care Services in a Semi-Urban Local Government Area in Nigeria " vol.0, no., pp. 0-0, 0000.

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