Access to care solutions in healthcare for obstetric care in Africa: A systematic review.
Anjni Patel JoinerJ Austin LeePhindile ChowaRamu KharelLekshmi KumarNayara Malheiros CaruzzoThais RamirezLindy M ReynoldsFrancis SakitaLee Van VleetMegan Von IsenburgAnna Quay YaffeeCatherine StatonJoao Ricardo Nickenig VissociPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Emergency care systems across Africa are understudied and interventions to improve access to care for obstetric emergencies provides important insight into existing solutions for other types of emergency conditions. Physical access to means of transportation, efforts to increase layperson knowledge and recognition of emergent conditions, and community engagement hold the most promise for future efforts at improving emergency access to care.