SynthesisBMC health services research2018
Role of maternity waiting homes in the reduction of maternal death and stillbirth in developing countries and its contribution for maternal death reduction in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled estimates of stillbirth in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2013-2024.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Access to maternity waiting home services and its determinants among women in Ethiopia: systematic reviews and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Pooled it
- The significant association between maternity waiting homes utilization and perinatal mortality in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC research notes · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of Preterm Birth on the Risk of Adverse Perinatal and Neonatal Outcomes in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingPooled it
- Increasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi-experimental study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2021Trial
- From Village to Clinic: Structural Barriers and Intersecting Challenges in Maternal Healthcare Access in Rural Nepal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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- Maternal and perinatal mortality: geospatial analysis of inequality in pregnancy related and perinatal mortality in Ethiopia.Health policy and planning · 2025Article
- Qualitative application of the diffusion of innovation theory to maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
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- Influence of Maternal Waiting Homes in Pregnancy-Related Complications: A Case-Control Study in Sipepa Ward 5, Tsholotsho District Zimbabwe.Health services insights · 2025Article
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- Integrating community health workers to sustain malaria services in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Findings from implementer case studies.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Assessing quality of care among maternity waiting home users and non-users in a rural Rwandan hospital.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with the intention to use maternity waiting homes among pregnant women in North Ethiopia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Husband's intention to support during pregnancy for the use of maternity waiting home in Jimma Zone, Southwest, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- Provider and client perspectives on the use of maternity waiting homes in rural Rwanda.Global health action · 2023Article
- Magnitude and factors influencing pastoralist women's maternity waiting home utilization in Teltelle district, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Antenatal care booked rural residence women have home delivery during the era of COVID-19 pandemic in Gidan District, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2023Article
- Determinants of maternity waiting home utilization among women who gave birth in public health facilities in the Gedeo Zone, southern Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvery family expect to have a healthy mother and new born baby after pregnancy. Especially for parents, pregnancy is a time of great anticipation. Access to maternal and child health care insures safer pregnancy and its outcome. MWHs is one the strategy. The objective was to synthesize the best available evidence on effectiveness of maternity waiting homes on the reduction of maternal mortality and stillbirth in developing countries.
methodsBefore conducting this review non-occurrences of the same review is verified. To avoid introduction of bias because of errors, two independent reviewers appraised each article. Maternal death and stillbirth were the primary outcomes. Review Manager 5 were used to produce a random-effect meta-analysis. Grade Pro software were used to produce risk of bias summary and summary of findings.
resultIn developing countries, maternity waiting homes users were 80% less likely to die than non-users (OR = 0. 20, 95% CI [0.08, 0.49]) and there was 73% less occurrence of stillbirth among users (OR = 0.27, 95% CI [0.09, 0.82]). In Ethiopia, there was a 91% reduction of maternal death among maternity waiting homes users unlike non-users (OR = 0.09, 95% CI [0.04, 0.19]) and it contributes to the reduction of 83% stillbirth unlike non-users (OR = 0.17, 95% CI [0.05, 0.58]).
conclusionMaternity waiting home contributes more than 80% to the reduction of maternal death among users in developing countries and Ethiopia. Its contribution for reduction of stillbirth is good. More than 70% of stillbirth is reduced among the users of maternity waiting homes. In Ethiopia maternity waiting homes contributes to the reduction of more than two third of stillbirths.
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