The quality of clinical maternal and neonatal healthcare

Data was collected in a total of 33 health factilities.Data was collected by direct non-participatory observation of the clinical interactions between maternal care providers and women delivering in the factilities' maternity unit. The main purpose of the study was to determine the quality of routine maternal and early newborn care provided by the heatlh care providers during labour, childbirth, and the early postpartum period. The data collection instrument consisted of a checklist of process indicators. Research assistance observing the clinical interaction documented on the checklist whether given processes have been performed according to national clinical standards by the health care providers or not.