POPLINE Database Topic: Quality of Care This feed contains all the latest information from the POPLINE Database on the topic of Quality of Care. http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb/graphics/infopoprss.gif POPLINE Database, The INFO Project en-us 7/4/2008 Midwifery provision in two districts in Indonesia: How well are rural areas served? Effectiveness of training supervisors to improve reproductive health quality of care: a cluster-randomized trial in Kenya. Implementation of a new birth record in three hospitals in Jordan: a study of health system improvement. The effectiveness of contracting-out primary health care services in developing countries: a review of the evidence. Prescribing in maternity care in Russia: the legacy of Soviet medicine. Provider perspectives on barriers to family planning quality in Uganda: A qualitative study. Maternal education and child healthcare in Bangladesh. Delivering health care on US $19 per capita. Partogram use in the Dar es Salaam perinatal care study. Women's participation in a cervical cancer screening program in northern Peru. Neonatal mortality in the empowered action group states of India: Trends and determinants. The health of urban populations in developing countries. Assessing health system performance in developing countries: A review of the literature. Neonatal mortality: Description and effect of hospital of birth after risk adjustment. The crisis in human resources for health care and the potential of a 'retired' workforce: Case study of the independent midwifery sector in Tanzania. Gender bias in access to healthcare in Nigeria: A study of end-stage renal disease. Task shifting for antiretroviral treatment delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: Not a panacea. Planning and costing human resources for health. Analyzing health equity using household survey data: a guide to techniques and their implementation. Hospital policies and practices concerning normal childbirth in Jordan. Integrated management of childhood illness in Nigeria: Does short-term training of health workers improve their performance? World apart - tuberculosis in India and the United States. Tuberculosis in Africa - combating an HIV-driven crisis. Obstetric near miss and deaths in public and private hospitals in Indonesia. Syndromic approach to sexually transmitted infections in Tunisian women: Bacteriological validation. Emergency obstetric care: How do we stand in Malawi? Satisfaction with health services for STIs, HIV, AIDS among a high-risk population in West Africa. Costa Rica: Achievements of a heterodox health policy. Quality of antenatal care and its dose-response relationship with birth weight in a maternal and child health training institute in Bangladesh. An enduring role: The continuing need for a robust family planning clinic system. Does physician bias affect the quality of care they deliver? Evidence in the care of sexually transmitted infections. Which aspects of non-clinical quality of care are most important? Results from WHO's general population surveys of "health systems responsiveness" in 41 countries. Impaired clinical response in a patient with uncomplicated falciparum malaria who received poor-quality and underdosed intramuscular artemether. Could clinical audit improve the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Cuba, Peru and Bolivia? The sexual and reproductive health of young people in Latin America: Evidence from WHO case studies. Sexual and reproductive health: Completing the continuum. The village-based midwife programme in Indonesia. Every death counts: Use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies, and children in South Africa. A decision tree for rapid quality assurance and control of rifampicin-containing oral dosage forms for global distribution for tuberculosis treatment. Clinical assessment and treatment in paediatric wards in the north-east of the United Republic of Tanzania. Maternal mortality has declined substantially in rural Bangladesh. Can mothers rely on the Brazilian health system for their deliveries? An assessment of use of the public system and out-of-pocket expenditure in the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study, Brazil. Provision and use of maternal health services among urban poor women in Kenya: What do we know and what can we do? Perceptions of quality of reproductive care services in Bolivia: Use of photo prompts and surveys as an impetus for change. Provider perceptions of reproductive health service quality in Jordanian public community health centers. Delayed care seeking for fatal pneumonia in children aged under five years in Uganda: A case-series study. Maternal mortality in well-resourced countries: Is there still a need for confidential enquiries? Who's judging the quality of care? Indigenous Maya and the problem of "not being attended". Women's preventive screening in rural health clinics. Emergency obstetric care in Punjab, Pakistan: Improvement needed.