“If my husband was in the labor ward with me, my baby wouldn’t have died”; experiences on birth companionship from a tertiary health facility, Tanzania

• Michael Obed Mwakyusa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: michaelmwakyusa@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital, MZRH, Mbeya, Tanzania

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7871-7490

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• Ali Said,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Shekha Selemani,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Musa Kakiziba,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Judica Christopher,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Dar Es Salaam, UDSM—MCHAS, Mbeya, Tanzania

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• Nathanael Shauri Sirili,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development Studies, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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• Fadhlun M. Alwy Al-beity

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, MUHAS, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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