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Labor and delivery

The impact of midwife workload on delivery of care, and mother and baby outcomes in maternity settings in OECD countries: A systematic review

Richard Mattock, Chris Bojke, Judy Wright, Tomasina Stacey

published 25 Aug 2025

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Elucidating trends and underlying drivers of neonatal mortality stagnation in Nepal: An analytical perspective on the 2016 and 2022 Demographic and Health Surveys

Khem Narayan Pokhrel, Resham Khatri, Suman Sapkota, Kalpana Gaulee Pokhrel, Gauri Pradhan, Tulsi Ram Thapa, Kamal Prasad Chapain, Thomas Pullum, Fern Greenwell

published 22 Aug 2025

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Does community pressure matter in cesarean deliveries in Bangladesh? An analysis of nationally representative surveys

Md Rabiul Haque, Ahbab Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, Mohammad Sazzad Hasan, Fardin Araf, Md Saidul Islam

published 19 Aug 2025

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Is it safe for women with a history of two cesarean deliveries to undergo a vaginal delivery attempt in comparison to patient with a history of one cesarean delivery?

Anna Elisabeth Hentrich, Dörthe Brüggmann, Samira Catharina Hoock, Eileen Deuster, Jakob Thomas Buslowicz, Juliane Bresgen, Nadja Zander, Frank Louwen, Lukas Jennewein

published 14 Aug 2025

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Comparison of pregnancy outcomes after history-indicated and ultrasound-indicated cervical cerclage: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jiamei Wang, Ling Zhu, Chunyan Xu, Wenjun Wu, Xuya Shen

published 14 Aug 2025

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Does low fertility indicate better reproductive health status? Evidence from nationally representative survey in India

Roni Sikdar, Dhananjay W. Bansod

published 12 Aug 2025

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Very preterm, very low birth weight infants not admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, National Vital Statistics Surveillance Data, United States 2021

Madison Levecke, Carla L. DeSisto, Lindsay S. Womack, Ekwutosi M. Okoroh, Shanna Cox, Charlan D. Kroelinger, Wanda D. Barfield

published 12 Aug 2025

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Quality of postnatal care for mothers and neonates in Mexico: Insights from the maternal eCohort study

Martín Paredes-Cruz, Diana Perez-Moran, Svetlana V. Doubova, Catherine Arsenault, Claudio Quinzaños-Fresnedo

published 12 Aug 2025

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Low birth weight and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women living with HIV and HIV-uninfected in Rwanda

Natalia Zotova, Athanase Munyaneza, Gad Murenzi, Gallican Kubwimana, Adebola Adedimeji, Kathryn Anastos, Marcel Yotebieng, on behalf of the CA-IeDEA consortium

published 11 Aug 2025

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“It’s like a book in the palm of my hand”: Adapting the Safe Delivery App for Papua New Guinea to improve quality of maternal and newborn care

Delly Babona, Lucy Au, Cherolyn Polomon, Arpita Deb, Hilde Cortier, Disha Agarwalla, John Bolnga, Michaela A. Riddell, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Caroline S. E. Homer, Lisa M. Vallely

published 08 Aug 2025

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy complications and conceptions resulting in births following spontaneous conception and in-vitro fertilization in British Columbia: A population-based study

Rebecca Eckler, Bahi Fayek, Erica Won, Sabina Dobrer, Sarka Lisonkova, Paul J. Yong, KS Joseph, Mohamed A. Bedaiwy

published 06 Aug 2025

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Protocol for a scoping review of the evidence concerning the unique needs and experiences of Orthodox Jewish women and their partners using maternity services

Michal Rosie Meroz, Christine McCourt, Carol Rivas

published 06 Aug 2025

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Incidence of intraventricular haemorrhage, associated risk factors and short-term outcomes among preterm neonates in a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya

Annette Baine Mwatha, Roseline Ochieng, Rosebella Iseme–Ondiek

published 31 Jul 2025

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