TY - JOUR AU - Mian, Naeem uddin AU - Alvi, Muhammad Adeel AU - Malik, Mariam Zahid AU - Iqbal, Sarosh AU - Zakar, Rubeena AU - Zakar, Muhammad Zakria AU - Awan, Shehzad Hussain AU - Shahid, Faryal AU - Chaudhry, Muhammad Ashraf AU - Fischer, Florian PY - 2018 DA - 2018/02/06 TI - Approaches towards improving the quality of maternal and newborn health services in South Asia: challenges and opportunities for healthcare systems JO - Globalization and Health SP - 17 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - South Asia is experiencing a dismal state of maternal and newborn health (MNH) as the region has been falling behind in reducing the levels of maternal and neonatal mortality. Most of the efforts are focused on enhancing coverage of MNH services; however, quality remains a serious concern if the region is to achieve expected outcomes in terms of standardised MNH services within healthcare delivery systems. This research consists of a review of South Asian quality improvement (QI) approaches/interventions, specifically implemented for MNH improvement. SN - 1744-8603 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0338-9 DO - 10.1186/s12992-018-0338-9 ID - Mian2018 ER -