Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Thommesen, Trude Gro"
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"I´m afraid, actually!" Midwives´ challenges in providing quality maternal and newborn care in health centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Thommesen, Trude Gro (Master thesis, 2014-08-15)Despite several international commitments including the Millennium Development Goals and national efforts the maternal and neonatal mortality in low- income countries is still high. Still 329,000 women and more than 6 ... -
“The midwife helped me ... otherwise I could have died”: women’s experience of professional midwifery services in rural Afghanistan - a qualitative study in the provinces Kunar and Laghman
Thommesen, Trude Gro; Kismul, Hallgeir; Kaplan, Ian; Safi, Khadija; Van den Bergh, Graziella (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality ratios, with more than 60% of women having no access to a skilled birth attendant in some areas. The main challenges for childbearing Afghan women ...