Factors Associated with Short-Term Surgical Outcomes Among Women Presenting with Pelvic Peritonitis at Bugando Medical Centre Mwanza, Tanzania.

Background: Pelvic peritonitis is a rarely reported pathological condition in literature and emergency laparotomies are a common surgical procedure performed for these conditions in developing countries. This study was designed to investigate factors that are associated with short-term surgical outcomes among women with pelvic peritonitis.

Methods: The study included retrospective and prospective data obtained between November 2021 and May 2022 from Bugando Medical Centre (BMC).

Symphysis-fundal height, gestational age and its value for identification of foetuses at risk in rural Tanzania: A qualitative follow-up study.

Preterm birth and abnormal foetal growth increase the risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Timely identification of foetuses at risk is critical to improving maternal and neonatal outcomes. The objective of this study was to increase understanding of the quality of foetal growth monitoring during antenatal care in Tanzania.

Quality of care during childbirth in Tanzania: identification of areas that need improvement.

Background: Making use of good, evidence based routines, for management of normal childbirth is essential to ensure quality of care and prevent, identify and manage complications if they occur. Two essential routine care interventions as defined by the World Health Organization are the use of the Partograph and Active Management of the Third Stage of Labour. Both interventions have been evaluated for their ability to assist health providers to detect and deal with complications.

Assessing emergency obstetric and newborn care: can performance indicators capture health system weaknesses?

Background: Regular monitoring and assessment of performance indicators for emergency obstetric and newborn care can help to identify priorities to improve health services for women and newborns. The aim of this study was to perform a district wide assessment of emergency obstetric and newborn care performance and identify ways for improvement.

Methods: Facility assessment of 13 dispensaries, four health centers and one district hospital in a rural district in Tanzania was performed in two data collection periods in 2014.