Lay and healthcare providers' experiences to inform future of respectful maternal and newborn care in Tanzania and Malawi: an Appreciative Inquiry.

Objectives: Disrespectful care, which remains prevalent in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), acts as a barrier to women accessing skilled birth attendance, compromising care when services are available. Building on what was positive in facilities, we aimed to explore lay and healthcare providers' experience of respectful care to inform future interventions.

Setting: Five maternity facilities in Mwanza Tanzania and Lilongwe Malawi.

Isn't pregnancy supposed to be a joyful time? A cross-sectional study on the types of domestic violence women experience during pregnancy in Malawi.

Background: Domestic violence against pregnant women exists in Malawi but its magnitude and types were, until recently published data, unknown due to scanty published data on the subject. This study aimed at identifying types of abuse women experience during pregnancy.

Methods: The study design was cross-sectional descriptive quantitative using a random sample of 292 pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic at Nsanje District Hospital, southern region of Malawi.