January 2022

The burden of the caring role: Adaptation of family members to the caring role in surgical wards at a tertiary hospital in Malawi

Family members also known as Patients’ Guardians (PG) are involved in caring for acutely ill inpatients in Malawian hospitals. Family participation in caring for acutely ill adult inpatients is adopted from the Family Centred Care approach. Using a focused ethnographic approach, we explored the perspectives of PGs and nurses on the burden of the caring role on PGs and their adaptation. Twelve PGs and eight nurses...

Author(s): Elizabeth Gwaza  

March 2022

Midwives' experiences in the practice of maternal death audits in Burkina Faso: A qualitative study

Maternal death audits (MDAs) are the key to reducing maternal mortality.  However, there are some barriers to the involvement of midwives in carrying out maternal death audits. This article aimed to explore midwives' perceptions and experiences of maternal death audits in Burkina Faso. This was a qualitative study conducted in December 2018. Data were collected from individual semi-structured interviews....

Author(s): Idrissa DIALLO, Nestor BATIONO, Dieudonné SOUBEIGA, Gustave NANA, Patrice Alain NGANGUE Ahmed KABORE⊃, Clovis Albéric TOE⊃, and Maxime DRABO