Antenatal corticosteroids for pregnant women at risk of preterm labour in low- and middle-income countries: utilisation and facility readiness
We proposed a strategy for measuring facility readiness to implement one of the most effective interventions to improve neonatal survival. Countries should operationalise readiness measurement, improve facility readiness to provide ACS appropriately, and encourage ACS uptake in well-equipped facilities.
Authors
- Fouzia Farooq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6491-6323)
- Catherine Arsenault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2410-3015)
- Andrea B. Pembe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-3298)
- Victoria Y. Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7755-9425)
- Hannah H. Leslie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-3645)
- Emily R. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1745-5728)
- Wen-Chien Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8206-1496)
- Theodros Getachew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6486-0531)
Institutions
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Milken Institute (US)
- Center for Global Development (US)
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Ethiopian Public Health Institute (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2025-05-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.04149
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06