The economic and health impact of substandard uterotonic use for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in three Sub-Saharan African countries: a comparative analysis
Improving uterotonic quality would bring significant cost savings and maternal health improvements across countries. Specific policies to improve uterotonic quality and bring about the economic and health benefits may need to be tailored by country. Ensuring the quality of uterotonics is essential in improving medicine equity and would contribute towards efforts to achieve universal health coverage by ensuring that medications adequately achieve their value for money.
Authors
- Petra Procter
- Sachiko Ozawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7608-9038)
- A. Metin Gülmezog̈lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4674-0998)
- Colleen R. Higgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7900-9539)
- Lester Chinery
- Sara Rushwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-4955)
- Yi-Fang Ashley Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-9465)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Concept Foundation (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Research Policy and Systems
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-025-01322-y
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Johnson and Johnson Foundation