"Attitude is the fifth delay": perspectives of obstetric near-miss survivors and health care professionals on continuity and coordination of maternal care.

Background: Fragmentation in maternal healthcare contributes to preventable maternal deaths. Improving continuity and coordination can mitigate this issue by influencing interactions among providers, interdisciplinary teams, and patient-provider relationships. The obstetric near-miss approach has the potential to offer insights into continuity and coordination in maternal health.

The extent of interruptions to primary care medical officers' consultations in the Western Cape.

Background: Administrative tasks are an increasing burden for primary care doctors globally and linked to burnout. Many tasks occur during consultations. They cause interruptions with possible effects on patients' and doctors' experiences and care.

A mixed methods study on continuity and care coordination based on the obstetric near miss approach.

Background: The near-miss approach assumes that mothers facing life-threatening conditions such as severe pre-eclampsia and postpartum haemorrhage share common risk factors. Among these women, those who survive (near-miss cases) can offer insights into the determinants, providing valuable lessons for understanding underlying factors.

Aim: To investigate elements of continuity and coordination leading to obstetric near misses.

Characterising the performance measurement and management system in the primary health care systems of Malawi.

Background:  Performance Measurement and Management (PMM) systems are levers that support key management functions in health care systems. Just like many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), Malawi strives to improve performance via evidence-based decision making and a suitable performance culture.

Aim:  This study sought to describe PMM practices at all levels of primary health care (PHC) in Malawi.

Planetary health and environmental sustainability in African health professions education.

CliMigHealth and the Education for Sustainable Healthcare (ESH) Special Interest Group of the Southern African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) call for the urgent integration of planetary health (PH) and environmental sustainability into health professions curricula in Africa. Education on PH and sustainable healthcare develops much-needed health worker agency to address the connections between healthcare and PH. Faculties are urged to develop their own 'net zero' plans and to advocate for national and sub-national policies and practices that promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and PH.

COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the world.

Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present and future impacts of climate change.

Self-reported continuity and coordination of antenatal care and its association with obstetric near miss in Uasin Gishu county, Kenya.

Background: Continuity and coordination of care are core principles of high-quality primary health care. Optimising continuity and coordination improves maternal satisfaction. However, their association with morbidity and mortality outcomes is unclear.

COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world.

Wealthy nations must step up support for Africa and vulnerable countries in addressing past, present and future impacts of climate change. The 2022 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints a dark picture of the future of life on earth, characterised by ecosystem collapse, species extinction, and climate hazards such as heatwaves and floods. These are all linked to physical and mental health problems, with direct and indirect consequences of increased morbidity and mortality.