title: Quality of care in women's, children's, and adolescent health. Methods for assessing evaluation and implementation in West Africa. Experience in the Côte d'Ivoire.
abstract: A tool developed by WHO was used to assess the quality of care for mothers, newborns, and children in some healthcare facilities in French-speaking Africa; this study led to the development of recommendations for the implementation of actions intended to resolve the problems observed and to optimize patient management. We report here the experience of the maternity units of the university hospital center of Treichville, in Abidjan, discuss the presentation of the results of the assessment, and make some recommendations as part of an action program. The experience of the monthly review of referred cases is also reported.
authors.affiliation: CHU Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Guie
authors.affiliation: CHU Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cisse
authors.affiliation: Bureau de l'OMS à Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saki-Nekouressi
authors.affiliation: Département de la Santé des mères, des nouveau-nés, des enfants et des adolescents, Organisation mondiale de la Santé, 20 av Appia, CH-1211 Genève 27, Suisse.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bucagu
authors.affiliation: Département de la Santé des mères, des nouveau-nés, des enfants et des adolescents, Organisation mondiale de la Santé, 20 av Appia, CH-1211 Genève 27, Suisse.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Landrivon
authors.affiliation: Équipe OMS inter-pays, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Agbodjan-Prince
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*
keywords: avoidable deaths; evaluation; indicators; quality of care; recommendations; standards