Can the Robson 10 Group Classification System help identify which groups of women are driving the high caesarean section rate in major private hospitals in eastern Ethiopia? A cros... by Thomas van den Akker, Abera Kenay Tura, Shegaw Geze, Sagni Girma Fage

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Pre-post implementation survey of a multicomponent intervention to improve informed consent for caesarean section in Southern Malawi by Thomas van den Akker, Siem Zethof, Wouter Bakker, Felix Nansongole, Kelvin Kilowe, Jos van Roosmalen

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Birthing experience and quality of life after vacuum delivery and second-stage caesarean section: a prospective cohort study in Uganda by Barbara, Nolens, Thomas, van den Akker, John, Lule, Sulphine, Twinomuhangi, Roosmalen, Jos van, Josaphat, Byamugisha

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Women’s recommendations: vacuum extraction or caesarean section for prolonged second stage of labour, a prospective cohort study in Uganda by Barbara, Nolens, Thomas, van den Akker, John, Lule, Sulphine, Twinomuhangi, Roosmalen, Jos van, Josaphat, Byamugisha

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Prospective cohort study comparing outcomes between vacuum extraction and second-stage cesarean delivery at a Ugandan tertiary referral hospital by Barbara, Nolens, Flavia, Namiiro, John, Lule, Thomas, van den Akker, Roosmalen, Jos van, Josaphat, Byamugisha

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Use of assisted vaginal birth to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections and improve maternal and perinatal outcomes by Barbara, Nolens, Capelle, Manuela, Roosmalen, Jos van, Mola, Glen, Josaphat, Byamugisha, John, Lule, Arfang, Faye, Thomas, van den Akker

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Cesarean section in Suriname using robson classification: a two-year nationwide cross-sectional study on rates, risk factors and perinatal outcomes of cesarean section by Zita D. Prüst, Josephine A. I. Dupont, Safir Liesdek, Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp, Thomas van den Akker, Kim J. C. Verschueren, Lachmi R. Kodan

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Mixed vulnerabilities: the biological risk of high parity is aggravated by emergency referral in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda by Manuela Straneo, Lenka Beňová, Thomas van den Akker, Muzdalifat S. Abeid, Elizabeth Ayebare, Jean-Paul Dossou, Greta Handing, Bianca Kandeya, Andrea B. Pembe, Claudia Hanson

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‘I am happy to be listened to’: co-creation of a simple tool to measure women’s experiences of respectful maternity care in urban Tanzania by Brenda Sequeira D’mello, Natasha Housseine, Hussein Lesio Kidanto, Nanna Maaløe, Jos van Roosmalen, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, Thomas van den Akker, Zainab Muniro, Evance Polin, Nuswe Ambokile, Charles Festo, Jane Brandt Sørensen, David Sando

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Voices from the frontline: findings from a thematic analysis of a rapid online global survey of maternal and newborn health professionals facing the COVID-19 pandemic by Lenka Benova, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Emma Radovich, Francesca L Cavallaro, Andrea Pembe, Oona Maeve Renee Campbell, Thomas van den Akker, Bouchra Assarag, Thérèse Delvaux, Mitsuaki Matsui, Alexandre Delamou, Wendy Jane Graham, Bosede Afolabi, Annettee Nakimuli, Louise Tina Day, Aline Semaan, Constance Audet, Elise Huysmans, Hannah Blencowe, Séverine Caluwaerts, Leonardo Chavane, Giorgia Gon, Peter Kascak, Sarah Moxon

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Timing of cesarean section for prolonged labor in urban Tanzania: A criterion-based auditAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Monica Lauridsen Kujabi, MD, PhD, Natasha Housseine, MD, PhD, Idrissa Kabanda, MD, Rukia Msumi, MD, Luzango Maembe, MD, Mtingele Sangalala, MD, Manyanga Hudson, MD, Sarah Hansen, BSc. Med., Anna Macha, MD, Brenda Sequeira D'mello, MD, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, PhD, Flemming Konradsen, PhD, Andreas Kryger Jensen, PhD, Kidanto Hussein, MD, PhD, Nanna Maaløe, MD, PhD, Thomas van den Akker, MD, PhD

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Physiological versus time based cord clamping in very preterm infants (ABC3): a parallel-group, multicentre, randomised, controlled superiority trialResearch in context by Ronny Knol, Emma Brouwer, Thomas van den Akker, Philip L.J. DeKoninck, Wes Onland, Marijn J. Vermeulen, Willem P. de Boode, Anton H. van Kaam, Enrico Lopriore, Irwin K.M. Reiss, G. Jeroen Hutten, Sandra A. Prins, Estelle E.M. Mulder, Esther J. d’Haens, Christian V. Hulzebos, Helene A. Bouma, Sam J. van Sambeeck, Hendrik J. Niemarkt, Mayke E. van der Putten, Tinta Lebon, Inge A. Zonnenberg, Debbie H. Nuytemans, Sten P. Willemsen, Graeme R. Polglase, Sylke J. Steggerda, Stuart B. Hooper, Arjan B. te Pas

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Quality of care at childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium: a cross-sectional study based on WHO standards by Marzia Lazzerini, Emanuelle Pessa Valente, Enrico Lopriore, Mariana Pereira, Helen Elden, Ilaria Mariani, Anna Galle, Christoph Zenzmaier, Nicos Middleton, Antonella Nespoli, Dace Rezeberga, Mehreen Zaigham, Karolina Linden, Sandra Morano, Raquel Costa, Heloísa Dias, Rozée Virginie, Elizabete Pumpure, Dārta Jakovicka, Maryse Arendt, Barbara Tasch, Barbara Baranowska, Urszula Tataj-Puzyna, Catarina Barata, Teresa Santos, Zalka Drglin, Anja Bohinec, Serena Brigidi, Lara Martín Castañeda, Claire De Labrusse, Anouck Pfund, Harriet Thorn, Joana Oliveira, Simona Fumagalli, Marina Ruxandra Otelea, Helga Berghman, Silke D’Hauwers, Nele Vaerewijck, Arianna Bomben, Stefano delle Vedove, Martina König-Bachmann, Simon Imola, Elisabeth D'Costa, Ourania Kolokotroni, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Maria Karanikola, Ioli Orphanide Eteocleous, Lenka Laubrova Zirovnicka, Miloslava Kramná, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Antigoni Sarantaki Kristina, Dimitra Metallinou, Aikaterini Lykeridou, Stefano Delle Vedove, Gita Jansone-Šantare, Anna Šibalova, Elīna Voitehoviča, Dārta Krēsliņa, Alina Liepinaitienė, Andželika Kondrakova, Marija Mizgaitienė, Simona Juciūtė, Thomas Van den Akker, Beata Szlendak, Paulina Pawlicka, Tiago Miguel Pinto, Sofia Marques, Ana Meireles, Maria Arminda Nunes, Alejandra Oliden, Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger, Susanne Grylka, Michael Gemperle, Antonia Mueller

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Early warning systems for identifying severe maternal outcomes: findings from the WHO global maternal sepsis studyResearch in context by Yamikani Chimwaza, Alexandra Hunt, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Laura Bonnett, Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, João Paulo Souza, Mercedes Bonet, Vanessa Brizuela, David Lissauer, Yamikani Chimwaza, Alexandra Hunt, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Laura Bonnett, Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, João Paulo Souza, Mercedes Bonet, Vanessa Brizuela, David Lissauer, Mohammad Iqbal Aman, Bashir Noormal, Marisa Espinoza, Julia Pasquale, Charlotte Leroy, Kristien Roelens, Griet Vandenberghe, M. Christian Urlyss Agossou, Sourou Goufodji Keke, Christiane Tshabu Aguemon, Patricia Soledad Apaza Peralta, Víctor Conde Altamirano, Rosalinda Hernández Muñoz, José Guilherme Cecatti, Carolina Ribeiro do Valle, Vincent Batiene, Kadari Cisse, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Kannitha Cheang, Phirun Lam, Tung Rathavy, Elie Simo, Pierre-Marie Tebeu, Emah Irene Yakana, Javier Carvajal, María Fernanda Escobar, Paula Fernández, Lotte Berdiin Colmorn, Jens Langhoff-Roos, Wilson Mereci, Paola Vélez, Yasser Salah Eldin, Alaa Sultan, Alula M. Teklu, Dawit Worku, Richard Adanu, Philip Govule, Charles Noora Lwanga, William Enrique Arriaga Romero, María Guadalupe Flores Aceituno, Carolina Bustillo, Bredy Lara, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Sonia Trikha, Irene Cetin, Serena Donati, Carlo Personeni, Guldana Baimussanova, Saule Kabylova, Balgyn Sagyndykova, George Gwako, Alfred Osoti, Zahida Qureshi, Raisa Asylbasheva, Aigul Boobekova, Damira Seksenbaeva, Saad Eddine Itani, Meilė Minkauskienė, Diana Ramašauskaitė, Owen Chikhwaza, Luis Gadama, Eddie Malunga, Haoua Dembele, Hamadoun Sangho, Fanta Eliane Zerbo, Filiberto Dávila Serapio, Nazarea Herrera Maldonado, Juan I. Islas Castañeda, Tatiana Cauaus, Ala Curteanu, Victor Petrov, Yadamsuren Buyanjargal, Seded Khishgee, Bat-Erdene Lkhagvasuren, Amina Essolbi, Rachid Moulki, Zara Jaze, Arlete Mariano, Nafissa Bique Osman, Hla Mya Thway Einda, Thae Maung Maung, Khaing Nwe Tin, Tara Gurung, Amir Babu Shrestha, Sangeeta Shrestha, Kitty Bloemenkamp, Marcus J. Rijken, Thomas Van Den Akker, María Esther Estrada, Néstor J. Pavón Gómez, Olubukola Adesina, Chris Aimakhu, Bukola Fawole, Rizwana Chaudhri, Saima Hamid, M. Adnan Khan, María del Pilar Huatuco Hernández, Nelly M. Zavaleta Pimentel, Maria Lu Andal, Zenaida Dy Recidoro, Carolina Paula Martin, Mihaela Budianu, Lucian Pușcașiu, Léopold Diouf, Dembo Guirassy, Philippe Marc Moreira, Miroslav Borovsky, Ladislav Kovac, Alexandra Kristufkova, Sylvia Cebekhulu, Laura Cornelissen, Priya Soma-Pillay, Vicenç Cararach, Marta López, María José Vidal Benedé, Hemali Jayakody, Kapila Jayaratne, Dhammica Rowel, Wisal Nabag, Sara Omer, Victoria Tsoy, Urunbish Uzakova, Dilrabo Yunusova, Thitiporn Siriwachirachai, Thumwadee Tangsiriwatthana, Catherine Dunlop, Marian Knight, Jhon Roman, Gerardo Vitureira, Dinh Anh Tuan, Luong Ngoc Truong, Nghiem Thi Xuan Hanh, Mugove Madziyire, Thulani Magwali, Stephen Munjanja, Adama Baguiya, Mónica Chamillard, Bukola Fawole, Marian Knight, Seni Kouanda, Pisake Lumbiganon, Ashraf Nabhan, Ruta Nadisauskiene, Linda Bartlett, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Shevin T. Jacob, Sadia Shakoor, Khalid Yunis, Liana Campodónico, Hugo Gamerro, Daniel Giordano, Fernando Althabe, A. Metin Gülmezoglu

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