Pih45 Uptake of Antenatal Care Services Among Hiv Positive Women Attending an Urban Hiv Clinic in Uganda

Abstract

Objectives: Rapidly increasing tendency of caesarean section and its geographical inequality, as well as patient safety and quality of care related to it is a highly debated topic within health care. The aim of this study is to compare the caesarean section rates and its geographical inequalities between countries inside and outside of the European Union. Methods: Data were derived from the Health for All database of the World Health Organization (WHO). We selected indicator "HFA_596 Caesarean sections per 1000 live births" from WHO's Health for All database to analyse the time period between 1990-2014. We compared 28 member states of the European Union with countries outside of the EU. Independent samples T-test or Mann-Whitney test were used for data from