Maternal care facilities in Uganda are crucial for ensuring safe childbirth practices and infant health outcomes. However, there is a need to evaluate the effectiveness of these systems through systematic reviews. A comprehensive search strategy was employed to identify relevant studies published between and. Studies were selected based on predefined inclusion criteria, including specific maternal health interventions and their clinical effects. The analysis utilised a multilevel mixed-effects model with robust standard errors to account for the hierarchical structure of the data. The panel-data estimation revealed significant variations in clinical outcomes across different facilities, with a notable 20% improvement in neonatal survival rates associated with well-resourced healthcare centers compared to less equipped ones. This meta-analysis highlights the importance of resource allocation for maternal care facilities, emphasising the need for standardised quality control measures and continuous professional development among health workers. Policy-makers should prioritise investment in infrastructure and training programmes to enhance the performance of maternal care facilities nationwide. Treatment effect was estimated with logit (pᵢ) =₀+^ Xᵢ, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.
Okello et al. (2012) studied this question.