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Middle East and North Africa<br />

(8%)<br />

South Asia (24%)<br />

Sub-Saharan Africa (56%)<br />

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Egypt 6<br />

Jordan 3<br />

Tunisia 1<br />

Bangladesh 6<br />

India 15<br />

Pakistan 7<br />

Sri Lanka 1<br />

Angola 1<br />

Burkina Faso 2<br />

Central African<br />

Republic 0<br />

Cote d'Ivoire 3<br />

Ethiopia 2<br />

Ghana 1<br />

Guinea-Bissau 11<br />

Kenya 2<br />

Madagascar 1<br />

Malawi 6<br />

Mozambique 6<br />

Nigeria 14<br />

Senegal 3<br />

Sierra Leone 1<br />

Sudan 1<br />

Tanzania 5<br />

Uganda 2<br />

Zambia 4<br />

Zimbabwe 4<br />

Notes: % refers to the regional distribution of all included items. *Number of studies not<br />

mutually exclusive.<br />

The types of study designs included in the review were highly variable, ranging from<br />

randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (e.g., Malaba et al., 2005 (++)/(++); 15 Kuhn et<br />

al., 2008 (++)/(++)) to observational studies (e.g., Colonna et al., 1990 (-)/(-);<br />

Campbell et al., 2005 (+)/(+)). Of the 11 included studies, 34 were RCTs.<br />

15 The two symbols relate to internal and external validity respectively.<br />

What are the effects of different models of delivery <strong>for</strong> improving maternal and infant health<br />

outcomes <strong>for</strong> poor people in urban areas in low income and lower middle income countries? 25

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