This collection comprises the survey instruments and datasets for the clinical observations and exit interviews which were conducted twice a year by the IDEAS II project in Gombe State, North-East Nigeria between May 2016 and August 2019. Data were collected to: (1) support local decision makers; and (2) improve measurement of priority indicators for maternal and newborn health using data from observation of births in health facilities as gold-standard to test the validity of maternal reports on care provided, and evaluate the reliability of different data sources to provide comparable estimates. Data is held for preservation only.

In Gombe State, clinical observations of facility based childbirth were completed in the 10 primary care facilities with the highest number of births in the preceding six months, as recorded in the facility maternity registers at November 2015. Six rounds of data collection took place. Each round lasted three weeks, during which time around 350 women were observed. The content of the checklist was developed from the USAID-funded Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program’s tool for observing vaginal births and the following complications: postpartum haemorrhage, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and newborn asphyxia. Before discharge, exit interviews were also completed with those observed women who had a healthy newborn at the time of discharge.

Maternal, Newborn, Gombe, Nigeria, Clinical observations, Exit interviews, Quality of care, Respectful care, Experience of care, Labour, Delivery, Childbirth