Implications for research
This pathway is likely to be applied and evaluated in different settings
and in different countries, whose feedback on implementation and
outcomes should be incorporated in order to improve its external
validity and, therefore, the quality of care. Clinicians, researchers
and policy makers should be encouraged to adapt these algorithms in
accordance with their own context, considering the local availability of
resources, the acceptability of key stakeholders, centred in respectful
maternity care dimensions and equity principles.