A qualitative study of infection prevention and control practices in the maternal units of two Ghanaian hospitals.

"Declarations Ethical approvalEthical clearance was obtained for this study (GHS-ERC 07/03/2019). Permission was sought from the ward managers for participant observation at the ward level. Written informed consent was obtained from the interview participants, and all ethical procedures were followed. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Royal Library, Copenhagen University Library. Financial support for this study was provided by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the HAI-Ghana project (Grant no. 16-PO1-GHA). The HAI-Ghana project has the objective of reducing morbidity, mortality and cost related to HAIs. It is an international multicenter and interdisciplinary research network that brings together Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows supervised by a Ghanaian and Danish team of experts in various fields of academia. Open access funding provided by Royal Library, Copenhagen University Library"