Study	Reason for exclusion
Ameh 2014	Stepped wedge design with no randomisation
Carlo 2010	Large proportion of non‐hospital providers are included.
Dumont 2013	Focus is not on managing emergencies but on maternal death reviews and implementation of best practice.
Evans 2018	The control group is where a new emergency training intervention is implemented; no control group of standard/non‐interactive training intervention.
Goudar 2012	The intervention includes emergency training but is also focused on care the first week after birth, therefore the intervention is not predominately for managing emergencies.
Pasha 2013	Facility staff training was part of a much wider health system intervention including community mobilisation, community healthcare worker training, birth planning, and hospital transport.
Walker 2015	Pre‐post test design within a randomised trial that has not yet been reported