Table 3.

Description of the RMC intervention

Component	Description	Participants	Intervention period
RMC training	The RMC training manual included contents on an overview of maternal health in Ethiopia; human rights and law in the context of reproductive health; RMC rights and standards; professional ethics; and continuous quality improvement. The manual was designed after a thorough review of RMC implementation programmes in Kenya, Tanzania, and Nigeria; and WHO’s recommendations of Intrapartum Care for Positive Childbirth Experience; and national guidelines and professional ethics codes.	64 service providers at the participating hospitals who assist women during childbirth (in two rounds)	First round: 25–27 April 2018 Second round: 2–4 May 2018
Wall posters	Four wall posters The universal rights of childbearing women prepared by the White Ribbon Alliance (one poster) Infographics taken from the intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience guideline prepared by the WHO (three posters)	All (64) training participants The wall posters were included in the RMC training manual and all participants were briefed on these.	25 April–4 May 2018 Posters were handed over to the hospitals’ MCH coordinators at the end of the second round training session.
Onsite supportive supervision	Two rounds of post-training quality improvement supportive supervision were conducted to appraise the action plan implementation, and to set actions for the next cycle with the long-term aim of developing a culture of continuous quality improvement actions. Guidance on a facility-led assessment of RMC using a structured checklist that was part of the RMC training manual. Guidance on action plan development to address actionable gaps identified by the assessment checklist.	All (64) service providers who attended the RMC training. (There were service providers who attended both rounds of the supervision.)	First round: June 2018 Second round: July 2018