Increasing the use of skilled health personnel where traditional birth attendants were providers of childbirth care: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND: Improved access to skilled health personnel for childbirth is a priority strategy to improve maternal health. This study investigates interventions to achieve this where traditional birth attendants were providers of childbirth care and asks what has been done and what has worked? METHOD...

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Main Authors: Claudia Vieira, Anayda Portela, Tina Miller, Ernestina Coast, Tiziana Leone, Cicely Marston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480459?pdf=render