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• Title: Skilled Care at Birth Among Rural Women in Nepal: Practice and Challenges (Report)
• Author : Journal of Health Population and Nutrition
• Release Date : January 01, 2011
• Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 232 KB

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INTRODUCTION In Nepal, most (81%) deliveries take place at home (1). Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and unskilled birth attendants, such as family members and relatives, are common while some women (7%) give birth without any support (1). Evidence suggests that having skilled attendants at delivery is one of the key interventions for reducing maternal mortality (2). Developing countries where professional attendants are used at delivery have reduced maternal mortality up to 50 per 100,000 livebirths (3). In Nepal, the main barrier to delivery care is the shortage of skilled birth attendants (SBAs), particularly in most rural areas. Local TBAs are not recognized as SBAs by the World Health Organization (WHO) because they are generally not trained to deal with birth-related complications (4). On the other hand, qualified nurses and doctors are often not available in rural Nepal. Maternal and child health workers (MCHWs), who have a 15-week course on maternal and child health and a further six-week 'refresher' course in midwifery skills, are playing a key role as community-level skilled attendants in Nepal (5).

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