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Adegoke, Adetoro and Van Den Broek, Nynke 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8523-2684
(2009)
'Skilled birth attendance-lessons learnt'. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Vol 116, Issue S1, pp. 33-40.
Abstract
To reduce the horrific maternal mortality figures that we have globally especially in resource poor countries, there was a global commitment to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarters by 2015 using 1990 as a baseline. To measure the achievement of this goal, two indicators: maternal mortality ratio and proportion of births attended by skilled attendance were selected. To ensure skilled attendance at birth for all women, the international community set a target of 80% by 2005, 85% by 2010 and 90% coverage by 2015. However, in 2008 only 65.7% of all women were attended to by a skilled attendant during pregnancy, childbirth and immediately postpartum globally with some countries having less than 20% coverage. With the global human resource crisis, achieving this target is challenging but possible. This paper provides a narrative review of the literature on the skilled birth attendance strategy identifying key challenges and lessons learnt.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Special Issue: International Reviews |
| Subjects: | WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 310 Maternal welfare WQ Obstetrics > Labor > WQ 300 General works |
| Faculty: Department: | Groups (2002 - 2012) > Child & Reproductive Health Group |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02336.x |
| Depositing User: | Users 19 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2010 15:47 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2022 11:09 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/212 |
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