Title |
How many births in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia will not be attended by a skilled birth attendant between 2011 and 2015?
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Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, January 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2393-12-4 |
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Authors |
Sonya Crowe, Martin Utley, Anthony Costello, Christina Pagel |
Abstract |
The fifth Millennium Development Goal target for 90% of births in low and middle income countries to have a skilled birth attendant (SBA) by 2015 will not be met. In response to this, policy has focused on increasing SBA access. However, reducing maternal mortality also requires policies to prevent deaths among women giving birth unattended. We aimed to generate estimates of the absolute number of non-SBA births between 2011 and 2015 in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, given optimistic assumptions of future trends in SBA attendance. These estimates could be used by decision makers to inform the extent to which reductions in maternal mortality will depend on policies aimed specifically at those women giving birth unattended. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 4 | 80% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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India | 2 | <1% |
Spain | 2 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Estonia | 1 | <1% |
Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 207 | 95% |
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Student > Master | 59 | 27% |
Student > Bachelor | 26 | 12% |
Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 10% |
Researcher | 20 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 9% |
Other | 38 | 17% |
Unknown | 33 | 15% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 72 | 33% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 40 | 18% |
Social Sciences | 36 | 17% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 4% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 1% |
Other | 18 | 8% |
Unknown | 40 | 18% |