Category: TBAs

• TRADTIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS VS. SKILLED HEALTH WORKERS: SAVING LIVES.

    By Anja Choon The usefulness of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in contemporary times is a highly disputed subject. Many reasons have been given in support of TBAs and many against them. Supporters argue that a “severe shortage of trained and skilled health workers” is the main cause for poor maternal and child health in…

  jaynewhyteonline

  May 18, 2015

  Anja Choon, health workers., Ile Ife, maternal death, Nigeria, Skilled Health Workers, TBAs