However, there is no clear understanding of whether a husband's attendance during childbirth in developing countries enables his wife to feel more in control of the labour process.
Despite the body of evidence of the importance of skilled attendance at delivery, there are records of high antenatal attendance, but low skilled attendance at delivery, especially in developing countries.
It emerges that conditional cash transfers work well in increasing attendance and enrolment, especially in developing countries (Angrist et al. 2006).
There is a tendency for predominantly symptom-oriented attendance for dental care in developing countries in Africa.
"A combination of demographic factors and very low, and thus rapidly increasing, rates" of university attendance make conditions especially acute in developing nations, he said.
At present, traditional birth attendants are thought to be present at more than 50% of births in developing countries, with attendance being as high as 90% in some countries.
There is tendency towards late attendance for the first antenatal care visit in developing countries [ 8] and the coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa lags far behind [ 9].
However high FANC attendance has not improved newborn care practices, especially in developing countries like Uganda where neonatal mortality is estimated at 26 deaths per thousand live births.
Schistosomiasis has adverse effects on the overall health, school attendance and academic performance of school age children particularly in developing countries [ 12].
The World Health Organization (WHO) has prioritized skilled birth attendance (SBA) as a critical strategy for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries [ 9].
