Similarly, the coverage of skilled care at birth (conducted at health facility attended by skilled attendant) was very low (17.5 %).
We evaluated whether HBB training of facility birth attendants reduces perinatal mortality in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Global Network research sites.
Each site was expected to interview a minimum of 100 home/out-of-facility birth attendants.
Because GWA studies require access to sophisticated laboratories and large-scale genotyping facilities with attendant statistical expertise, most of which are currently only available in a few countries in the world, samples collected for GWA studies are often exported for processing, quality control and genotyping.
HBB training will include training of MTs, facility level birth attendants, and quality monitoring and improvement activities.
Place of delivery was categorized into three categories; health facility, Traditional birth attendants (TBA/home) and others (e.g. enroute to health facility).
Most advisers concerned with maternal mortality reduction concur to promote births in facilities with professional attendants as the ultimate strategy.
However, this can be achieved if mothers have access to facilities with skilled attendants supported by adequate equipment, supplies and drugs.
In Ghana, maternal mortality stands at about 350 deaths/100 000 live-births, reaching higher rates in rural areas. 1 Skilled-birth attendance during deliveries is critical to reduce maternal mortality; however, ensuring that women deliver at facilities with qualified attendants has been a challenge in Ghana.
Relationships between health workers and their supervisors, co-workers at health facilities, co-workers from other health facilities nearby, traditional birth attendants working in the community, and patients visiting the facilities were self-reported.
