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Rural maternity care in Sierra Leone
Author(s) -
Kargbo T.K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(92)90026-f
Subject(s) - sierra leone , medicine , health worker , developing country , maternal health , work (physics) , maternity care , nursing , supervisor , rural area , health care , socioeconomics , economic growth , family medicine , environmental health , population , health services , mechanical engineering , pathology , sociology , political science , law , engineering , economics
The training and duties of a new category of health worker, the Maternal and Child Health Aide, is described. She is a literate women recruited from the place where she will eventually work. She has become the immediate supervisor of the traditional birth attendants (TBAs), who continue to conduct most deliveries in Sierra Leone.