Experiences of a new cadre of midwives in Bangladesh: findings from a mixed method study

• Main Authors: Rashid U. Zaman (Author), Adiba Khaled (Author), Muhammod Abdus Sabur (Author), Shahidul Islam (Author), Shehlina Ahmed (Author), Joe Varghese (Author), Della Sherratt (Author), Sophie Witter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bangladesh did not have dedicated professional midwives in public sector health facilities until recently, when the country started a nation-wide programme to educate and deploy diploma midwives. The objective of the findings presented in this paper, which is part of a larger stu...