A comparison of practices, distributions and determinants of birth attendance in two divisions with highest and lowest skilled delivery attendance in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria (Author), Vanessa Burrowes (Author), Allysha Choudhury (Author), Atia Sharmeen (Author), Swagata Ghosh (Author), Anna Kalbarczyk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Delivery by skilled birth attendants (SBAs) is strongly recommended to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. The percentage of births attended by SBAs is low in Bangladesh (42% in 2014), though this rate varies widely by divisions, with the highest 58% in Khulna and only 27% in...