Evaluation of a primary health care programme in The Gambia. I. The impact of trained traditional birth attendants on the outcome of pregnancy.

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In 1983 a primary health care (PHC) programme was introduced into the Farafenni area of The Gambia; an important component of this programme was the identification and training of a traditional birth attendant (TBA) in each village with a population of 400 or greater. The outcome of pregnancy has been documented among women resident in 15 villages which joined the PHC programme and in 26 which were too small to do so, for 1 year before and for 3 years after the start of the programme. In PHC ...

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Authors: Greenwood, A; Bradley, A; Byass, P; Greenwood, B; Snow, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 58-66
• Publication date: 1990-02-01
• ISSN: 0022-5304
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Pregnancy Outcome; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Primary Health Care; Pregnancy; Fetal Death; Midwifery; Maternal Mortality; Female; Cross-Sectional Studies; Infant Mortality; Humans; Adult; Gambia