Title: Costs and cost-effectiveness of training traditional birth attendants to reduce neanatal mortality in the Lufwanyama neonatal survival study (LUNESP)

Authors: Sabin, Lora L.

Place: [San Francisco, CA etc.

Publisher: Public library of science] (PLoS)

Year: 2012

Journal: PLoS one

Volume: Vol. 7, Issue 4

PAGE: --

Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: rural population, maternal health services, prenatal care, midwives

Abstract: Based on established guidelines, the strategy of using trained TBAs to reduce neonatal mortality was ‘highly cost effective’. The authors strongly recommend consideration of this approach for other remote rural populations with limited access to health care.

URL: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0035560

Document type: E-article