Quality And Readiness For Facility-Based Childbirth In Sub-Saharan Africa

It seems self-evident that giving birth with the help of a skilled attendant in a health facility will reduce the risk of adverse outcome, as opposed to birthing at home. A key indicator for the Sustainable Development Goals is the 'proportion of births attended by skilled personnel', of particular relevance to sub-Saharan Africa, where this proportion was only 59% in 2018 (Sustainable Development Goals knowledge platform.