An evalution of the government training programme of traditional birth attendants

Abstract

In order to evaluate the quality of the training of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) under a national training scheme, 27 trainers (Family Welfare Visitors) and 155 trained TBAs were interviewed in depth in 25 randomly selected rural thanas of Bangladesh. The training was found beneficial on the whole. However, significant improvements in the quality of the training of trainers and of the trainees were recommended.