The Use of Traditional Birth Attendants and Faith Based Birth Attendants in Cross River State and the Impact on the Global Maternal Mortality Rate

Abstract

On a global scale, maternal mortality rates fell by nearly 44% over the past 25 years, to an estimated 216 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015. The approximate global lifetime risk of a maternal death fell from 1 in 73 in 1990 to 1 in 180 in 2015 [1].