Abbreviated name:

Births attended by skilled health personnel

Indicator name:

Births attended by skilled health personnel (%)

Domain:

Service coverage

Subdomain:

Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

Definition:

Percentage of live births attended by skilled health personnel during a specified time period.

Numerator:

Number of births attended by skilled health personnel (doctors, nurses or midwives) trained in providing life-saving obstetric care, including giving the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period, to conduct deliveries on their own, and to care for newborns.

Denominator:

The total number of live births in the same period.

Primary Source:

PDHS, PSLM, MICS

Secondary Source:

Disaggregation/Additional dimension:

Age, parity, place of residence, socioeconomic status, type of provider