Bangladesh has one of the highest maternal mortality rates with
95% home births.Training local women to become home birth
attendants can help save lives of mothers and babies in rural
villages There is a severe lack of healthcare facilities in
rural areas in Bangladesh, therefore the high level (over 95%)
of home deliveries and the lack of trained birth attendants
result in mothers and babies dying during difficult labor or
from infection. Mothers are attended by neighbors or relatives
during child birth. They are not trained to recognize
complications, use good hygiene, stop heavy bleeding or
recognize when mothers need to be rushed to hospital for
emergency care. Trained birth attendants will provide health
education in isolated villages(family planning, breastfeeding,
nutrition, maternal and infant care). Mothers and children
receive adequate care with recognition and referral of early
signs of complications Providing pregnant women with education,
counseling, prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance