The quality of skilled birth attendants in Nepal: High aspirations and ground realities.
Ruma RajbhandariShovana RaiSejal HathiRita ThapaIndra RaiAnil ShresthaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Taken together, our findings suggest that while countries like Nepal have made important investments in SBA programs, these healthcare workers are failing to receive either effective training or sufficient practice to stay clinically competent and knowledgeable in the field. This could in part explain why institutional deliveries have generally failed to deliver better outcomes for pregnant women and their babies.