title: Skilled attendance at delivery: who or where?
abstract: The third United Nations Process Indicator for emergency obstetric care is the proportion of all births that take place in maternity or obstetric facilities. This is in conflict with the concept of skilled attendance at delivery. Here, a case is made for emphasis to be on who conducts the delivery and not necessarily where.
authors.forename: Bissallah
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ekele
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D014480:United Nations / Q000592:standards