traditional midwives
Community birth attendants
Traditional midwives are birth attendants who learn their skills through apprenticeship, family tradition, or community practice rather than formal medical education.
They typically serve in rural or underserved areas where hospital births are inaccessible, relying on hands-on experience and cultural knowledge passed down through generations.
The term distinguishes them from certified nurse-midwives or other professionally credentialed practitioners.
Traditional midwives still attend most births in many developing countries.
- birthComing into the world
- doulaTrained childbirth support person
- homebirthChildbirth at residence
- home birthChildbirth at residence
- birth attendantOne assisting delivery
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- maternal healthmaternal health, maternal care, maternal mortality, maternal support, maternal wellness
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