Skilled birth attendance is one of the high impact health sector responses to eliminate preventable maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality (UNFPA 2018). According to the World Health Organization (WHO) report of 2015, about 99% of maternal deaths occurred in developing countries, and half of these occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. The WHO indicates that a successful strategy to reduce the global maternal mortality rate has to increase the number of trained and educated individuals to help and care for the mother during pregnancy, delivery, and the postnatal period (Kassie et al., 2022)
