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of women in Chad and 32% in Niger are delivered by a skilled health provider. Because all
providers who conduct births at health facilities are skilled, the percent distributions of women
who deliver at a health facility are very similar, except Indonesia. While 85% of women in
Indonesia are delivered by a trained skilled provider, only 67% women delivery at a health
facility. The country adopted the strategy of "a midwife in every village" and heavily promoted
Bidan (midwife) training programs, which may have increased home based deliveries by skilled
birth attendants.
Table 2. 1 Percent of women who received assistance during delivery from a skilled
provider or delivered at a health facility in selected OIC countries
Country (Survey Year) Skilled Birth Attendance
%
Delivery at health
facility
%
Afghanistan (2015) 54.2 51.8
Albania (2017) 99.8 98.5
Azerbaijan (2006) 89.3 79.9
Bangladesh (2014) 42.1 37.4
Benin (2017) 79.3 84.8
Cameroon (2011) 65.4 62.8
Chad (2014) 26.2 23.6
Cote d'Ivoire (2012) 61.0 59.0
Egypt (2014) 92.8 88.1
Gabon (2012) 87.8 90.9
Gambia (2013) 64.6 63.3
Guinea (2012) 41.8 41.0
Indonesia (2012) 85.1 66.8
Jordan (2017) 99.7 98.7
Mauritania (2000) 53.5 49.2
Morocco (2003) 64.9 63.1
Niger (2012) 32.3 33.0
Pakistan (2017) 72.9 69.9
Senegal (2017) 69.9 79.8
Turkey (2013) 97.9 97.8
Uganda (2016) 75.8 75.1
Data source: Demographic and Health Surveys
Delivery with a skilled provider and at a health facility have the most pronounced inequity
among all maternal care indicators by socioeconomic status, education level and urban-rural
residence (Figure 2.9 and 2.10). In all countries, almost all women with higher level of education
delivered under a skilled provider. In contrast, less than 40% of women without formal
education in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, and Niger delivered under a
skilled provider or at a health facility.