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midwifery skills is present at every birth, and that transport is available to a referral facility for obstetric<br />

care in case of emergency. The goal of A World Fit for Children is to ensure that women have ready<br />

and affordable access to skilled attendants at delivery. The indicators used related to assistance at<br />

delivery are the proportion of births with a skilled attendant and the proportion of institutional<br />

deliveries. The skilled attendant at delivery indicator is also used to track progress toward the MDG<br />

target of reducing the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters between 1990 and 2015.<br />

The <strong>AMICS</strong> included a number of questions to assess the proportion of births attended by a skilled<br />

attendant. A skilled attendant includes a doctor, nurse, midwife or auxiliary midwife. Table 8.7 shows the<br />

percentage of women with assistance at delivery and the type of person assisting.<br />

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