Factors Influencing Utilisation Of Traditional Birth Attendants' Services By Pregnant Women And Nursing Mothers In Ikole LGA Of Ekiti State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

Women and children die everyday from the scourge of maternal and infant! mortality due to the poor primary health care system in most rural communities and as such, this study intends " to explore factors influencing utilisation of traditional birth attendants' services by pregnant women and nursing mothers with children-; 5 years old in Ikole LGA of Ekiti State, Nigeria in a typical rural Yoruba community.