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Traditional birthing assistants have helped deliver more babies, curb maternal deaths

Rehema Chengo is due to deliver her eighth baby next month. But unlike her first seven pregnancies, this time round she has been attending clinic.

Previously, she gave birth at home with the help of a traditional birth attendant (TBA).

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