“The midwife helped me ... otherwise I could have died”: women’s experience of professional midwifery services in rural Afghanistan - a qualitative study in the provinces Kunar and Laghman

Table 1 Inclusion criteria for in-depth interviews/FGDs

Women who have given birth within the past 6 months
Women who are residents in the village
Women who are able and willing to participate
Women who have given birth at home with help from a traditional birth attendant (TBA), mother, neighbour or other person
Women who have given birth in a health facility
These women’s mothers-in-law
Community midwives working in the village and/or the Basic Health Centre
Traditional birth attendants/local women attending those in labour and deliveries

ISSN: 1471-2393