On the other hand, recent evidences illustrated that maternal deaths can be reduced with the posting of midwives (skilled attendant) if they have needed skills, supervision, and back-up . Evidences obtained from Bangladesh in 2004 suggested that, programme to create a cadre of skilled birth attendants for home births was launched by the Government . Accordingly, task-shifting seems to have yielded beneficial results and important insights into human resources planning for safe motherhood in the country. Another similar study by Ray AM on the impact of maternal mortality interventions using traditional birth attendants and village midwives showed that village midwives contribute to positive programme outcomes.