Births in Homes. The situation is even bleaker for the 60 million newborns who are born at home each year, where virtually no newborn resuscitation equipment is available. There have been a few studies that have demonstrated that bag-and-mask resuscitation at home is possible and effective in reducing asphyxia-related newborn mortality. However, the challenges already noted to provide newborn resuscitation equipment for facility-based provider are even greater for attendants of births at home. Many low-resource countries are endeavoring to promote births in facilities with skilled attendants, and their ministries of health perceive any training or provision of equipment to traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as a disincentive to facility birth. Some countries, such as Uganda and Sierra Leone, have national policies in place to preclude it.