Table 3.

Respondents’ opinion about the use of midwife and maïeuticien

Country	Midwife	Maïeuticien
Madagascar	This is the value of the profession	Modernizing the profession
	An honor	It’s like a new body
		Creating distance from the population
		Does not determine our profession
Cameroon	The one that helps give birth	Male midwife
	The attentive and wise woman	The one who helps to give birth
	The art of giving birth to spirits	The art of giving birth to ideas as in Socratic maieutics
	An independent professional in its domain	A not well-known health professional
Congo Brazzaville	Give life and protect life	Male midwife
	A profession	The ‘maïteuciens’ are called ‘infirmiers accouchers’
	A noble profession	Maïeuticien signifies male midwife
	This name is composed of the word ‘sage’ which includes: expert, skillful, saves profession of giving birth to pregnant women
Guinea, Conakry	It is a pride, a nobility, a prestige and honor	It is a pride, a nobility, a prestige and honor
	Is wise or an expert in his art	It is a branch of medicine and an art of giving birth. It expresses a hidden know-how
	It is a wise person	The one who pulls the baby out
	Expert, skilled in his art	Male midwife
	Wise person	Who carries out the profession of midwife
Central African Republic	Name of the person responsible for the health of the mother and child	Male midwife
	Blessing, divine, trust	A male with obstetric training
Ivory Coast	The name midwife is the one that suits best to a person who does this job since the exercise, one must have certain qualities including wisdom	The name maïeuticien is better indicated because it makes it possible to distinguish between a woman and a man who exercises the profession