Name of Guideline | No. of pages | Format | ||
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Usability | Applicability | |||
Burkina Faso | Protocoles De Santé De La Reproduction - Santé de la femme et du nouveau-né de moins de sept (7) jours (2009) | 145 | Low: text written in narrative format, difficult to navigate and find information | Low: no clear algorithms for decision making |
Carnet de Santé (Antenatal card) (No publication date) | 35 | Medium: record for ANC visits and delivery, checklists available but limited | Low: no algorithms for decision making, no partograph to monitor intra-partum care | |
Ghana | National Safe Motherhood Service Protocol (2008) | 128 | High: easy to navigate and find information | High: clear algorithms for decision-making and managing conditions and complications of pregnancy, delivery and postpartum period at different levels of care |
Maternal Health Record Book (Antenatal card) (No publication date) | 15 | Medium: checklists and record for antenatal, delivery and postpartum care | Medium: no algorithms for decision making, partograph to monitor intra-partum care included | |
Tanzania | RCH4 (Antenatal card) (2008) | 5 | Medium: checklists and record for antenatal, delivery and postpartum care | Medium: no algorithms for decision making, partograph to monitor intra-partum care included |
Emergency Obstetric Job Aid (2005) | 41 | Medium: easy to navigate but organised by obstetric condition rather than symptoms | High: clear algorithms for managing complications during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum period at different levels of care | |
Focused Antenatal Care, Malaria and Syphilis in Pregnancy - Orientation Package for Service Providers (2002) | 146 | Low: text written in narrative format, no index, difficult to navigate and find information | Low: no clear algorithms for decision making |