Table 4 Description of clusters
Site | Central referral facility deliveries | Peripheral facility deliveries | Home deliveriesα | Proportion of caesarean sections | Capacity for blood transfusionΩ | Adult intensive care unit bedsΦ | MgSO4 availabilityΩ | Total doctors in maternityΩ | Clinical officers working in maternityΩ | Other HCP working in maternityΩ | Distance from peripheral facilities to nearest tertiary facility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Average per month: mean (SE) | Average per month: mean (SE) | Average per month: mean (SE) | Average % (SD) | Mean % of facilities | n per 1000 deliveries | Mean % of facilities | Mean/1000 deliveries | Mean/1000 deliveries | Mean/1000 deliveries | Mean (km) (SD) |
Addis Ababa | 1114 (144) | 657 (132) | – | 22% (3) | 15.8% | 7.4 | 87.4% | 31.2 | 104.1 | 154.1 | 4.3 (2.7) |
Cap Haitien | 682 (211) | 0 (0) | 63 (32) | 20% (3) | 25% | 0 | 25.0% | 99.4 | 13.2 | 73.1 | 14.2 (5.4) |
Freetown | 704 (148) | 403 (114) | 84 (28) | 14% (3) | 7.7% | 0 | 100.0% | 28.9 | 15.8 | 329.6 | 7.5 (3.7) |
Gokak | 952 (129) | 188 (25) | 4 (2) | 31% (2) | 25% | 24.5 | 41.4% | 84.4 | 1.2 | 209.9 | 74 (16.9) |
Harare | 1026 (64) | 785 (53) | 108 (21) | 22% (25) | 12.0% | 4.7 | 100.0% | 54.8 | 1 | 246.5 | 16.3 (9.6) |
Kampala | 2223 (290) | 4168 (393) | – | 22% (3) | 38.5% | 2.7 | 61.5% | 20 | 2.2 | 129.6 | 8.7 (4.3) |
Lusaka | 2231 (457) | 3507 (582) | 436 (60) | 9% (1) | 14.1% | 3.3 | 79.8% | 21.4 | 25 | 78.6 | 3.3 (1.3) |
Mbale | 1442 (152) | 1583 (90) | – | 12% (2) | 31.7% | 0 | 78.6% | 24.1 | 39.4 | 116.6 | 19.6 (12.4) |
Ndola | 500 (38) | 797 (55) | 46 (10) | 10% (1) | 6.5% | 4.5 | 77.4% | 23.1 | 17.7 | 126.9 | 11.3 (5.1) |
Zomba | 2705 (394) | 318 (147) | 86 (21) | 14% (2) | 75% | 5·3 | 95.4% | 5 | 36.9 | 95.9 | 68.3 (35.2) |
All sites | 1358 (766) | 1241 (1392) | 1181 (137) | 17% (11) | 25.1% | 10.9 | 74.7% | 39.2 | 25.6 | 154.1 | 22.75 (19.36) |