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Table 3 Delivery of obstetric and neonatal care not included in the EmONC signal functions, Lubumbashi, 2010

From: Emergency obstetric and neonatal care availability, use, and quality: a cross-sectional study in the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2011

Procedure

All facilities %(n = 53)

Type of health facility

HCs % (n = 33)

HoC % (n = 9)

GRHs % (n = 9)

THs % (n = 2)

AMTSL

50.9 (27)

45.5 (15)

55.6 (5)

55.6 (5)

100.0 (2)

Antibiotic administration

90.6 (48)

93.9 (31)

88.9 (8)

100.0 (9)

0.0 (0)

Nasogastric tube feeding

17.0 (9)

9.1 (3)

22.2 (2)

22.2 (2)

100.0 (2)

Kangaroo mother care

37.7 (20)

39.4 (13)

33.3 (3)

33.3 (3)

50.0 (1)

Thermal protection using an incubator

18.9 (10)

3.0 (1)

44.4 (4)

33.3 (3)

100.0 (2)

Newborn oxygen therapy

24.5 (13)

15.2 (5)

33.3 (3)

33.3 (3)

100.0 (2)

Newborn blood transfusion

22.6 (12)

12.1 (4)

22.2 (2)

44.4 (4)

100.0 (2)

Audits of maternal deaths

13.2 (7)

9.1 (3)

0.0 (0)

33.3 (3)

50.0 (1)

Use of referrals‡

92.2 (47)

97.0 (32)

88.9 (8)

77.8 (7)

0.0 (0)

Means of transportation used for referral

 Ambulance

14.9 (7)

15.6 (5)

12.5 (1)

14.3 (1)

†

 Public transport

80.9 (38)

78.1 (25)

87.5 (7)

85.7 (6)

†

 Walking, cycling or motor biking

4.2 (2)

6.3 (2)

0.0 (0)

0.0 (0)

†

  1. ‡: Referral facility (n = 51); AMTSL active management of the third stage of labour, HC healthcare centre, GRH general referral hospital, TH Tertiary hospital ; †: not calculated for referral healthcare facilities