Table 1 Support package provided to community midwives
Support provided | Supported by |
|---|---|
5-days training in emergency obstetrics and newborn care (EmONC) using national EmONC training curriculum | Save the Children |
Antenatal care equipment: weighing scale – adult and infant; fetal scopes | Save the Children |
Intrapartum care equipment: vaginal examination kits; delivery kits, partographs | Save the Children |
Newborn resuscitation equipment – bag and mask/ambubag for ventilation (size 0 and 1) and penguin suction devices; baby outfits (sweater, cap/hat and socks) | Save the Children |
Infection prevention & control decontamination and waste segregation bucketsa | Save the Children |
Antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care job aids/protocols | Save the Children |
Service delivery registers - mother and child health booklets, antenatal care registers, delivery registers; postnatal care registers | Sub-county health management team |
Referral forms and registers and referral telephone numbers | Sub-county health management team |