Table 4.

Proportion of all facilities with each component needed for pharmacological and surgical therapeutic abortion and post-abortion care, and overall scores (n = 1395)

	Pharmacological TA	Surgical TA	PAC
Guidelines and personnel
Guidelines on uterine evacuation and PAC	14.6	14.6	14.6
Guidelines on post-abortion family planning	16.4	16.4	16.4
Staff trained in abortion/PAC in past 2 years	6.3	6.3	6.3
Medicines and products
Misoprostol	23.2	23.2	23.2
Ibuprofen	34.8	34.8	34.8
Antibiotic tablets	n/a	71.5	n/a
Antibiotic injectables	n/a	n/a	38.4
Antiseptic	n/a	56.6	56.6
Equipment
Vacuum aspirator or D&C kit*	n/a	21.8	21.8
Bed	n/a	28.1	28.1
Speculum	n/a	26.2	26.2
Stethoscope	n/a	91.9	91.9
Blood pressure equipment	n/a	86.7	86.7
Disposable gloves	n/a	24.6	24.6
Laboratory
Urine pregnancy test	19.9	19.9	19.9
Haemoglobin test	19.2	19.2	19.2
Blood group test	9.5	9.5	9.5
Summary
Facilities with all guidelines and personnel	4.1	4.1	4.1
Facilities with all medicines and products	17.1	14.6	14.3
Facilities with all equipment	n/a	16.3	16.3
Facilities with all laboratory services	7.4	7.4	7.4
Facilities with all components	0.8	0.6	0.6

*Note: data collection and reporting on vacuum aspirators and D&C kit should be separated in future health facility assessments, as D&C is not recommended by WHO or the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Pakistan, but it is beneficial to track the use of D&C. n/a = not applicable. Abbreviations: TA: therapeutic abortion, D&C: dilatation and curettage, PAC: post-abortion care.