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. 2023 Dec 22;16(1):2290636. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2290636

Table 1.

Caseload and infrastructure per country; 8 healthcare facilities per country, between January to December 2020.

Item Argentina Burkina Faso Viet Nam Thailand
Total births (any mode of birth) 12 214 31 144 85 129 32 363
CS; n(%) 4 430 (36; range 30–42%) 9 765 (31; range 15–48%) 45 234 (53; range 24–82%) 14 858 (46; range 34–56%)
Beds for active labour; n (mean, SD) 23 (3; 1) 38 (5; 2) 88 (11; 10) 51 (6; 6)
Facilities for labour and birth Shared* (n = 6) Shared (n = 8) Shared (n = 6) Shared (n = 7)
Private (n = 2) Both shared and private (n = 2) Private (n = 1)
Cardiotocography Available in all healthcare facilities, 2–9 per healthcare facility Available in 3 healthcare facilities, 1 per healthcare facility Available in all healthcare facilities, 4–51 per healthcare facility Available in all healthcare facilities, 9–20 per healthcare facility
Medical records in healthcare facilities Electronic and paper (n = 8) Paper (n = 8) Electronic (n = 5); Paper (n = 2), both electronic and paper (n = 1) Electronic (n = 3); paper (n = 5)

*Shared during labour but private rooms available when the woman gives birth.