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. 2025 Apr 26;25:510. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-07189-9

Table 1.

Key model inputs and sources

Parameter variable Unit Value (Uncertainty range) Source
Senegal
Demographics
Total population People 17,316,449 UNPD 2022 23
Birth rate Per 1,000 people 33 UNPD 2022 23
Maternal mortality ratio Per 100,000 live births 261 World Bank 2020 3
Life expectancy at birth, female Years 69 UNPD 2022 23
Mean age at maternal death Years 29.5 Assumption Kodio et al. 29
GDP per capita USD $1,598.70 World Bank 2022 28
Mothers’ residence by rurality
Urban % 30 DHS 2019 24
Rural % 70
Care-seeking locations and birth methods by rurality
Urban
Public Hospital and Vaginal birth % 10 DHS 2019 24
Public Hospital and C-section % 4
Public PHC and Vaginal birth % 75
Private Hospital and Vaginal birth % 6
Private Hospital and C-section % 1
Home % 5
Rural
Public Hospital and Vaginal birth % 3 DHS 2019 24
Public Hospital and C-section % 2
Public PHC and Vaginal birth % 62
Private Hospital and Vaginal birth % 1
Private Hospital and C-section % 0
Home % 31
Proportion of deliveries with PPH % 40 Assumption based on Tort et al. 27
Proportion of referrals among severe PPH from home and PHC % 18 Dieme et al. 26
Utilization of Uterotonics
Facility
Oxytocin % 34 Assumption based on KOL
Oxytocin and Misoprostol % 66
No uterotonics given % 0
Home
No uterotonics given % 100 Assumption
Proportion of substandard uterotonics
Oxytocin Senegal Côte d’Ivoire
Public sector % 5.3 54 Mati et al. 10
Private sector % 4.2
Misoprostol
Public sector % 45.5 4 Mati et al. 10
Private sector % 25
Home % 38 Assumption based on Mati et al. 10
Risk of health outcomes
Oxytocin Vaginal birth C section
PPH ≥ 500 ml 0.12 (0.10–0.15) 0.6 (0.57–0.63) Gallos et al. 25
PPH ≥ 1000 ml 0.03 (0.02–0.04) 0.13 (0.13–0.14)
Oxytocin + Misoprostol
PPH ≥ 500 ml 0.09 (0.07–0.11) 0.42 (0.35–0.52)
PPH ≥ 1000 ml 0.03 (0.02–0.03) 0.12 (0.09–0.13)
Misoprostol
PPH ≥ 500 ml 0.13 (0.12–0.15)
PPH ≥ 1000 ml 0.04 (0.03–0.04)
Heat-stable carbetocin
PPH ≥ 500 ml 0.09 (0.08–0.10) 0.44 (0.39–0.48)
PPH ≥ 1000 ml 0.03 (0.02–0.03) 0.12 (0.10–0.13)
No prophylactic uterotonics
PPH ≥ 500 ml 0.24 (0.19–0.29)
PPH ≥ 1000 ml 0.05 (0.04–0.06)
Risk of PPH using substandard vs. quality-assured uterotonics
PPH ≥ 500 ml Risk Ratio 1.29 Gallos et al. 14
PPH ≥ 1000 ml Risk Ratio 1.26
Proportion of women with PPH receiving additional uterotonic treatments
With quality-assured uterotonics % 58 Assumption based on Gallos et al. 14
With substandard uterotonics % 73
Proportion of women with PPH receiving blood transfusion
With quality-assured uterotonics % 19 Assumption based on Gallos et al. 14
With substandard uterotonics % 38
Proportion of postpartum surgery among vaginal births with severe PPH % 20 KOL Opinion
Costs
Public hospital
Vaginal births Estimation by KOL
No PPH USD 20.44
Mild PPH USD 30.97
Severe PPH without surgery USD 43.16
Severe PPH with surgery USD 66.76
C-sections
No PPH USD 53.84
Mild PPH USD 69.94
Severe PPH without surgery USD 77.06
Severe PPH with surgery USD 100.66
PHC
Vaginal births
No PPH USD 20.44
Mild PPH USD 24.97
Severe PPH without surgery USD 31.40
Private hospital
Vaginal births
No PPH USD 213.73
Mild PPH USD 224.91
Severe PPH without surgery USD 289.83
Severe PPH with surgery USD 1,065.83
C-sections
No PPH USD 788.36
Mild PPH USD 806.03
Severe PPH without surgery USD 861.83
Severe PPH with surgery USD 1,605.83

C-section = Cesarean section; DHS = Demographic and Health Survey; GDP = Gross Domestic Product; KOL = Key Opinion Leader; PHC = primary health center; PPH = postpartum hemorrhage; UNPD = United Nations Population Division; USD = United States dollars; WHO = World Health Organization