Table 2.

Prevalence of recommended practices in maternal and newborn care facilities (n = 455)^a

Antenatal care (n = 426)		Delivery services (n = 404)		Newborn care (n = 383)
Weigh clients	403 (99.3%)	Administer uterotonic drug	114 (28.4%)	Give no prelacteal liquids	20 (4.2%)
Take blood pressure	399 (98.0%)	Apply controlled cord traction	158 (39.5%)	No suction by catheter	336 (88.2%)
Test blood for anaemia	91 (21.5%)	Massage fundus through	180 (44.9%)	Suction by bulb	289 (78.9%)
Test blood for syphilis	241 (56.8%)	abdomen		Weigh the newborn	374 (98.4%)
Test for blood group	23 (5.4%)	Perform all practices	66	Do not give full bath in first 24 h	232 (60.9%)
Test for Rh factor	19 (4.5%)		(16.6%)	Give oral polio vaccine prior to discharge	252 (66.3%)
Test urine for protein	130 (30.8%)			Give Bacillus Calmette-Guérin prior to discharge	199 (52.4%)
Test urine for glucose	68 (16.2%)			Give colostrum within 1 h	359 (94.5%)
Perform all practices	12 (2.8%)			Perform all practices	0 (0.0%)

^aActivity either observed or reported.