Table 2.

Medical Staff Availability (%) at Facilities by Geographic Region

	Hospital			Health clinic
	Africa (n = 10)	Asia (n = 117)	Latin America (n = 9)	Africa (n = 26)	Asia (n = 178)	Latin America (n = 24)
Physician
Always	20	91	44	16	38	0
Sometimes	60	8	56	8	21	29
Never	20	2	0	76	40	71
Nurse
Always	50	83	67	63	44	0
Sometimes	20	6	33	17	7	25
Never	30	11	0	21	49	75
Midwife
Always	100	31	22	58	56	0
Sometimes	0	12	22	25	7	0
Never	0	56	56	17	37	100
Physician, nurse or midwife always available	100	98	89	69	85	0

Note: n represents number of facilities surveyed.