Table 1.
Characteristics of facilities, providers and of the observed women’s antenatal care consultations (if ≥16 weeks pregnant) for five service provision assessment surveys conducted in sub-Saharan Africa
| Variables | Kenya 2010 | Namibia 2009 | Rwanda 2007 | Tanzania 2006 | Uganda 2007 | All combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility | N = 394 | N = 165 | N = 149 | N = 372 | N = 205 | N = 1,285 |
| Facility type | ||||||
| Health centre | 25.6% | 19.4% | 94.6% | 8.3% | 27.3% | 28.1% |
| Hospital | 52.0% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 30.1% | 41.0% | 31.8% |
| Health post/dispensary | 22.3% | 78.2% | 2.7% | 61.6% | 31.7% | 40.1% |
| Public facility | 67.3% | 99.4% | 70.5% | 80.4% | 77.1% | 77.1% |
| Facility has fee for medicines | 31.7% | 0.6% | 4.7% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 12.2% |
| Missing | 0.5% | 0.0% | 5.4% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Facility has IPTp guidelines | 53.0% | 3.0% | 50.3% | 51.3% | 47.8% | 45.0% |
| Facility claims routine IPTp | 95.2% | 72.7% | 96.0% | 94.6% | 99.5% | 92.9% |
| Missing | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| SP stocked-out on visit day | 8.6% | 22.4% | 10.7% | 12.1% | 6.8% | 11.4% |
| Missing | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Provider | N = 461 | N = 210 | N = 149 | N = 405 | N = 213 | N = 1,438 |
| Type of provider | ||||||
| Physician | 5.9% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 5.7% | 3.3% | 4.2% |
| Enrolled nurse/midwife | 47.5% | 59.5% | 2.7% | 14.1% | 50.2% | 35.6% |
| Registered nurse/midwife | 42.7% | 38.6% | 79.2% | 34.6% | 33.8% | 42.3% |
| Other | 2.4% | 1.0% | 15.4% | 44.4% | 7.0% | 16.1% |
| Missing | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 5.6% | 1.9% |
| Supervised in last 6 months | 78.3% | 70.5% | 86.6% | 78.8% | 79.3% | 78.3% |
| Missing | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 6.1% | 2.1% |
| Trained for IPTp in last year | 31.2% | 25.7% | 30.2% | 16.5% | 32.4% | 26.3% |
| Missing | 2.2% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 6.1% | 2.2% |
| Consultations/clients | N = 1,371 | N = 637 | N = 669 | N = 1,546 | N = 753 | N = 4,976 |
| IPTp administered as DOT | 41.8% | 8.0% | 59.0% | 25.4% | 42.0% | 34.7% |
| Prescribed/Given IPTp | 67.5% | 19.1% | 69.3% | 49.1% | 65.2% | 55.4% |
| Missing | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Primigravidae | 31.1% | 35.2% | 28.7% | 24.3% | 30.5% | 29.1% |
| Missing | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| First visit at facility | 38.9% | 50.7% | 50.2% | 39.4% | 46.6% | 43.2% |
| Missing | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Education | ||||||
| None | 8.2% | 11.9% | 35.1% | 21.9% | 19.8% | 18.3% |
| Primary | 49.9% | 25.0% | 54.9% | 66.7% | 48.5% | 52.4% |
| Secondary/Higher | 39.2% | 63.1% | 7.8% | 11.3% | 29.0% | 27.8% |
| Missing | 2.7% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 0.1% | 2.8% | 1.5% |
| Age | ||||||
| <20 years | 13.7% | 21.5% | 4.0% | 15.5% | 21.1% | 15.1% |
| 20-29 years | 63.4% | 49.5% | 59.2% | 57.8% | 56.8% | 58.3% |
| ≥30 years | 19.9% | 25.7% | 34.4% | 26.6% | 19.1% | 24.6% |
| Missing | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 2.9% | 2.1% |
| Weeks of pregnancy (mean) | 29.9 | 27.9 | 26.5 | 27.9 | 28.8 | 28.4 |
Descriptive statistics do not take into account survey weights.
ANC = antenatal care; IPTp = intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in pregnancy; DOT = directly observed therapy.