Table 1.

A description of tools used and the purpose of each tool

	Data collection tool	Sample size		Focus of data collection
		Target	Achieved
Facility/ Staffing	Facility management	20	20	Management of services; staffing; services provided; EmOC services; availability of registers/cards (neonatal register, delivery register, ANC register, family planning register, etc.); key infrastructure; equipment, consumables, essential drugs; facility statistics etc.
	Midwife or maternity nurse interview	-	29	Practice of midwifery skills by midwives/nurses; knowledge on maternal and neonatal care; recent nurse/midwife practice of life-saving skills
Clinical	Normal delivery record review	334	337	Assessment of quality of normal delivery practice using indicators of performance.
	Caesarean section record	140	140	Speed of caesarean section efficiency of caesarean section service; quality of post caesarean section care
	Eclampsia record review	--	9	Indicators of good management of eclampsia
	Obstructed labour record review	57	57	Outcomes of obstructed labour
Outpatient	Antenatal care exit interview	384	347	Services received by antenatal women on the day of the visit or at any time during the current pregnancy; services received during any antenatal visits; knowledge of warning signs during pregnancy.
	Antenatal client record review	384	332	Services received by antenatal clients: Intermittent preventive therapy iron/folic supplementation, tetanus toxoid administration, insecticide-treated bed net provision, provision of de-worming medication, syphilis test, haemoglobin test, etc.
	Postnatal exit interview	379	215	Length of stay at the health facility after delivery; timing after delivery of postpartum visit; postpartum services provided