Table 5. Health facility readiness indicators for estimating coverage of maternal and newborn health interventions, 2011–2012, United Republic of Tanzania.
| Indicator of readiness for an interventiona | Facilities ready to deliver the intervention, No. (%) |
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| Tandahimba district |
Newala district |
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| All (n = 32) | Hospital (n = 1) | Health centre (n = 3) | Dispensary (n = 28) | All (n = 28) |
Hospital (n = 1) | Health centre (n = 2) | Dispensary (n = 25) | ||
| Syphilis test in stock | 13 (41) | 1 (100) | 1 (33) | 11 (39) | 20 (71) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 17 (68) | |
| Sphygmomanometer in stock | 12 (38) | 1 (100) | 2 (67) | 9 (32) | 17 (61) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 14 (56) | |
| Blank partographs in stock | 13 (41) | 0 (0) | 3 (100) | 10 (36) | 16 (57) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 13 (52) | |
| Sterile needles in stock | 31 (97) | 1 (100) | 3 (100) | 27 (96) | 28 (100) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 25 (100) | |
| Oxytocin or ergometrine in stock | 18 (56) | 1 (100) | 3 (100) | 14 (50) | 23 (82) | 1 (100) | 2 (100) | 20 (80) | |
| Any iron supplement in stock | 16 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (33) | 15 (54) | 21 (75) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 19 (76) | |
a Information on indicators was derived from a health facility census, which recorded commodities physically available on the day of the census.