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. 2017 Jun 27;5(2):244–260. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00311

TABLE 1. Percentage of Facilities Offering Delivery Services With Availability of Basic and Comprehensive Obstetric Care Services and Items, by Residence, Haiti, 2013.

Rural % Other Urban % Metropolitan % Total %
Basic obstetric care indicators
Parenteral administration of antibiotics 68.9 78.0 94.9 77.9
Parenteral administration of oxytocic drug 86.5 95.1 94.9 91.8
Parenteral administration of anticonvulsants 40.5 67.1 48.7 53.3
Assisted vaginal deliverya 90.5 92.7 89.7 91.3
Manual removal of placenta 58.1 79.3 59.0 67.2
Manual removal of retained products 48.6 75.6 64.1 63.1
Neonatal resuscitation 51.4 72.0 53.8 60.5
Guidelines for IMPAC 21.6 31.7 12.8 24.1
Staff trained in IMPAC 48.6 53.7 46.2 50.3
Emergency transportaion 32.4 36.6 35.9 34.9
Sterilization equipment 75.7 84.1 87.2 81.5
Examination light 43.2 43.9 59.0 46.7
Delivery pack 87.8 92.7 87.2 89.7
Suction apparatus 93.2 98.8 79.5 92.8
Manual vacuum extractor 16.2 19.5 20.5 18.5
Vacuum aspirator or D&C kit 20.3 35.4 30.8 28.7
Newborn bag and mask 51.4 62.2 59.0 57.4
Delivery bed 97.3 100.0 94.9 97.9
Partograph 32.4 41.5 33.3 36.4
Gloves 93.2 93.9 89.7 92.8
Antibiotic eye ointment for newborns 66.2 84.1 66.7 73.8
Injectable uterotonic 62.2 74.4 64.1 67.7
Injectable antibiotics 89.2 92.7 94.9 91.8
Injectable magnesium sulphate 60.8 78.0 74.4 70.8
Skin disinfectant 60.8 81.7 61.5 69.7
Intravenous solution with infusion set 74.3 84.1 82.1 80.0
Regular reviews of maternal or newborn deaths 25.7 32.9 48.7 33.3
Comprehensive obstetric care indicators
Cesarean delivery services 23.0 52.4 71.8 45.1
Blood transfusion 23.0 50.0 61.5 42.1
Guidelines for CEmOC adapted for Haiti 6.8 15.9 7.7 10.8
Staff member providing delivery trained in CEmOC 44.6 45.1 38.5 43.6
Anesthesia equipment 10.8 15.9 25.6 15.9
Incubator 10.8 23.2 23.1 18.5
Blood typing 17.6 42.7 56.4 35.9
Cross matching test 4.1 3.7 10.3 5.1
Blood supply sufficiency 12.2 19.5 20.5 16.9
Blood supply safety 16.2 37.8 53.8 32.8
Total number of facilities 74 82 39 195

Abbreviations: CEmOC, comprehensive emergency obstetric care; D&C, dilation and curettage; IMPAC, integrated management of pregnancy and childbirth.

a

Assisted vaginal delivery was actually interpreted as "attended vaginal delivery" in the Haiti Service Provision Assessment.