Table 2.
Characteristics of health professionals
| Characteristics | Total (%) |
Medical doctor (%) |
Nurse and midwife (%) |
| Total number | 134 | 39 | 95 |
| Age (years) | |||
| Less than 30 | 21.6 | 59.0 | 6.3 |
| 31–40 | 48.5 | 33.3 | 54.7 |
| 41–50 | 21.6 | 2.6 | 29.5 |
| More than 50 | 8.2 | 5.1 | 9.5 |
| Female health professionals | 79.9 | 30.8 | 100.0 |
| Type of health facility where posted | |||
| District hospital | 24.6 | 17.9 | 27.4 |
| Subdistrict hospital | 75.4 | 82.1 | 72.6 |
| Majorly works in | |||
| Both maternity and neonatal wards | 51.5 | 56.4 | 49.5 |
| Maternity ward | 83.6 | 87.2 | 82.1 |
| Neonatal ward | 61.9 | 61.5 | 62.1 |
| Work experience (years) | |||
| Less than 1 | 8.2 | 17.9 | 4.2 |
| 1–2 | 38.8 | 71.8 | 25.3 |
| 3–5 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 11.6 |
| More than 5 | 41.8 | 0.0 | 58.9 |
| Ever received in-service training on | |||
| Management of obstetric complication | 80.6 | 43.6 | 95.8 |
| Management of newborn complication | 44.8 | 51.3 | 42.1 |
| Received training in the last 12 months on | |||
| Management of obstetric complication | 6.7 | 5.1 | 7.4 |
| Management of newborn complication | 29.1 | 28.2 | 29.5 |