Table 1. Information about study sites in 2016.

Facility Name	Level	Deliveries (#)	KMC beds (#)	KMC patients per month (#)	Support staff in KMC unit
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital	Tertiary-level government district hospital	12150	35	~107 cases	Trained patient attendants Midwives Pediatrician
Machinga district hospital	Government district hospital	5576	4	32 cases	Midwives
Thyolo district hospital	Government district hospital	5103	8	17 cases	Clinical officer Midwives Patient attendant

Source: Number of deliveries for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital from the Obstetrics Department and number of deliveries for Machinga and Thyolo district hospitals extracted from DHIS2; number of beds from observation; number of patients per month from registers; support staff from observations.