Table 1.

Support package provided to community midwives

Support provided	Supported by
5-days training in emergency obstetrics and newborn care (EmONC) using national EmONC training curriculum	Save the Children
Antenatal care equipment: weighing scale – adult and infant; fetal scopes	Save the Children
Intrapartum care equipment: vaginal examination kits; delivery kits, partographs	Save the Children
Newborn resuscitation equipment – bag and mask/ambubag for ventilation (size 0 and 1) and penguin suction devices; baby outfits (sweater, cap/hat and socks)	Save the Children
Infection prevention & control decontamination and waste segregation bucketsa	Save the Children
Antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care job aids/protocols	Save the Children
Service delivery registers - mother and child health booklets, antenatal care registers, delivery registers; postnatal care registers	Sub-county health management team
Referral forms and registers and referral telephone numbers	Sub-county health management team

^aWhere sterilizing equipment were not available, link health facilities supported this function as appropriate