Table 2.
Utilization of birth companions during implementation
| Facilities | Time period | Number of Women | Any birth companionc N (%) |
For women with birth companions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBC % |
OBC % |
|||||
| Births in health facilitiesa | 9 intervention sites | October 2017–December 2018 | 16,465 | 13,551 (82.3) | 28.2 | 71.8 |
| Women interviewedb | 9 intervention sites | December 2018 | 603 |
501 (83.1) |
55.1 | 44.9 |
| Women interviewedb | 6 comparison sites | December 2018 | 486 |
100 (20.6) |
100.0 | NA |
Abbreviations: DBC Desired birth companion; OBC On-call birth companion; NA Not applicable
a Source: Routine monitoring data
b Source: exit interviews
c Had a DBC or OBC during labor, at the time of birth, or postpartum