Table 2.
Facility-level barriers to implant removal, by country and facility type
| Variable | Burkina Faso (n=203) |
Democratic Republic of Congo (n=157) | Ethiopia (n=494) | Kenya (n=829) | Nigeria (n=117) | Uganda (n=231) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals | Nonhospitals | Hospitals | Nonhospitals | Hospitals | Nonhospitals | Hospitals | Nonhospitals | Hospitals | Nonhospitals | Hospitals | Nonhospitals | |
| n | 21 | 182 | 45 | 112 | 140 | 354 | 98 | 731 | 39 | 78 | 45 | 186 |
| Report they lack at least some of the supplies necessary to remove an implanta | 24% | 16% | 29% | 27% | 21% | 53% | 6% | 24% | 18% | 19% | 16% | 22% |
| Report they do not have a provider trained to remove implants | 0% | 3% | 0% | 5% | 2% | 23% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Report they could not remove a deeply placed implant onsite | 19% | 16% | 7% | 16% | 4% | 57% | 19% | 36% | 10% | 36% | 0% | 28% |
| Report at least 1 of the above barriers | 38% | 29% | 31% | 35% | 22% | 72% | 24% | 50% | 23% | 46% | 16% | 40% |
aNecessary supplies include antiseptic, sterile gauze, anesthetic, scalpel blade, forceps, and clean gloves. In Ethiopia, data on clean gloves were missing, so clean gloves were excluded from the list of necessary supplies.
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