Health system support for childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: results from a health facility census

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Table 1 Availability of antenatal and essential delivery care for mother and newborn (self reports) and essential supplies and equipment by hospital, health centre and dispensary

	Hospital	Health centre	Dispensary	Chi-squared p-value^
	%	%	%
Interventions and services offered during antenatal care
	N = 6	N = 11	N = 119
Screening and preventive intervention
Tetanus vaccination offered	100	100	97	0.755
IPTp offered	100	91	94	0.748
Blood pressure measurement offered	83	91	72	0.350
Urine protein test offered	100	55	4	<0.001
Haemoglobin test offered	100	55	19	<0.001
PMTCT offered	100	100	79	0.112
Syphilis testing offered	100	100	43	<0.001
Counselling
Family planning counselling	83	100	98	0.045
Bed net/voucher promotion	100	100	94	0.590
Birth preparation counselling	100	100	99	0.931
Danger sign counselling	100	100	100	-
Essential delivery and newborn care
	N = 6	N = 13	N = 131
Injectable uterotonics as part of AMTSL always injected	100	77	57	0.045
Cord traction/massage as part of AMTSL always done	100	69	59	0.106
Partograph always used	100	85	63	0.063
Fetal heart beat always recorded	100	100	82	0.139
Blood pressured always measured	67	69	64	0.930
Infection prevention measures always used	100	92	94	0.798
Encouragement of breastfeeding always done	100	100	95	0.587
Wrapping/drying of baby always done	100	100	95	0.636
Application of eye ointment always done	83	92	50	0.006
Available equipment and supplies
	N = 6	N = 13	N = 129
Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (for IPTp)	100	92	86	0.507
HIV tests	100	92	82	0.350
Syphilis tests	67	85	43	0.008
Uterotonics	100	100	69	0.017
Functioning blood pressure apparatus	83	100	55	0.003
Functioning means of sterilisation	83	100	88	0.381

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