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Table 2 Major obstetric complication, emergency obstetric intervention and equipment by hospitals, health centres and dispensaries (proportion of health facilities reporting having seen the complication or having performed the intervention at least once during the past 6 months prior the survey)

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

 

Hospital

Health Centres

Dispensary

Chi-squared p-value^

 

%

%

%

 
 

(N = 6)

(N = 13)

(N = 131)

 

Major obstetric complications

Post-partum haemorrhage

50

31

21

0.436

Obstructed labour

83

77

28

<0.001

Puerperal Sepsis#

17

23

2

<0.001

Eclampsia

50

0

3

<0.001

Complications from incomplete/unsafe abortion

67

39

13

0.002

Signal functions

Manual removal of the placenta

50

23

11

0.058

Assisted delivery

17

15

4

<0.001

Parenteral sedatives given

33

0

1

<0.001

Parenteral antibiotics for puerperal sepsis#

100

8

5

<0.001

Removal of retained abortion residuals

50

31

1

<0.001

Newborn resuscitation

83

15

17

0.002

Equipment and supplies (functioning and available at day of visit)

Vacuum extractor (assisted delivery)

67

15

2

<0.001

Magnesium Sulfate

83

62

57

0.413

iv. Antibiotics (i.v ampicillin, i.v. & oral metronidazole & i.v. gentamycine)$

100

23

8

<0.001

Amoxicillin/Ampicilline & metronidazole, both orally*

50

7

3

<0.001

Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA)

100

46

0

<0.001

Newborn ambu bag

100

69

31

<0.001

  1. ^p-value for difference between level of care.
  2. #Inconsistent reporting.
  3. $WHO recommendation *standard for moderate severe puerperal sepsis in Tanzania.