Figures & Tables
Figures
- FIGURE 1
Percentage of Health Facilities With Family Planning Services Available by Province, Broken Down by Those With 3+ Methods Available, DRC, 2014 (N=1,555 Health Facilities Nationally)
Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- FIGURE 2
Percentage of Health Facilities With Specific Contraceptive Methods in Stock at the Time of the Survey, DRC, 2014 (N=1,555 Facilitiesa)
Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
a Data are based on the full sample of 1,555 health facilities surveyed, not the subset that had family planning services available as defined by the index of availability.
- FIGURE 3
Percentage of Health Facilities With Family Planning Services Available That Met the Criteria for High Quality, by Element and in Total, DRC, 2014 (N=513 Health Facilities)
Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- FIGURE 4
Percentage of Health Facilities With Family Planning Services Available That Were Rated “High” on Service Quality,a Nationally and by Province, DRC, 2014 (N=513 Health Facilities)
Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
a Facilities were assessed as providing high-quality family planning services if they met all 4 criteria of the quality index: (1) availability of at least 1 staff trained in family planning in the prior 2 years; (2) existence of service delivery guidelines in family planning; (3) availability of, at minimum, male condoms, combined oral contraceptive pills, and injectables; and (4) availability of a sphygmomanometer.
Tables
- TABLE 1 Percentage of Health Facilities With Family Planning Services, as Defined by the Availability Index,a DRC, 2014 (N=1,555 Facilities)
No. of Health Facilities Family Planning Services Availablea No. (%) P Value Total 1,555 513 (33.0) Type <.001 Hospitals 433 230 (53.1) Referral health centers 244 94 (38.5) Health centers 498 155 (31.1) Health posts 380 34 (8.9) Sector .37 Public 872 296 (33.9) Private 683 217 (31.8) Location .02 Urban 367 140 (38.1) Rural 1,188 373 (31.4) Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
a Index of availability: (1) availability of a room for family planning service provision; (2) existence of staff assigned to family planning services; and (3) evidence of client use of family planning services from service statistics.
- TABLE 2. Quality of Family Planning Services by Health Facility Characteristic, DRC, 2014 (N=513 Health Facilities)
High Quality No. (%) Low Quality No. (%) P Value Total 103 (20.1) 410 (79.9) Type <.001 Hospitals 63 (27.5) 166 (72.5) Referral health centers 17 (18.1) 77 (81.9) Health centers 23 (14.8) 132 (85.2) Health posts 0 (0.0) 35 (100.0) Sector .02 Public 48 (16.4) 245 (83.6) Private 55 (25.0) 165 (75.0) Location <.001 Urban 47 (35.1) 87 (64.9) Rural 56 (14.8) 323 (85.2) Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- TABLE 3 Number of Contraceptive Methods Offered by Type of Health Facility, DRC, 2014 (N=513 Facilities With Family Planning Service Availability)
No. of Contraceptive Methods Type of Health Facility (%) National and Provincial Hospitalsa(n=10) District Hospitals and Referral Health Centersa (n=217) Health Centers and Posts (n=286) All Health Facilities(N=513) 0 30.0 34.8 67.9 53.4 1–2 20.0 4.6 6.3 5.7 3–4 0.0 5.4 8.8 7.3 ≥5 50.0 55.2 17.1 33.6 Mean number 4.7 4.9 1.6 3.0 Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
↵a In the DRC, hospitals are classified into 3 categories: national, provincial, and district.
