TABLE 1. Percentage of Facilities Offering Delivery Services With Availability of Basic and Comprehensive Obstetric Care Services and Items, by Residence, Haiti, 2013
Rural %Other Urban %Metropolitan %Total %
Basic obstetric care indicators
Parenteral administration of antibiotics68.978.094.977.9
Parenteral administration of oxytocic drug86.595.194.991.8
Parenteral administration of anticonvulsants40.567.148.753.3
Assisted vaginal deliverya90.592.789.791.3
Manual removal of placenta58.179.359.067.2
Manual removal of retained products48.675.664.163.1
Neonatal resuscitation51.472.053.860.5
Guidelines for IMPAC21.631.712.824.1
Staff trained in IMPAC48.653.746.250.3
Emergency transportaion32.436.635.934.9
Sterilization equipment75.784.187.281.5
Examination light43.243.959.046.7
Delivery pack87.892.787.289.7
Suction apparatus93.298.879.592.8
Manual vacuum extractor16.219.520.518.5
Vacuum aspirator or D&C kit20.335.430.828.7
Newborn bag and mask51.462.259.057.4
Delivery bed97.3100.094.997.9
Partograph32.441.533.336.4
Gloves93.293.989.792.8
Antibiotic eye ointment for newborns66.284.166.773.8
Injectable uterotonic62.274.464.167.7
Injectable antibiotics89.292.794.991.8
Injectable magnesium sulphate60.878.074.470.8
Skin disinfectant60.881.761.569.7
Intravenous solution with infusion set74.384.182.180.0
Regular reviews of maternal or newborn deaths25.732.948.733.3
Comprehensive obstetric care indicators
Cesarean delivery services23.052.471.845.1
Blood transfusion23.050.061.542.1
Guidelines for CEmOC adapted for Haiti6.815.97.710.8
Staff member providing delivery trained in CEmOC44.645.138.543.6
Anesthesia equipment10.815.925.615.9
Incubator10.823.223.118.5
Blood typing17.642.756.435.9
Cross matching test4.13.710.35.1
Blood supply sufficiency12.219.520.516.9
Blood supply safety16.237.853.832.8
Total number of facilities748239195
  • Abbreviations: CEmOC, comprehensive emergency obstetric care; D&C, dilation and curettage; IMPAC, integrated management of pregnancy and childbirth.

  • a Assisted vaginal delivery was actually interpreted as "attended vaginal delivery" in the Haiti Service Provision Assessment.