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Table 4 Facilities performing CEmONC functions during three months prior to assessment, with reported involvement by cadre

From: Availability and distribution of human resources for provision of comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

Signal function

Number of facilities reporting performing function*

% of facilities reporting involvement of each cadre in provision of signal function

Anesthetist

Lab technician

Medical doctor

Midwife

Nurse

Obstetrician/gynecologist

Pediatrician

General surgeon

BEmONC functions

Parenteral antibiotics

78

2.9%

7.30%

96.1%

29.9%

10.8%

57.1%

59.4%

81.1%

Parenteral anticonvulsants

67

4.6%

0.0%

69.3%

69.3%

2.9%

56.3%

9.2%

46.5%

Parenteral uterotonics

78

19.7%

0.0%

68.8%

77.30

45.3%

34.4%

24.6%

35.2%

Manual removal of placenta

78

0.0%

0.0%

69.7%

93.5%

8.2%

51.6%

1.6%

13.0%

Removal of retained products (manual vacuum aspiration)

76

0.0%

0.0%

62.7%

84.6%

5.5%

45.3%

1.6%

8.6%

Removal of retained products (dilation & curettage)

71

0.0%

0.0%

70.3%

50.0%

4.2%

53.1%

1.6%

7.5%

Assisted vaginal delivery (vacuum extraction)

78

0.0%

0.0%

69.3%

74.4%

5.6%

55.6%

1.6%

7.4%

Assisted vaginal delivery (forceps or vacuum)

71

0.0%

0.0%

61.3%

71.1%

5.6%

51.6%

0.0%

7.2%

Newborn resuscitation with bag and mask

71

0.0%

0.0%

54.1%

23.3%

1.4%

43.5%

4.8%

6.0%

CEmONC functions

Blood transfusion

58

27.0%

12.5%

75.3%

89.7%

62.7%

32.8%

43.8%

20.3%

Caesarean surgery

62

17.9%

10.0%

37.8%

33.3%

45.1%

12.9%

27.7%

17.6%

  1. * Detailed findings related to provision of signal functions are published elsewhere [13].