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Table 5 Proportion of RMNCAH+ N services availability in health facilities in North and South Kivu, in 2018. Selection of indicators extracted from the 2017–2018 Service Provision Assessment [23]

From: Health services for women, children and adolescents in conflict affected settings: experience from North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Service provided

North Kivu

South Kivu

DRC

Number of assessed health facilities

N = 94

N = 62

N = 1380

Facility type

Hospitals (referral or tertiary)a

32

45

35

Referral health centersa

23

2

16

Hospital centers/clinicsa

22

18

10

Health centers

22

35

39

Child growth monitoring service

90

76

89

Routine vitamin A supplementation

83

77

68

Child immunizationb

85

86

90

DPT3

99

60

91

Oral polio vaccine

99

60

86

Measles vaccine

86

100

90

BCG

80

21

76

All basic child vaccines

79

21

70

Integrated management of childhood illnesses

100

100

100

Modern methods of family planning

68

87

68

Reversible FP method3

72

87

69

Male or female sterilization

22

33

17

Any FP method, including periodic abstinence

72

87

69

HF offering ANC

95

90

96

1–2 times/week

22

87

54

3–4 times/week

1

0

1

≥ 5 times/week

69

0

26

Tetanus vaccine during ANC visit

81

90

75

Including all components of PMTC4

43

9

28

Deliveries

89

88

96

Caesarean section

30

18

26

Voluntary screening of sexually transmitted infections

77

77

56

Emergency transport service

17

64

19

  1. Notes: aSecondary level health facilities officially permitted to offer CS services (78% in North Kivu, 65% in South Kivu and 61% nationwide); bRoutine provision of DPT/Pentavalent/Polio/Measles vaccines; 3 Following are defined as reversible family planning (FP) methods: oral contraceptive (combined pills or progestin-only pills), injectables (combined or progestin only), implants, intrauterine devices, male condoms, female condoms, Fertility awareness methods or abstinence. 4 PMTCT: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
  2. The data presented are %. Values in bold are higher than or equal to national average
  3. Source: [23]