Table 4 Distribution of designated EmONC facilities in the study health zones (HZs) in the North-Kivu Province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in comparison with the minimum number of functioning EmONC facilities required by the World Health Organization (WHO), 2017
Health zones | Total population | Minimum number of EmONC facilities for 500,000 population as per the WHO†[a] | Number of designated cEmONC facilities per 500,000 population in the study HZs‡ | Number of designated bEmONC facilities per 500,000 population in the study HZs‡ | cEmONC facilities | bEmONC facilities | Functioning EmONC facilities as a proportion of the minimum number recommended by the WHO ([b + c]/a, %) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Minimum number acceptable by the WHO | Number of functioning cEmONC facilities in the study HZs [b] | Minimum number acceptable by the WHO | Number of functioning bEmONC facilities in the study HZs [c] | |
Goma | 243,685 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 |
Karisimbi | 461,089 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
Rutshuru | 283,432 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 |
All HZs | 988,206 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 30.0 |