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Table 2 Availability of laboratory tests and drugs at the time of study

From: Antenatal care in practice: an exploratory study in antenatal care clinics in the Kilombero Valley, south-eastern Tanzania

 

D1

D2 a

HC1

HC2

Laboratory examinations

Urine test

✔

✘

✔

✘ b

Haemoglobin

✔

✘

✔

✘ b

RPR (Syphilis test)

- d

✔

✘ b

✘ b

Blood group/Rhesus factor

✔

✘

✔

✔

HIV screening

✘ b

✘ c

✔

✘ b

Malaria tests

✔

✔

✔

✔

Drug/Immunization

Iron/Folic

✘ b

✔

✔

✘ b

SP

✘ b

✔

✔

✔

Tetanus

✔

✔

✔

✔

Mebendazole

✘ b

✘ b

✔

✔

Hati Punguzo vouchers

✘ b

✘ b

✔

✘ b

  1. a laboratory infrastructure not available
  2. b lack of drugs or supplies (f.e. gloves, reagents)
  3. c lack of training to perform the test
  4. d no data available