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Table 2 ANC interventions provided by facilities and received by mothers in Zambia

From: Quality of antenatal care in Zambia: a national assessment

A) Interventions provided

Facilities (%) n=1299

B) Interventions received

Mothers (%) n=4052c

Folate/iron supplementation

99.1

Folate/iron supplementation given or bought

93.2

Tetanus vaccination

86.4

Tetanus vaccination received

81.2

VCT for HIV

33.0

VCT for HIV offeredd

54.1

PMTCT against HIV spread

30.5

  

IPT of malaria

97.2

IPT of malaria taken

88.8

  

Drug for intestinal parasites takene

36.7

  

Weighed

91.4

  

Height measured

26.5

  

Blood pressure taken

82.5

Screening tests

   

Hemoglobin

15.8

Blood sample givenf

60.8

Syphilis

49.8

Urine protein

22.6

Urine sample given

22.6

Urine sugar

20.8

Other related services

   

ANC outreach

81.6

  

Postnatal servicea

94.8

  

Delivery service

84.8

  

EmOC or EmOC referralb

98.7

  
  

Birth preparedness plan discussed

73.6

  1. EmOC, Emergency Obstetric Care; IPT, Intermittent presumptive treatment; PMTCT, Prevention of mother to child transmission; VCT, Voluntary counseling and testing; an=1275, bn=1070 (not asked if no delivery care), cwomen attending ANC; less than 10 missing/unknown values for all items (counted as not received), except d44, e19, f12 missing or unknown.