Table 5 Access to laboratory tests and equipment (%)
From: Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?
| Â | Home Birth Attendants | Auxilliary Nurse Midwives | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | DRC | Zambia | Kenya | Guatemala | Pakistan | Nagpur | Total | India |
Number enrolled | 102 | 208 | 100 | 434 | 105 | 103 | 1052 | 174 |
Equipment | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Clean birth kit | 2.0 | 61.1 | 100 | 92.9 | 77.1 | 59.2 | 73.6 | 98.3 |
Maternal scale | 3.9 | 48.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 21.4 | 14.0 | 93.6 |
Stethoscope | 1.0 | 24.0 | 0.0 | 42.4 | 1.10 | 3.9 | 22.8 | 98.3 |
Blood pressure cuff | 1.0 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 94.8 |
Fetoscope | 33.3 | 27.9 | 14.0 | 24.7 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 21.4 | 72.9 |
Watch | 11.8 | 67.3 | 25.0 | 46.8 | 17.1 | 35.0 | 41.3 | 97.7 |
Bag/mask | 7.8 | 57.2 | 0.0 | 65.4 | 36.2 | 4.9 | 43.2 | 97.1 |
Thermometer | 1.0 | 14.9 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 94.2 |
Fundal height tape | 8.8 | 26.0 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 15.0 | 65.9 |
Laboratory tests | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urine protein | 0.0 | 4.3 | 27.0 | 9.2 | 20.0 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 58.6 |
Urine bacteria | 4.9 | 3.8 | 69.0 | 24.0 | 3.8 | 0 | 18.1 | 33.3 |
Urine sugar | 1.0 | 4.3 | 37.0 | 15.7 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.4 | 63.8 |
Fecal parasites | 15.7 | 1.9 | 60.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.0 | 10.9 |
Anemia tests | 13.7 | 5.3 | 86.0 | 30.4 | 33.3 | 5.8 | 27.0 | 64.4 |
HIV | 12.7 | 18.3 | 91.0 | 46.1 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 33.0 | 90.2 |
Hepatitis | 0.0 | 2.4 | 8.0 | 12.7 | 10.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 44.3 |
Syphilis | 1.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 53.4 |
Malaria | 14.7 | 13.5 | 71.0 | 0.7 | 18.1 | 3.9 | 13.3 | 62.6 |