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Table 6 Referral and reporting practices (%)

From: Home birth attendants in low income countries: who are they and what do they do?

 

Home Birth Attendants

Auxilliary Nurse Midwives

Practice

DRC

Zambia

Kenya

Guatemala

Pakistan

Nagpur,

India

Total

India

Number enrolled

102

208

100

434

105

103

1052

174

Can make referrals

100.0

97.1

94.9

81.8

78.1

81.6

87.4

98.3

Ever made referral

97.1

95.1

96.8

91.3

98.8

97.7

94.6

99.4

Ever visited referral facility

99.0

98.6

75.0

42.9

90.5

78.6

70.6

86.7

Maintain birth log

80.4

94.7

66.0

42.3

2.9

6.9

51.3

93.6

Report births

96.1

98.6

43.0

84.8

0.0

64.1

74.1

99.4

Report stillbirths

80.4

88.5

25.0

83.6

0.0

64.1

68.4

100

Report maternal death

2.9

88.0

19.0

85.2

0.0

65.0

61.0

100