Table 2 Characteristics of included programs
Country (* indicates peer-reviewed reference) | Design and scope | Home birth rate (for region or program area, where available; **indicates national rate) | Number of women enrolled (for “studies,” number reflects intervention group only) | Number of women taking misoprostol (aindicates overall; bindicates number from postpartum subsample) | Administration method(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan [24]* | Study using nonrandomized experimental control design in 2 districts | 80.1% | 2039 | 13501 | Self |
Bangladesh [33] | Operations research project in 6 districts | 87% | 118,594 enrolled; 77,337 delivered, of whom 53,897 received CDK2 | 46,561a 1893b | Self and TBA |
Bangladesh [14]*3 | Study using quasi-experimental design in 2 districts | 85%** | 1009 | 884 | CHW |
Bangladesh [34] | Pilot project in 1 district | 85%** | 19,497 | 9228 | Self |
Ethiopia [13]* | Study using quasi-experimental design in 1 area | 97% | 500 | 485 | TBA |
Gambia [35]* | Study using randomized controlled design in 1 district | 72% | 630 | 630 | TBA |
Ghana [36] | Pilot project in 4 districts | 37.5% | 5345 | 1261b | Self |
India [22]* | Study using randomized controlled design in 1 district | 45.2% | 812 | 809 | SBA |
Indonesia [37] | Study using nonrandomized experimental design in 2 districts | 48% | 1322 | 999 | Self |
Kenya [38] | Pilot project in 2 districts | 38.7% | 3844 | 1084b | Self and SBA |
Mozambique [39] | Operations research project in 4 districts, with each of 3 sites using a different distribution strategy: 1) late ANC only, 2) TBA at birth, 3) a combination of late ANC and TBA at birth | 35.3% | 11,927 | 4781b | Self and/or TBA |
Nepal [23]* | Operations research project in 1 district | 89.1% | 18,761 | 13,969a 435b | Self |
Nigeria [40] | Operations research project in 1 state | 95% | 1875 | 1421b | TBA |
Pakistan [15]* | Study using randomized controlled design in 1 province | 65%** | 534 | 533 | TBA |
Pakistan [41]*4 | Study using quasi-experimental design in 2 districts | 61% | 872 | 678 | TBA |
Tanzania [42] | Operations research project in 4 districts | 30.8% | 12,511 | 1826b | Self |
Zambia [43] | Pilot project in 5 districts | 59.9% | 5574 | 233b | Self |
Zambia [44] | Pilot project in 10 districts | 71% (for rural areas)** | 31,315 | Not reported | Self and TBA |