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Table 5 Availability of key CEmONC functions in district and regional hospitals in Burkina Faso, 2007

From: Readiness of district and regional hospitals in Burkina Faso to provide caesarean section and blood transfusion services: a cross-sectional study

 

District hospitals N = 43 (%)

Regional hospitals N = 9 (%)

C-section

  

   Never availablea

4 (9.3)

0 (0.0)

   Available intermittently

16 (37.2)

0 (0.0)

   Available continuously

23 (53.5)

9 (100)

Blood transfusion services

  

   Never available

6 (13.9)

0 (0.0)

   Available intermittentlyb

28 (65.1)

3 (33.3)

   Available continuouslyc

9 (20.9)

6 (66.7)

Readiness of hospitals to provide CEmOC

  

   Not ready

1 (2.3)

0 (0.0)

   Partially ready

35 (81.4)

3 (33.3)

   Ready

7 (16.3)

6 (66.7)

  1. a:C-section neither at the time of the survey nor during the year 2006.
  2. b:through family members or list of blood donors for district hospitals, only through list of blood donors for regional hospital.
  3. c:through blood bank.