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Table 2 Basic EmONC and Comprehensive EmONC Health Facilities

From: Signal functions for emergency obstetric care as an intervention for reducing maternal mortality: a survey of public and private health facilities in Lusaka District, Zambia

 

Private

Public

Total

Population

  

2,281,702

Number of Expected Deliveries (CBR*Population)

  

114,085

Total Health Facilities

9

26

35

Total Delivery Facilities

9

13

22

Actual Facility Deliveries

1200

59,982

61,182

Still Births (Fresh and Macerated)

14

1608

1622

Facility Delivery Rate (%)(Actual Deliveries/Estimated Deliveries*100)

1

51

52

Cesarean Sections

446

3685

4131

EmONC Functionality

Total BEmONC Facilities (6 signal functions)

2

3

5

Total BEmONC Facilities (7 or 8 signal functions) [A]

2

1

3

Total CEmONC Facilities (9 signal functions) [B]

2

3

5

Recommended Number of EmONC Facilities (per 500,000 - [C])

BEmONC Facilities (Population/500000*A)

  

18

CEmONC Facilities (Population/500000*B)

  

5