Assessing capacity of health facilities to provide routine maternal and newborn care in low-income settings: what proportions are ready to provide good-quality care, and what proportions of women receive it?

Table 1 Facility components to fulfil four signal functions for basic maternal and newborn care

Signal function	Components
Management of labour using a partograph	SBA present at health facility
	Blood pressure machine
	Foetal stethoscope
	Thermometer
	Blank partographs
	Urine testing kit
	Oxytocin or Ergometrin
Active Management of Third Stage of Labour (prophylactic uterotonics)	SBA present at health facility
	Oxytocin or Ergometrin
General infection prevention	SBA present at health facility
	Source of clean running water
	Soap
	Disposable gloves
	Disinfectant
Newborn infection prevention (clean cord care)	SBA present at health facility
	Sterile cord cutter
	Cord tie

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