Table 1 Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Indicators
Indicators | Acceptable level |
|---|---|
1. Availability of emergency obstetric care: basic and comprehensive care facilities | There are ≥5 EmONC facilities (including ≥1 comprehensive facility) for every 500,000 population. |
2. Geographical distribution of emergency obstetric care facilities | Subnational areas have ≥5 EmONC facilities (including at least one comprehensive facility) for every 500,000 population. |
3. Proportion of all births in emergency obstetric care facilities | Minimum acceptable level to be set locally |
4. Met need for emergency obstetric care: proportion of women with major direct obstetric complications who are treated in such facilities | 100% of women estimated to have major direct obstetric complications are treated in emergency obstetric care facilities. |
5. Caesarean sections as a proportion of all births | Estimated proportion of births by caesarean section in the population is not < 5% or > 15%. |
6. Direct obstetric case fatality rate | Case fatality rate among women with direct obstetric complications in EmONC facilities is < 1%. |
7. Intra-partum and very early neonatal death rate | Standards to be determined locally |
8. Proportion of maternal deaths due to indirect causes in emergency obstetric care facilities | No standard set. |