Quality of essential newborn care and neonatal resuscitation at health facilities in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess readiness and quality of essential newborn care and neonatal resuscitation practices in public health facilities in Afghanistan.

Design

Cross-sectional assessment.

Setting

226 public health facilities in Afghanistan, including 77 public health facilities with at least five births per day (high-volume facilities) and 149 of 1736 public health facilities with fewer than five births per day (low-volume facilities).

Participants

Managers of 226 public health facilities, 734 skilled birth attendants (SBAs) working at these facilities, and 643 women and their newborns observed during childbirth at 77 high-volume health facilities.

Outcome measures

Availability of knowledgeable SBAs, availability of supplies and compliance with global guidel

SUBMITTER: Atiqzai F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720229 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature