Indicator | Recommended level |
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Do the services exist and function? | |
1. Availability of EmOC: basic and comprehensive facilities | At least five EmOC facilities (including at least one comprehensive) per 500,000 population |
Are the services geographically and equitably distributed? | |
2. Geographical distribution of EmOC facilities | Equitably distributed in an area |
Are the services being used by pregnant women? | |
3. Proportion of all births in EmOC facilities | Recommended level set locally |
Are the services being used by women with complications? | |
4. Met need for EmOC services | 100% |
Do they provide critical life saving services? | |
5. Caesarean section as a proportion of all births | 5-15% |
Do they provide good quality care? | |
6. Direct obstetric case fatality rate | <1% |
7. Intrapartum and very early neonatal death rate | To be set |
8. Proportion of maternal deaths due to indirect causes | None set |