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Table 4 Staff and facilities per district compared against WHR 2005 benchmarksa

From: Erratum to: The dominance of the private sector in the provision of emergency obstetric care: studies from Gujarat, India

Indicator

Districts and number of births per year

Sabarkantha (births: 67,965)

Dahod (births: 64,222)

Surendranaga (births: 67,965)

Number of facilities or staff

Number of facilities or staff

Number of facilities or staff

Current

WHR 2005

Deficit

Current

WHR 2005

Deficit

Current

WHR 2005

Deficit

CEmOC

15

19

4

5

18

13

3

11

8

BEmOC

1

38

37

0

36

36

2

22

20

Less–than-BEmOC + C-sections

41

n.a

n.a

12

n.a

n.a

19

n.a

n.a

Midwives (nurses)b

103

378

275

98

357

259

51

224

173

Doctors (all)

126

57

0

55

54

1

59

34

0

  1. aWHR 2005 benchmarks recommend the following: a. 20 midwifes and three part-time doctors per 3600 births and b. one CEmOC facility and one to two BEmOC per 3600 births. bIncludes nurses and auxiliary nurses. Assuming all births delivered by this cadre