“Our voices matter”: a before-after assessment of the effect of a community-participatory intervention to promote uptake of maternal and child health services in Kwale, Kenya

Table 1 Characteristics of intervention and non-intervention health facilities in Matuga sub-county, Kwale

	Annual Work Plan 2013/2014				Annual Work Plan 2015/2016
Health facility name	Total catchment population	Women of reproductive age (15–49 years)	Number of maternity/delivery beds	Number of nurse/midwives	Total catchment population	Women of reproductive age (15–49 years)	Number of maternity/delivery beds	Number of nurse/midwives
Intervention Health Facilities
Kwale District Hospital	18,905	4348	10	25	20,017	4606	15	30
Tiwi Rural Health Centre	16,274	3743	4	10	17,232	3963	6	13
Mkongani Health Centre	24,108	5545	3	4	21,224	4882	5	8
Kizibe Dispensary	13,066	3005	1	2	13,835	3182	1	2
Magodzoni Dispensary	9395	2161	1	2	9948	2288	2	2
Matuga Dispensary	5550	1277	1	2	5877	1352	1	2
Mazumalume Dispensary	7313	1682	1	2	7743	1781	1	2
Mwaluphamba Dispensary	14,054	3232	1	3	14,881	3423	1	3
Vyongwani Dispensary	3209	738	1	2	3398	781	2	2
Ng’ombeni Dispensary	8700	2001	1	2	9212	2119	1	2
Sub-total	120,574	27,732			123,367	28,377
Non-intervention Health Facilities
Shimba Hills Health Center	6500	1495	2	2	6882	1583	3	4
Msulwa Dispensary	3556	818	1	1	3765	866	1	1
Mwapala Dispensary	5985	1377	1	2	6337	1458	2	2
Lukore Dispensary	4271	982	1	2	4522	1040	2	2
Kiteje Dispensary	5724	1317	1	2	6061	1394	2	2
Mkundi Dispensary	4721	1084	1	2	4989	1148	1	2
Kibuyuni Dispensary	4423	1017	1	1	4683	1077	1	1
Mwaluvanga Dispensary	4481	1031	1	1	4745	1091	1	1
Mbuguni Dispensary	3353	771	1	1	3550	817	1	1
Waa Dispensary	11,967	2752	1	2	12,671	2914	2	4
Sub-total	60,966	14,021			64,542	14,846
Grand-total	175,546	40,376			187,909	43,223

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