Table 4 Proportion of public facilities performing individual PAC signal functions, Uganda 2018 & 2019
| Â | Overall | Primary-level health facilityb | Referral-level health facilityc | Overall | Primary-level health facility | Referral-level health facility | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | % change | % change | % change | |
Total number of facilities that provide PAC | 166 | 174 | 78 | 86 | 88 | 88 | – | – | – |
Capability to provide basic postabortion care signal functions | |||||||||
Perform removal of retained products | 52.4 | 59.8 | 21.8 | 38.4 | 79.5 | 80.7 | 7.4 | 16.6* | 1.1 |
Administer parenteral antibiotics | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Administer uterotonics | 88.6 | 95.4 | 76.9 | 90.7 | 98.9 | 100.0 | 6.8* | 13.8* | 1.1 |
Administer intravenous fluids | 91.6 | 94.8 | 83.3 | 89.5 | 98.9 | 100.0 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 1.1 |
Provide at least one short-acting contraceptive (condoms, pills or injectables) | 97.6 | 98.3 | 96.2 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
Facility offers family planning 7 days a week | 25.9 | 30.5 | 28.2 | 32.6 | 23.9 | 28.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
Has 1+ staff capable of providing PAC available | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Proportion of facilities with basic PAC capability | 14.5 | 17.8 | 9.0 | 11.6 | 19.3 | 23.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 4.5 |
Capability to provide comprehensive postabortion care signal functionsa | |||||||||
Provide at least one long-acting reversible contraceptive (IUDs or implants) | 83.1 | 89.1 | 67.9 | 81.4 | 96.6 | 96.6 | 5.9 | 13.4* | 0.0 |
Perform blood transfusion | 34.3 | 35.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 62.5 | 69.3 | 1.3 | −1.4 | 6.8 |
Surgical/laparotomy capability | 33.7 | 37.4 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 63.6 | 71.6 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
Proportion of referral-level facilities with comprehensive PAC capability | – | – | – | – | 8.0 | 10.2 | – | – | 2.3 |