Table 2 Respondents’ obstetric experience and skills in EmONC

Average number of births conducted per week

Less than 1

0 (0.0%)

5 (3.9%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (3.4%)

Between 1 and 5

7 (43.8%)

96 (74.4%)

3 (75.0%)

106 (71.1%)

Between 5 and 10

8 (50%)

20 (15.5%)

0 (0.0%)

28 (18.8%)

More than 10

1 (6.2%)

8 (6.2%)

1 (25%)

10 (6.7%)

Number of HCP who felt confident in performing a birth –related diagnosis on their own

Yes

16 (100%)

118 (91.5%)

0 (0.0%)

134 (89.9%)

No

0

11 (8.5%)

4 (100%)

16 (10.7%)

Number of HCP who felt Confident in performing birth on their own

Yes

16 (100%)

116 (89.9%)

1 (25%)

133 (89.9%)

No

0

13 (10.1%)

3 (75%)

15 (10.1%)

Frequency to experience birth complication while performing normal delivery

Never

0 (0.0%)

8 (6.2%)

1 (25.0%)

9 (6.0%)

Sometimes

15 (93.8%)

117 (90.7%)

3 (75.0%)

135 (90.6%)

Often

1 (6.3%)

4 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (3.4%)

Area of maternal health in which HCP feel less confident

Diagnostic and management of pre/eclampsia

5 (31.3%)

92 (71.3%)

3 (75%)

100 (67.1%)

Diagnostic and management of Puerperal sepsis

4 (25%)

67 (51.9%)

2 (50%)

73 (49.0%)

Diagnostic and management of Postpartum Hemorrhage

4 (25%)

73 (56.6%)

2 (50%)

79 (53%)

Diagnostic and management of obstructed labor

8 (50%)

75 (58.1%)

4 (100%)

87 (58.4%)

Other*

1 (6.3%)

2 (1.6%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (2.0%)

None

4 (25%)

9 (7.0%)

0 (0.0%)

13 (8.7%)

Area of Newborn health in which HCP feel less confident

Prevention of hypothermia

1 (6.1%)

18 (14%)

4 (100%)

19 (12.8%)

Prevention of infections

0 (0.0%)

41 (31.8%)

1 (25%)

42 (28.25%)

Immediate care after delivery for baby who cried

0 (0.0%)

7 (5.4%)

0 (0.0%)

7 (4.7%)

Immediate care after delivery for baby who did not cry

6 (37.5%)

101 (78.3%)

4 (100%)

111 (74.5%)

None

9 (56.3%)

15 (11.6%)

0 (0.0%)

24 (16.1%)