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Table 1 Percent of facilities ready to provide and perform newborn resuscitation, by readiness characteristics and facility type

From: Readiness to treat and factors associated with survival of newborns with breathing difficulties in Ethiopia

Readiness to provide newborn resuscitation with bag and mask

Overall

Facilities where case reviews were takena

Total

Hospitals

Health centers

Total

Hospitals

Health centers

n = 3804

n = 316

n = 3488

n = 684

n = 154

n = 530

%

%

%

%

%

%

Facility has at least one health worker who:

 Provides newborn resuscitation with bag and mask

98%

99%

98%

99%

99%

99%

 Provides immediate newborn care

99%

99%

100%

100%

99%

100%

 Is trained in BEmONC

83%

80%

83%

90%

87%

91%

 Is trained in ENC/HBB

62%

66%

61%

71%

73%

70%

Facility has equipment

 Mucus extractor/simple suction

89%

96%

88%

95%

97%

95%

 Neonatal face masks, sizes 0 or 1

74%

86%

73%

84%

91%

82%

 Neonatal self-inflating bag

94%

98%

94%

97%

99%

96%

 Suction aspirator (operated by foot or electrically)

21%

80%

16%

34%

84%

19%

 Suction catheter (10, 12Ch)

32%

76%

28%

42%

81%

30%

 Infant laryngoscope with spare bulb and batteries

7%

48%

3%

15%

53%

4%

 Endotracheal tubes (3.5, 3.0, 2.5 mm)

7%

53%

3%

16%

62%

3%

 Guideline or protocol for neonatal resuscitation

65%

74%

64%

78%

84%

76%

 Oxygen source

15%

90%

9%

30%

91%

12%

Provided newborn resuscitation in the 3 months prior to the assessment

73%

90%

71%

83%

95%

79%

Facility fulfilled summary measure for readiness to provide newborn resuscitation with bag and maskb

69%

86%

68%

81%

90%

79%

  1. Abbreviations: BEmONC basic emergency obstetric and newborn care, ENC essential newborn care, HBB Helping Babies Breathe
  2. a Health facilities where 1035 case reviews with complete information were drawn
  3. bSummary measure for facility readiness was defined by at least one health worker able to provide newborn resuscitation and presence of equipment (neonatal self-inflating bag and mask size 0 or 1 and suction apparatus (mucus extractor or suction aspirator)