Table 2 Availability of supplies, equipment, drugs, and guidelines for provision of postabortion care services
From: Health facility capacity to provide postabortion care in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study
Available items [percentage (number)] | Facility type | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provincial, regional, and specialty hospitals (n = 37) | District hospitals with 5 or more deliveries per day (n = 40) | District hospitals and comprehensive health centers with 0–4 deliveries per day (n = 37) | Basic health centers, sub-health centers, and family health houses (n = 112)* | p-value | All public sector (n = 226) | Private facilities (n = 20) | |
Functional manual vacuum aspirator and cannula | 75.7% (28) | 82.5% (33) | 67.6% (25) | 64.3% (72) | 0.267 | 69.9% (158) | 75.0% (15) |
Dilation and curettage kit | 89.2% (33) | 85.0% (34) | 59.5% (22) | 60.7% (68) | 0.004 | 69.5% (157) | 85.0% (17) |
Misoprostol | 56.8% (21) | 52.5% (21) | 13.5% (5) | 8.9% (10) | < 0.001 | 25.2% (57) | 60.0% (12) |
Guidelines or national treatment protocol for emergency obstetric and newborn care | 43.2% (16) | 47.5% (19) | 54.1% (20) | 42.0% (47) | 0.214 | 45.1% (102) | 35.0% (7) |
Guidelines for the pre-referral management of major obstetric and newborn complications | 32.4% (12) | 32.5% (13) | 54.1% (20) | 40.2% (45) | 0.350 | 39.8% (90) | 50.0% (10) |
Family planning commodities | |||||||
 Male condoms | 81.1% (30) | 90.0% (36) | 86.5% (32) | 85.7% (96) | 0.737 | 85.8% (194) | 65.0% (13) |
 Female condoms | 8.1% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 5.4% (2) | 7.1% (8) | 0.087 | 5.8% (13) | 5.0% (1) |
 Oral contraceptive pills | 91.9% (34) | 95.0% (38) | 91.9% (34) | 87.5% (98) | 0.916 | 90.3% (204) | 65.0% (13) |
 Intrauterine devices | 86.5% (32) | 92.5% (37) | 89.2% (33) | 86.6% (97) | 0.859 | 88.1% (199) | 75.0% (15) |
 Implants | 16.2% (6) | 7.5% (3) | 8.1% (3) | 2.7% (3) | 0.002 | 6.6% (15) | 15.0% (3) |
 Injectable hormones (e.g., Depo-Provera) | 86.5% (32) | 92.5% (37) | 78.4% (29) | 74.1% (83) | 0.286 | 80.1% (181) | 55.0% (11) |
 Emergency contraception pill packets | 54.1% (20) | 37.5% (15) | 37.8% (14) | 35.7% (40) | 0.586 | 39.4% (89) | 25.0% (5) |