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Table 3 Availability of staff, vaccines and drugs in health facilities on a single day in October 2004 (source: health facility survey)

From: Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania

Characteristic

Categories

Number of facilities

% of facilities

95% CI*

VACCINES AND EQUIPMENT FOR VACCINATION (in all 118 facilities supplying vaccination services)

All essential vaccines available (BCG, DPT-HepB, OPV, Measles, TT)

91/118

77%

68,84

Fridge

 

Available

115/118

97%

93,99

  

Available & freezes

64/118

54%

45,63

ORAL AND INJECTABLE DRUGS (in all 134 facilities)

Essential oral treatments available (ORS, SP, co-trimoxazole, vitamin A, ferrous sulphate, paracetamol, mebendazole) (SP was the first-line antimalarial drug at the time of the survey)

All available

57/134

42%

34,51

  

ORS

125/134

93%

88,97

  

SP

124/134

93%

87,96

  

Co-trimoxazole

98/134

73%

65,80

Water available

30/134

22%

16,30

Injectable treatment for pre-referral care (quinine, gentamicin or ampicillin or chloramphenicol, benzylpenicillin or cristapen or PPF (procaine penillin))

In dispensaries

59/113

52%

43,62

  

In health centres

6/14

43%

18,71

HUMAN RESOURCES (in all 127 health centres & dispensaries)

Prescribers (Medical Officers, Assistant Medical Officer, Clinical Officer or Assistant Clinical Officer)

Dispensaries

Present

46/113

41%

32,50

  

Employed

85/113

75%

66,83

 

Health Centres

Present

8/14

57%

29,82

  

Employed

12/14

86%

57,98

Nurses (Nursing Officer, Nurse Midwife, Public Health Nurse 'B' or Maternal and Child Health Aides)

Dispensaries

Present

49/113

43%

34,53

  

Employed

86/113

76%

67,84

 

Health Centres

Present

11/14

79%

49,95

  

Employed

13/14

93%

66,100

SUPERVISION & REFERRAL (in all 134 facilities)

At least one supervision visit in previous 6 months

112/134

84%

76,89

At least one supervision involving case-management observation in previous 6 months

23/134

17%

11,25

Transport for referral (bicycle or ambulance)

21/134

16%

10,23

Has the in-charge ever wanted to refer a sick child but been unable to?

34/134

25%

18,34

  1. *Assuming binomial distribution