Table 1 Definitions of maternal health coverage indicators used
Sl no. | Indicator | Definition |
|---|---|---|
1. | Antenatal care | Percentage of pregnant women who received any antenatal check-up in a district among all estimated pregnancies in the district during the survey period [25] |
2. | Complete antenatal care | Percentage of pregnant women who had at least three visits for antenatal check-up, one tetanus injection received and 100 iron and folic acid tablets or adequate amount of syrup consumed in a district among all estimated pregnancies in the district during the survey period [25]. |
3. | Percentage delivery attended by skilled birth attendants | Percentage of deliveries that were attended by a skilled health personal in a district among all deliveries occurring in a district during the survey period [25] |
4. | Basic Emergency Obstetric Care | A facility that provides six basic signal functions of obstetric emergency (parenteral antibiotics, uterotonic durgs, parenteral anticonvulsants, manual removal of placenta, assisted vaginal delivery and neonatal resuscitation) defined by the World Health Organization [24]. |
5. | Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care | A facility that provides six basic signal functions of obstetric emergency along with caesarean section and blood transfusion [24]. |
6. | First referral unit | A comprehensive emergency obstetric care facility, most proximate to a primary health centre [11] |
7. | Percentage Caesarean sections | Percentage of deliveries conducted by caesarean section in a district among all deliveries in the district during the survey period [25] |