Designing mHealth for maternity services in primary health facilities in a low-income setting – lessons from a partially successful implementation

Table 1 Percent distribution of women age 15–49 who had a live birth in the five years preceding the survey by selected maternity services for the most recent birth, 2011

Indicator	Amhara (%)	National (%)
Antenatal Care (ANC) from a skilled provider^a	33.6	33.9
Specific ANC services^b
Informed of signs of pregnancy complications	16.4	20.0
Blood pressure measured	61.1	71.6
Urine sample taken	37.4	41.3
Delivered by a skilled attendant^c	10.1	10.0
Postnatal check-up in the first 2 days after birth^d	5.1	6.7

^aPercentage women age 15–49 receiving antenatal care from a skilled provider for the most recent birth
^bAmong women receiving antenatal care (ANC) for the most recent live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey, the percentage receiving specific antenatal services
^cPercent distribution of births in the 5 years preceding the survey delivered by skilled providers
^dPercentage of women with a live birth in the 2 years preceding the survey who received a postnatal checkup in the first 2 days after giving birth

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