Intervention districts (n=54) | Control districts (n=56) | |
Population | ||
Total population | 4 837 198 | 3 767 060 |
Mean (SD) population per district | 89 577 (53 486) | 67 268 (78 586) |
Total number of pregnant women | 193 482 | 145 314 |
Mean (SD) number of pregnant women per district | 3583 (3129) | 2691 (3143) |
Total number of children under 5 years | 967 410 | 726 462 |
Mean (SD) number of children under 5 years per district | 17 915 (10 697) | 13 453 (15 717) |
Socio-demographics* | ||
Mean (SD) % lowest wealth quintile | 34.95 (32.63) | 15.24 (25.56) |
Mean (SD) % no female education | 76.3 (12.78) | 84.12 (10.33) |
Mean (SD) % female careseeking | 63.3 (18.40) | 56.20 (18.41) |
Access* | ||
% Remote | 90.7% | 94.6% |
% Mountainous | 75.9% | 53.9% |
% High security risk | 68.5% | 89.3% |
Fixed health services* | ||
Total number of fixed health facilities (SHC, BHC, CHC, DH) | 260 | 149 |
Number of SHCs | 84 | 29 |
Mean (SD) SHCs per district | 1.56 (1.78) | 0.52 (0.74) |
Mean (SD) population per SHC | 57 586 (51 249) | 129 899 (38 303) |
Number of BHCs | 115 | 73 |
Mean (SD) BHCs per district | 2.13 (1.73) | 1.30 (1.14) |
Mean (SD) population per BHC | 42 063 (26 971) | 51 604 (83 045) |
Number of CHCs | 47 | 43 |
Mean (SD) CHCs per district | 0.87 (0.80) | 0.77 (1.28) |
Mean (SD) population per CHC | 102 919 (45 012) | 87 606 (35 552) |
Number of district hospitals | 14 | 4 |
Mean (SD) DHs per district | 0.26 (0.44) | 0.07 (0.26) |
Mean (SD) population per DH | 87 606 (38 858) | 9 41 765 (33 189) |
Health facility density (population per health facility) | 18 605 | 25 282 |
Health facility density (pregnant women and children under 5 years population per health facility) | 4466 | 5852 |
Outreach health services | ||
Total number of outreach health services | 106 | 43 |
Number of vaccination outreach services | 47 | 43 |
Mean (SD) vaccination outreach per district | 0.87 (0.80) | 0.77 (1.28) |
Mean (SD) population per vaccination outreach | 4115 (2001) | 3378 (1976) |
Number of MCH mobile health teams | 59 | 0 |
Mean (SD) MCH mobile health teams per district | 1.09 (0.35) | − |
Mean (SD) population per MCH mobile health team | 84 018 (46 112) | − |
Number of other mobile health services | 10 | 11 |
Mean (SD) other mobile health services per district | 0.241 (0.581) | 0.143 (0.401) |
Mean (SD) population per other mobile health service | 483 720 (198 888) | 342 460 (145 720) |
*See table 1 for definitions.
BHC, basic health centre; CHC, comprehensive health centre; DH, district hospital; SHC, sub-health centre.