An assessment of immediate newborn care readiness and availability in Nepal

Figures & data

Table 1. General characteristics of health facilities (n = 154).

Background Characteristics	Unweighted frequency (%)	Weighted frequency (%)
Facility Location
Rural	69 (44.9)	133 (63.1)
Urban	85 (55.1)	78 (36.9)
Facility Type
Local level facilities	79 (51.3)	157 (74.4)
Provincial level Hospitals	49 (31.8)	3 (1.4)
Private Hospitals	26 (16.9)	51 (24.2)
Province
Koshi	16 (10.4)	24 (11.3)
Madhesh	34 (22.1)	50 (23.8)
Bagmati	16 (10.4)	20 (9.5)
Gandaki	20 (13.0)	20 (9.7)
Lumbini	45 (29.2)	66 (31.4)
Karnali	16 (10.4)	20 (9.6)
Sudurpashchim	7 (4.5)	10 (4.8)
Implementation of LDSC/SSN’s newborn resuscitation capacity building and skill retention program
Yes	77 (50.0)	78 (36.8)
No	77 (50.0)	134 (63.2)

Figure 1. Availability of immediate newborn care interventions in health facilities.

Table 2. Immediate newborn care availability and readiness score by background characteristics.

Background Characteristics	Weighted Mean Availability Score %, (SE)	p-value^a	Weighted Mean Readiness Score %, (SE)	p-value^a
Overall	52.8, (21.50)	–	79.6, (12.27)	–
Facility Location
Rural	50.3, (2.02)	0.029	76.1, (0.98)	<0.001
Urban	57.2, (1.98)		85.5, (1.32)
Facility Type
Local level facilities	53.8, (1.89)	0.183	77.4, (0.93)	<0.001
Provincial level Hospitals	61.6, (11.89)		92.4, (7.12)
Private Hospitals	49.3, (1.78)		85.5, (1.69)
Province
Koshi	52.3, (3.70)	<0.001	77.7, (1.34)	<0.007
Madhesh	35.5, (2.95)		76.5, (2.03)
Bagmati	63.6, (4.09)		83.1, (2.40)
Gandaki	55.1, (4.77)		84.1, (2.70)
Lumbini	53.6, (2.02)		77.4, (1.58)
Karnali	75, (3.51)		87.1, (1.42)
Sudurpashchim	63.3, (4.14)		82.4, (3.29)
Implementation of LDSC/SSN’s newborn resuscitation capacity building and skill retention program
Yes	70.0, (1.71)	<0.001	91.2, (0.96)	<0.001
No	42.8, (1.57)		72.8, (0.73)

a= Kruskal-Wallis test, *significant value <0.05.

Figure 2. Domain-specific readiness score for immediate newborn care in health facilities.