Table 3

Health service activities and service standards of midwives’ service in primary healthcare settings

Health service activitiesService standards (minutes per patient)
MeanMedianMinimumMaximum
1. Ante-natal care (first visit)39382565
2. Antenatal care (subsequent visits)30271565
3. Admission for pregnant mothers40302072
4. Family planning (initial visit)32302060
5. Family planning (subsequent visit)22201045
6. Family planning (insertion)44383070
7. Post natal care312510120
8. Normal delivery19615260380
9. Death care40402060
10. PMTCT* counselling and testing40392560
11. Child welfare clinic31301260
12. Immunisation of children under 1 year old1310525
13. Immunisation of women of reproductive age1314525
  • PMTCT, preventing mother to child transmission.