Use of active management of the third stage of labour in seven developing countries
Cynthia Stanton, Deborah Armbruster, Rod Knight, Iwan Ariawan, Sourou Gbangbade, Ashebir Getachew, Jose Angel Portillo, Douglas Jarquin, Flor Marin, Sayoka Mfinanga, Jesus Vallecillo, Hope Johnson & David Sintasath
Volume 87, Number 3, March 2009, 207-215
Table 8. Observed deliveries with potentially harmful practices during active management of the third stage of labour in seven developing countries, 2005 and 2006
| Setting | Percentage (95% CI) |
Observed deliveries | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cord traction, no uterine support | Fundal massage after fetal delivery | Either of 2 harmful practices | ||
| Africa | ||||
| Benin | 65.3 (48.1–79.2) | 9.8 (4.9–18.6) | 70.2 (53.2–82.9) | 250 |
| Ethiopia | 29.4 (14.8–49.8) | 37.8 (21.5–57.4) | 55.0 (36.3–72.4) | 310 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 21.4 (15.9–28.0) | 34.4 (27.5–42.1) | 47.7 (40.0–55.6) | 249 |
| Asia | ||||
| Indonesia | 12.2 (7.0–20.5) | 44.0 (32.5–56.1) | 50.5 (39.6–61.3) | 408 |
| Central America | ||||
| El Salvador | 55.5 (43.9–66.6) | 28.1 (17.5–42.0) | 73.0 (61.1–82.3) | 192 |
| Honduras | 47.4 (33.6–61.7) | 30.1 (18.1–45.8) | 69.8 (55.4–81.2) | 221 |
| Nicaragua | 81.4 (67.4–90.3) | 73.1 (60.6–82.8) | 94.3 (84.1–98.1) | 180 |
CI, confidence interval.