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Table 1 LiST interventions scaled up in analysis, with proxies

From: The impact of eliminating within-country inequality in health coverage on maternal and child mortality: a Lives Saved Tool analysis

Intervention

Included in household surveys?

Proxy (Backup)

Contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR)

Yes

 

Antenatal carea

Yes

 

Tetanus toxoid vaccination

 

Antenatal care

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp)

Yes

(Antenatal care)

Syphilis detection and treatment

 

Antenatal care

Iron supplementation in pregnancy

 

Antenatal care

Hypertensive disorder case management

 

Antenatal care

MgSO4 management of pre-eclampsia

 

Antenatal care

Skilled birth attendanta

Yes

 

Facility deliverya

Yes

 

Clean birth practices

 

Facility delivery

Immediate assessment and stimulation

 

Facility delivery

Labor and delivery management

 

Facility delivery

Neonatal resuscitation

 

Facility delivery

Antenatal corticosteroids for preterm labor

 

Facility delivery

Antibiotics for pPRoM

 

Facility delivery

MgSO4 management of eclampsia

 

Facility delivery

Active management of the third stage of labor (AMSTL)

 

Facility delivery

Breastfeeding promotion

 

Facility delivery

Clean postnatal practices

Yes

(Facility delivery)

Vitamin A supplementation

Yes

 

Improved water source

Yes

 

Water connection in the home

Yes

(Improved sanitation)

Improved sanitation

Yes

(Water connection in the home)

Hand washing with soap

 

Hygienic disposal of children’s stools

Hygienic disposal of children’s stools

Yes

(Improved sanitation)

Household ownership of insecticide treated bednet (ITN)

Yes

 

DPT vaccine

Yes

 

H. influenzae b vaccine

Yes

(DPT vaccine)

HepB vaccine

 

DPT vaccine

Pneumococcal vaccine

 

DPT vaccine

Rotavirus vaccine

 

DPT vaccine

Measles vaccine

Yes

 

Thermal care for neonatal prematurity

 

Facility delivery

Injectable antibiotics neonatal sepsis/pneumonia

 

Facility delivery

Oral rehydration solution (ORS)

Yes

(Oral antibiotics for pneumonia)

Antibiotics for treatment of dysentery

 

ORS

Zinc for treatment of diarrhea

 

ORS

Oral antibiotics for pneumonia

Yes

(ORS)

Vitamin A for treatment of measles

 

Vitamin A for prevention

Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) for malaria

Yes

 
  1. aThese measures do not have a direct impact in LiST, but rather are used to determine coverage of the specific interventions that they are made up of (also listed in the table)