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Nicaragua Salud Mesoamérica Initiative First Follow-Up Health Facility Survey 2014

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Nicaragua (NIC)
Costa Caribe Norte, Costa Caribe Sur, Jinotega, Madriz, Matagalpa
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
06/2014 - 09/2014
Series or system 
Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI)
Data type
Survey:
  • Health facility
  • Individual
  • Interview
Summary 

The Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI) focuses on reducing inequalities in maternal and child health in Mesoamerica. This dataset is the product of an SMI impact evaluation. It includes results of a follow-up health facility survey conducted in five departments in Nicaragua. In total, 60 facilities were surveyed. These represent facilities that provide ambulatory-, basic-, and complete-level Essential Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EONC) services. Surveyors collected data through interviews with facility personnel and direct observation. They recorded information on general facility characteristics, infrastructure, staff, supplies, equipment, and the availability of key maternal and child health care services. They also performed medical record reviews, extracting retrospective data on record-keeping, family planning, treatment practices related to uncomplicated births and medical complications experienced by mothers or infants during delivery, and child medical services.

Keywords 
Abortive outcome, Anesthetic equipment, Antenatal care, Antibiotics, Antihypertensive drugs, BCG vaccines, Birth control pills, Blood pressure, Blood supply, Blood tests, Caesarean section, Catheters, Child health care, Community health clinics, Community health workers, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, DTP vaccines, Diagnostic equipment, Diaphragms, Drug stockouts, Drug supply, Edema, Education, Electricity, Emergency care, Emergency contraception, Emergency preparedness, Ethnicity, Family planning, Female infertility, Folic acid, Food, Glucose tests, Gynecological equipment, Gynecology, Health care access, Health care personnel, Health care services, Health education, Health facilities, Health facility conditions, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health resources, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Home care, Hospitals, Hysterectomy, IUDs, Immunization, Infant care, Infant mortality, Influenza vaccines, Injectable contraceptives, Internet, Iron supplements, Lab personnel, Laboratories, Laboratory equipment, Languages, Literacy, Live births, MMR vaccines, Marital status, Maternal anthropometry, Maternal care, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medical equipment, Medicines, Menopause, Micronutrient supplements, Mortality, Nurses, Obstetrical equipment, Operating rooms, Oral rehydration therapy, Pediatrics, Pentavalent vaccines, Pesticides, Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Place of delivery, Pneumococcal vaccines, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy complications, Refrigeration, Reproductive health, Rotavirus vaccines, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Surgeons, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Traditional birth control, Training programs, Ultrasound, Urine tests, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, X-rays, Zinc
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Supply-side interventions to improve health: Findings from the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative
Salud Mesoamérica 2015 Initiative: design, implementation, and baseline findings
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Contributors 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
UNIMER
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Carlos Slim Health Institute
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2019
Suggested citation 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), UNIMER. Nicaragua Salud Mesoamérica Initiative First Follow-Up Health Facility Survey 2014. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2019.
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 30, 2019