TABLES: Abortion Care Services Provided by Registered Midwives in South Africa

	International Family Planning Perspectives Volume 28, Number 3, September 2002
	Abortion Care Services Provided by Registered Midwives in South Africa TABLES

TABLE 1. Numbers of midwives who had completed theoretical and clinical portions of abortion care training and who were providing services, according to province, 1999

Province Completed theoretical training Completed clinical training and were certified Provided services

Total 92 81 69

Eastern Cape 9 9 8

Gauteng* 19 18 16

Free State† 10 9 6

KwaZulu Natal 7 7 5

Mpumalanga 9 9 8

Northern Cape 9 7 5

Northern 12 9 9

Northwest 10 7 7

Western Cape‡ 7 6 5

*Eight midwives were trained outside of the program by provincial physician trainers who used the program training manual. Two of these midwives were from Marie Stopes South Africa. All eight were practicing. †Two private midwives from Marie Stopes International participated in theoretical training. One of these was practicing and the other had died. ‡One midwife from Marie Stopes International was trained separately by a provincial physician trainer using the training manual and went on to provide services.

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TABLE 2. Number of facilities evaluated, by type of facility, according to province, October 1999 to January 2000
Province	Type of facility
Province	All	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
Total	27	8	13	6
Eastern Cape	4	1	0	3
Free State	3	3	0	0
Gauteng	4	2	2	0
KwaZulu Natal	3	0	2	1
Mpumalanga	2	0	2	0
Northern	4	2	0	2
Northern Cape	1	0	1	0
Northwest	5	0	5	0
Western Cape	1	0	1	0

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TABLE 3. Number of women who obtained first-trimester abortion services, by type of facility, according to province, June-August 1999
Province	Type of facility
Province	All	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
Total	3,927	976	2,242	709
Eastern Cape	459	120	0	339
Free State	187	187	0	0
Gauteng	1,491	557	934	0
KwaZulu Natal	563	0	443	120
Mpumalanga	327	0	327	0
Northern	362	112	0	250
Northern Cape	78	0	78	0
Northwest	410	0	410	0
Western Cape	50	0	50	0

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FIGURE 1. Percentage of abortion clients who said the attending midwife had counseled them about selected postabortion warning symptoms and health risks

Note: Based on interviews with 90 abortion clients.

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FIGURE 2. Percentage of facilities where selected contraceptive methods were available

Note: Based on interviews with 27 midwives at 27 facilities.

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TABLE 1. Numbers of midwives who had completed theoretical and clinical portions of abortion care training and who were providing services, according to province, 1999
Province	Completed theoretical training	Completed clinical training and were certified	Provided services
Total	92	81	69
Eastern Cape	9	9	8
Gauteng*	19	18	16
Free State†	10	9	6
KwaZulu Natal	7	7	5
Mpumalanga	9	9	8
Northern Cape	9	7	5
Northern	12	9	9
Northwest	10	7	7
Western Cape‡	7	6	5
*Eight midwives were trained outside of the program by provincial physician trainers who used the program training manual. Two of these midwives were from Marie Stopes South Africa. All eight were practicing. †Two private midwives from Marie Stopes International participated in theoretical training. One of these was practicing and the other had died. ‡One midwife from Marie Stopes International was trained separately by a provincial physician trainer using the training manual and went on to provide services.