Percentage of women receiving forms of care likely to be beneficial during the intrapartum and postpartum period.

(1)Defined as administration of oxytocin or syntocin at anterior shoulder or after birth (denominator is total vaginal birth),(2)Defined as the proportion of husbands, mothers, sisters, other family members or friends giving either “some/little” or “all/most” support. For post-intervention the time period is first stage of labour,(3)Defined as given a single dose of ampicillin or cephalosporin after cord clamped (denominator is total caesarean),(4)Vacuum/vacuum + forceps,(5)Rate of use polyglycolic acid suture material (where perineum sutured),(6)Rate of continuous skin closure (where perineum sutured),(7)Excluded stillbirths.