Health Facility Readiness

How it works

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Facility readiness for GMP was operationalised as a composite count score based on the WHO SARA reference manual, covering staff, equipment, and guideline domains. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• Only 28.5% of facilities across six countries met the 75% readiness threshold under the seven-item model. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• Full GMP readiness was extremely rare, achieved by only 4.4% of facilities across six countries under the seven-item model. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• Ethiopia had the highest facility readiness for GMP at 38.9% under the seven-item model, while Afghanistan had the lowest at 4.9%. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• GMP guidelines were available in only 5.6% to 43.7% of facilities across the six countries. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• Afghanistan's low readiness is attributed to prolonged conflict, political instability, and a healthcare system among the world's weakest. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries