20 47 48 Further detail and explanation of the calculations involved are provided in web appendix 2. Although the RR of 7.74 is from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 studies that were mainly facility based, 19 it is corroborated by a secondary analysis of population-based longitudinal cohort data from sub-Saharan Africa that estimates it to be 8.2.
In the study area nearly all (99%) pregnant women attend ANC at least once [ 22], and over half of women deliver in a health facility [ 22, 28], mainly public facilities [ 22].
This type of HIV testing and counselling service is offered widely, mainly through facilities integrated in health settings, mobile services and in stand-alone facilities that are located away from health care facilities such as community-based settings and night services [ 5, 9- 15].
Health centers and clinics are mainly outpatient facilities but occasionally operate like maternity homes by providing obstetric care.
Vaccination posts were mainly health facilities (both public and private not for profit), outreach sites for routine EPI vaccines and a few schools.
The findings of the current study are similar to those of a study conducted in Gamo Gofa, Ethiopia, where the main sources of PITC information comprised mainly health facilities, mass media, friends, and family members.
However, within the Basic Safety Standards of IAEA this quantitative method for optimization was to be used mainly in facility design and establishing broad radiation protection programmes.
The public distribution system serves mainly the public facilities, and the public facilities source almost all medicines from the public distributor, the Medical Stores Department (MSD) [ 33].
China's DAH to Nepal mainly focuses on facilities and capacity building, including dispatching medical teams, health facilities building work, training courses, donations of medicines and equipment, and scholarships.
In the 1960s its harbour facilities, mainly used in the banana export industry, were improved with U.S. aid.
