Dataset
To provide data on health care facilities and health care services in Nicaragua.
This study is a baseline for health facility survey and is conducted under Salud Mesoamérica Initiative. A total of 64 facilities participated in the survey.
Survey covers the following scope: general facility characteristics, infrastructure, staff, supplies, equipment, availability of key maternal and child health care services, health care record-keeping, family planning, treatment practices related to uncomplicated births, medical complications experienced by mothers or infants during delivery and child medical services.
Data were obtained through interviews with facility personnel and direct observation.