The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to assess the physical infrastructure for safe motherhood services at 278 communal health centres (CHCs) in 14 project provinces (including 10 Northern mountainous provinces and 4 Central Highland provinces). Key findings are the followings: 94 out of 278 CHCs (33.8 percent) did not have any delivery rooms, or if yes, they had to share with other rooms. On average, only 23 percent of CHCs attained the standard on delivery room. If added with the otber criteria including having boiled water, instrument and drug cabinets, instrument covering clean sheets, the rate of CHCs attaining the standard on delivery room were only 10.1 percent. Very few CHCs had enough equipment for Ob/Gn examination and treatment, and delivery service (18.3 percent). Most of CHCs had no essential equipment for safe motherhood services. Equipment for infection control lacked at many CHCs; there were no full sets of equipment available at all CHCs. None of CHCs had all categories of essential drugs. The most available ones at CHCs were Antispasmodics (37.8 percent). One what none of CHCs had was Oxytocin. 8/11 of the categories were found at fewer than 10 percent of CHCs.
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