Table 1

A summary of equipment identified from the needs assessment

	Equipment	Fabrication time (months)	Device classification	Comments (key user concerns)
1	Suction machine	3	Risk class II	Frequent breakdown of available machines. Long readiness turnaround times (sterilisation).
2	Resuscitaire	2–4	Risk class II	The basic baby warmer should have suction capacity as well as oxygen delivery.
3	Infant incubator (whole piece) Spare parts	10 1–3	Risk class II	Many babies put under the few working machines. No way to monitor phototherapy light still within therapeutic dose.
4	Patient monitor (whole piece) Spare parts	6–8	Risk class I (exempt)	Assess probes to determine the required time to build.
5	Examination lights	2	Risk class I (exempt)	Consider solar power as energy source.
6	Vacuum extractor	2	Risk class II	Needs to ensure that the current sample in market does not have intellectual property restrictions.
7	Phototherapy machine	4–8	Risk class II	Many babies put under the few working machines.
8	Oxygen blender	4–7	Risk class II	Centralised system available but subject to procurement constraints.
9	Delivery bed	6	Risk class I (exempt)	Labour ward handles 2–3 times the capacity it was built for.