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. 2013 May 31;13(Suppl 2):S3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-S2-S3

Table 1.

Core Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Impact Indicators

Category Indicator
Mortality rates (by gender of child) • Neonatal mortality rate
• Infant mortality rate
• Under-5 cumulative mortality rate (q5 )
• Estimated under-5cause specific mortality rate for malaria, acute respiratory infections

Maternal Health Behavior (last live birth) • Percent of women who made their first ANC visit before the fourth month
• Percent of pregnant women who attended four or more ANC visits
• Percent of pregnant women who attended postnatal care visit
• Percent of women who deliver in a health facility
• Proportion of C-sections among last born.

Newborn Health • Percent of newborns attending postnatal care visits
• Percent of newborns breastfed within 1 hour of birth
• Percent of women that report having practiced at least three ENC behaviors

Under-5 child health • Percent episodes of diarrhea in children under 5 treated with ORS + zinc
• Percent episodes of cough/pneumonia in children under 5treated with antibiotics
• Percent of febrile malaria episodes among children under five treated within 24 hours of onset

Family planning and fertility • Contraceptive prevalence rate
• Unmet need for family planning
• Age specific and total fertility rates