Table 1.
National averages, estimated coverage across the continuum of maternal, neonatal, and child health care indicators: 2012 and 2013
| Estimated average coverage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuum of care | Indicators | National estimates – DHS 2008 (3)/countdown (1) (%) | National estimates DHS 2013 (4) | 2012% (±) | 2013% (±) | Difference: 2013–2012 |
| Prepregnancy | Demand for FP satisfied | 15 | 15 | 7.2 (0.5) | 7.69 (0.6) | 0.49 |
| Pregnancy | Antenatal care (4 + visits) | 45 | 61a | 17.8 (1.23) | 18.8 (1.8) | 1.0 |
| Birth | Supervised birth attendant | 39 (35) | 38 | 17.6 (1.1) | 16.3 (1.0) | −1.3 |
| Postnatal care | Postnatal care for mothers | – | – | 6.16 (0.5) | 10.11 (0.5) | 3.95 |
| Postnatal care for baby | – | – | 3.06 (0.02) | 1.69 (0.2) | −1.37 | |
| Childhood | Exclusive breast-feeding: under-6-month old | 13 | 17 | 63.15 (2.4) | 65.53 (2.5) | 2.38 |
| DPT3 vaccine | 35 | 38 | 2.86 (0.2) | 1.87 (0.2) | −0.99 | |
| Antibiotics for pneumonia: under-5-year old | 23 | 29 | 13.5 (0.78) | 26.06 (1.6) | 12.6 | |
a
Proportion of women who reported consulting a skilled health provider – a doctor, nurse, midwife, or auxiliary midwife – at least once for antenatal care for the most recent birth in the five-year period before the survey. DHS, demographic health survey; FP, family planning.