Table 2.
Rank | Interventions saving maternal lives | Total lives saved | % of lives saved | Interventions saving child lives (0–60 months) | Total lives saved | % of lives saved | Interventions preventing stillbirths | Total lives saved | % of lives saved |
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1 | Labour and delivery managementa | 146 | 25.4 | Promotion of breastfeeding | 1332 | 10.9 | Labour and delivery managementa | 2132 | 47.1 |
2 | Early detection and treatment of HIV (pregnant women) | 137 | 23.8 | Hand washing with soap | 909 | 7.4 | Syphilis detection and treatment | 962 | 21.3 |
3 | TB treatment in pregnant women | 83 | 14.4 | Labour and delivery managementa | 895 | 7.3 | Foetal growth restriction detection and management | 577 | 12.8 |
4 | Safe abortion services | 58 | 10.1 | Water connection in the home | 867 | 7.1 | All other interventions (5) | 785 | 17 |
5 | Inter-facility transport | 26 | 4.5 | Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) | 721 | 5.9 | |||
6 | All other interventions (9) | 110 | 19 | Antenatal corticosteroids for preterm labour | 636 | 5.2 | |||
7 | Full supportive care for sepsis/pneumonia | 609 | 5.0 | ||||||
8 | Pneumococcal Vaccine | 598 | 4.9 | ||||||
9 | Therapeutic feeding - for severe wasting | 552 | 4.5 | ||||||
10 | ORS - oral rehydration solution | 540 | 4.4 | ||||||
11 | PMTCT - Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV | 461 | 3.8 | ||||||
12 | Improved sanitation - Utilization of latrines or toilets | 458 | 3.7 | ||||||
13 | All other interventions (23) | 3662 | 30 | ||||||
Maternal lives saved by top five interventions 2015-2019 | 450 | 81 | Child lives saved by top 12 interventions 2015-2019 | 8578 | 70 | Stillbirths prevented by top 3 interventions 2015-2019 | 3671 | 83 | |
Total maternal lives saved 2015-2019 | 560 | 100 | Total child Lives saved 2015-2019 | 12240 | 100 | Total stillbirths prevented 2015-2019 | 4456 | 100 |
aCommon intervention