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. 2020 Apr 8;98(6):394–405. doi: 10.2471/BLT.19.249078

Table 2. Annual average change in composite coverage index of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions in sub-Saharan African countries, 1996–2016,

Country Average annual change, percentage points (95% CI)
Entire population Q1 Q5
Central Africa 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9) 0.8 (−0.2 to 1.7) 0.6 (0.2 to 1.0)
Cameroon 0.6 (0.6 to 0.8) 0.0 (−0.3 to 0.3) 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8)
Chad 0.5 (0.4 to 0.7) 0.6 (0.4 to 0.8) 0.4 (0.2 to 0.6)
Congo 0.5 (0.2 to 0.8) −0.02 (−0.6 to 0.5) 0.8 (0.1 to 1.4)
Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9 (0.5 to 1.4) 0.9 (0.2 to 1.6) 0.3 (−0.4 to 1.1)
Gabon 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) 0.5 (0.0 to 1.0)
Sao Tome and Principe 0.9 (0.4 to 1.4) 0.3 (−0.7 to 1.2) 0.1 (−1.5 to 1.7)
East Africa 1.0 (0.7 to 1.3) 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) 0.6 (0.1 to 1.0)
Burundi 1.1 (0.8 to 1.3) 1.3 (0.8 to 1.8) 0.7 (0.2 to 1.2)
Comoros 0.4 (0.1 to 0.6) 0.6 (0.2 to 0.9) −0.4 (−0.8 to 0.0)
Ethiopia 1.8 (1.6 to 2.0) 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) 1.8 (1.5 to 2.2)
Kenya 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9)
Madagascar 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) 0.5 (0.2 to 0.9)
Malawi 1.6 (1.5 to 1.7) 1.9 (1.7 to 2.0) 0.8 (0.6 to 0.9)
Mozambique 0.5 (0.3 to 0.7) 1.1 (0.8 to 1. 5) 0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3)
Rwanda 2.7 (2.6 to 2.8) 2.6 (2.4 to 2.7) 2.2 (2.0 to 2.4)
United Republic of Tanzania 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) 0.3 (0.0 to 0.5) −0.1 (−0.3 to 0.1)
Uganda 1.3 (1.2 to 1.5) 1.4 (1.2 to 1.6) 0.6 (0.4 to 0.8)
Zambia 0.7 (0.5 to 0.8) 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) 0. 3 (0.1 to 0.5)
Southern Africa 0.6 (0.1 to 1.0) 1.9 (1.1 to 2.6) 0.0 (−0.9 to 0.9)
Eswatini 0.6 (0.3 to 0.9) 1.3 (0.9 to 1.8) 0.2 (−0.6 to 1.0)
Lesotho 1.3 (1.0 to 1.5) 2.1 (1.6 to 2.5) 0.5 (−0.1 to 1.1)
Namibia 0.6 (0.4 to 0.8) 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) 0.0 (−0.4 to 0.4)
South Africa 0.0 (−0.2 to 0.1) 0.5 (0.2 to 0.8) −0.2 (−0.5 to 0.2)
Zimbabwe 1.9 (1.7 to 2.1) 2.5 (2.1 to 3.0) 1.6 (1.1 to 2.2)
West Africa 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) 1.0 (0.9 to 1.2) 0.5 (0.3 to 0.6)
Benin 0.3 (0.2 to 0.5) 0.3 (0.1 to 0.6) −0.1 (−0.3 to 0.0)
Burkina Faso 2.3 (2.1 to 2.6) 2.0 (1.7 to 2.3) 1.4 (1.1 to 1.8)
Côte d’Ivoire 0.5 (0.3 to 0.8) 0.8 (0.3 to 1.3) −0.1 (−0.5 to 0.2)
Gambia 0.6 (−0.1 to 1.2) 1.4 (0.4 to 2.4) −0.4 (−1.8 to 1.0)
Ghana 1.2 (1.1 to 1.4) 1.7 (1.5 to 2.0) 0.4 (0.1 to 0.8)
Guinea 0.2 (−0.1 to 0.5) 0.1 (−0.2 to 0.5) 0.2 (−0.1 to 0.6)
Liberia 1.8 (1.2 to 2.4) 2.4 (1.5 to 3.3) −0.5 (−1.5 to 0.5)
Mali 0.7 (0.5 to 0.9) 0.4 (0.2 to 0.7) 0.2 (−0.0 to 0.4)
Mauritania 0.2 (−0.5 to 0.9) −0.3 (−1.2 to 0.7) 1.3 (0.2 to 2.4)
Niger 1.5 (1.3 to 1.7) 1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) 0.7 (0.4 to 1.0)
Nigeria 0.1 (−0.1 to 0.2) 0.0 (−0.1 to 0.2) −0.5 (−0.7 to −0.3)
Senegal 1.2 (1.0 to 1.4) 1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3)
Sierra Leone 1.9 (1.7 to 2.2) 2.2 (1.8 to 2.6) 1.5 (1.0 to 2.0)
Togo 1.2 (1.0 to 1.4) 1.4 (1.1 to 1.6) 0.8 (0.8 to 1.1)

CI: confidence interval; Q1: poorest quintile; Q5, wealthiest quintile.