Table 1.
Coverage of priority indicators for women’s and children’s health in low and middle income countries* 2014-187
| Indicator | No of countries with data | Coverage | Countries with lowest value | Countries with highest value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (interquartile range) coverage (%) | Minimum (%) | Maximum (%) | ||||
| Pre-pregnancy | ||||||
| Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods | 77 | 56 (42-74) | 5 | 90 | Albania | North Korea |
| Pregnancy | ||||||
| Antenatal care (4+ visits) | 74 | 73 (53-9) | 18 | 98 | Afghanistan | Cuba |
| Treatment of pregnant women living with HIV | 93 | 79 (46-93) | 5 | 99 | Sudan | Benin, Bolivia, Cuba, Grenada, Jamaica, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Namibia, Romania, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Zambia |
| Neonatal tetanus protection | 99 | 90 (85-94) | 60 | 99 | Central African Republic, Nigeria | Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Guyana, Honduras, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Sao Tome and Principe |
| Birth | ||||||
| Skilled attendant at delivery | 109 | 92 (74-99) | 20 | 100 | Chad | Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Postnatal | ||||||
| Postnatal visit for mothers | 68 | 71 (50-90) | 1 | 100 | Colombia | Turkmenistan |
| Postnatal visit for babies | 61 | 64 (32-91) | 4 | 100 | Chad | Turkmenistan |
| Early initiation of breastfeeding | 68 | 54 (41-67) | 20 | 90 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| Infancy | ||||||
| Exclusive breastfeeding (<6 months) | 68 | 46 (35-58) | 0 | 87 | Chad | Rwanda |
| Continued breastfeeding (year 1) | 67 | 80 (60-90) | 25 | 98 | Serbia | Nepal |
| DTP3 immunisation | 137 | 90 (81-96) | 25 | 99 | Equatorial Guinea | Albania, China, Cuba, Fiji, Iran, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Maldives, Mongolia, Malaysia, Turkmenistan |
| Measles immunisation (first dose) | 137 | 89 (78-96) | 30 | 99 | Equatorial Guinea | China, Cape Verde, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Maldives, Mongolia, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nauru, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Tanzania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Rotavirus immunisation | 73 | 85 (74-92) | 2 | 99 | Philippines | Fiji, Morocco |
| Childhood | ||||||
| Vitamin A supplementation (two doses) | 66 | 62 (26-90) | 0 | 99 | Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Mauritania | Benin, Bangladesh, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia |
| Care seeking for pneumonia symptoms | 66 | 63 (49-77) | 24 | 93 | Nigeria | Cuba |
| Diarrhoea: oral rehydration treatment | 64 | 44 (34-55) | 16 | 84 | Cameroon | Eswatini |
| Environment | ||||||
| Population using basic drinking water services | 138 | 91 (69-97) | 39 | 100 | Chad | Romania |
| Population using basic sanitation services | 135 | 76 (39-91) | 7 | 100 | Ethiopia | Libya, Uzbekistan |
*
Includes Panama, which was reclassified as a high income country in 2018. Data from WHO and Unicef on immunisation rates, July 2019; WHO and Unicef Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation, June 2019; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, July 2019; and Unicef (www.data.unicef.org ) and WHO global databases (www.who.int/gho/database/en/ ), May 2019 (based on demographic and health surveys, multiple indicator cluster surveys, and other national surveys)