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Angola | |
Benin | |
Botswana | |
Burkina Faso | |
Burundi | |
Cameroon | |
Cape Verde | |
Central African Republic | |
Chad | |
Comoros | |
Congo | |
Côte d’Ivoire | |
Djibouti | |
DRC | |
Egypt | |
Equatorial Guinea | |
Eritrea | |
Eswatini | |
Ethiopia | |
Gabon | |
Gambia | |
Ghana | |
Guinea | |
Guinea-Bissau | |
Kenya | |
Lesotho | |
Liberia | |
Libya | |
Madagascar | |
Malawi | |
Mali | |
Mauritania | |
Mauritius | |
Morocco | |
Mozambique | |
Namibia | |
Niger | |
Nigeria | |
Rwanda | |
SADR | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Senegal | |
Seychelles | |
Sierra Leone | |
Somalia | |
South Africa | |
South Sudan | |
Sudan | |
Tanzania | |
Togo | |
Tunisia | |
Uganda | |
Zambia | |
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Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health | |
Life expectancy at birth | |
Maternal mortality ratio | |
Stillbirth rate | |
Neonatal mortality rate | |
Infant mortality rate | |
Under 5 mortality rate | |
Antenatal care coverage: 4+ visits | |
Antenatal care coverage: 8+ visits | |
Births attended by skilled health personnel | |
Postpartum care coverage for mothers | |
Postnatal care coverage for newborns | |
Exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months | |
Coverage of first dose of measles vaccination | |
Stunting - short height for age under age 5 | |
Wasting – low weight for height under age 5 | |
Overweight - heavy for height under 5 | |
Sexual and Reproductive Health | |
Child marriage before age 15 | |
Child marriage before age 18 | |
Female genital mutilation | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - female | |
Sexual violence by age 18 - male | |
Very early child bearing under age 16 | |
Adolescent birth rate ages 15 to 19 | |
Contraceptive prevalance rate, modern methods, all women | |
Demand satisfied for modern contraception | |
Communicable Diseases | |
New HIV infections | |
Antiretroviral treatment coverage | |
Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV | |
Condom use | |
New TB infections | |
New malaria infections | |
Non-Communicable Diseases | |
Mortality from non-communicable diseases | |
Suicide mortality rate | |
Current tobacco use among females aged 15 and over | |
Current tobacco use among males aged 15 and over | |
Harmful alcohol use aged 15 and over | |
Health Financing | |
External health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % current health expenditure | |
Government health expenditure as % GDP | |
Government health expenditure as % general govt expenditure | |
Government health expenditure per capita | |
Out-of-pocket health expenditure as % of current health expenditure | |
Percentage of national health budget allocated for reproductive health | |
Health systems and policies | |
Density of health workers - physicians | |
Density of health workers - nurses and midwives | |
Density of health workers - pharmaceutical staff | |
Qualified obstetricians | |
Birth registration | |
At least basic drinking water | |
At least basic sanitation services | |
Open defecation | |
Implementation of AMRH Initiative |
Full Name: | Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel |
Full Unit: | Percentage, % |
Year-range of Data: | 2006 - 2017 |
Source: | UNICEF & WHO joint database on skilled birth attendance |
Link to Source: | https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/delivery-care/ |
Date Source Published: | 21st May 2018 |
Date Source Accessed: | 21st January 2019 |
Target Source: | WHO, 2018 |
Link to Target: | www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/intrapartum-care-guidelines |
The following countries had no data: |
The target is taken from the target source as shown in the table on the left. This is the internationally agreed target for this indicator and country. Most targets are the same for all countries, but some may have different values for each country. Some indicators have no internationally agreed targets. The threshold is taken from the same source where available. The threshold is an easier value than the target but shows good progress in achieving the target. For more details, go to ‘Find out more about indicator and sources’ via the Indicators page. |
This indicator shows the percentage of births that take place in the presence of a skilled healthcare worker who is qualified to attend to births. The definition of a skilled birth attendant is an accredited health professional such as a midwife, nurse or doctor who has the necessary skills needed to manage normal pregnancy, childbirth and the period after the birth, and who is able to identify, manage and refer women and newborns if complications occur. Traditional birth attendants are not included.
All women should have skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth because the provision of skilled care at every birth significantly reduces the risk of maternal and newborn mortality. This indicator can also give us information on the use of maternity services in a country, and can measure a health system’s ability to provide good care during childbirth. Skilled attendance is a crucial factor in reducing maternal and newborn death. The proportion of skilled birth attendance is an indicator for monitoring Sustainable Development Goal 3 Health and Wellbeing; Target 3.1: By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births. This indicator is also part of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030) under Thrive: Ensure health and wellbeing.
The main data sources to calculate the percentage of births attended by a skilled healthcare worker are household surveys. For household surveys, the respondent is asked about each live birth and who had helped them during delivery leading up to five years before the interview. Other possible sources of data are facility reporting systems and administrative data for middle and high income countries. Service/facility records can be used where a high proportion of births happen in health facilities and are recorded.
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More about indicator and sources
For more information on this indicator, visit the links below:
UNICEF Data webpage, Monitoring the situation of children and women: https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/delivery-care/
SDG indicator metadata: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-01-02.pdf
Global Strategy metadata: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.gswcah
The WHO 2018 'Recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience' is for all women to deliver their baby in attendance by a skilled provider. The target set for this indicator on African Health stats platform comes from these guidelines. You can read more about these standards here: https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/intrapartum-care-guidelines/en/
More information on calculations
The main data source to calculate the percentage of births attended by a skilled healthcare worker are household surveys, which include US Agency for International Development–supported Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), UNICEF-supported Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS) and national surveys based on similar methodologies. Before data can be included in the global databases, UNICEF and WHO undertake a process of data verification that includes liaising with field offices to clarify any questions. In some cases, survey data may show a total percentage of births attended by a type of providers that falls outside of the Sustainable Development Goal definition, for example, the total includes a provider that is not considered skilled, such as a community health worker. In that case, the proportion delivered by a physician, nurse, or a midwife are summed together and entered into the global database.
For more information, visit: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-01-02.pdf