Are health systems interventions gender blind? examining health system reconstruction in conflict affected states

Percival, Valerie; Dusabe-Richards, Esther; Wurie, Haja; Namakula, Justine; Ssali, Sarah; Theobald, Sally

doi:10.1186/s12992-018-0401-6

Globalization and Health

Table 3 Population, Economic Indicators, Social Development Statistics and Health Indicators

From: Are health systems interventions gender blind? examining health system reconstruction in conflict affected states

	Mozambique		Timor Leste		Sierra Leone		Northern Uganda^a
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Population Indicators
Population	28 million (2015)^b		1.13 million (2013)^c		5.98 million (2012)^d		14.46 million^e
Life Expectancy	59.9^b	54.3^b	70.1^f	66.5^f	46^d	45^d	57.6 (2011)^e	52.9 (2011)e
Percent of Population under 15	(2012) 45%^g		46% (2013)^c		41.74% (2012)^d		Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
Economic Indicators
Development Assistance for Health 2014 (million USD)^h	864.54		22.78		179.84		Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
Estimated Gross Domestic Product per Capita 2014 (2011 PPP $)ⁱ	1040	1210	3122	7530	1582	1981	Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
Social Development
Some Secondary School Education (percent)	1.5^j	6.0^j	No data available		No data available		6.3 (2012)^e	26.4 (2012)^e
Literacy % of total population	28 (USAID 2016)	60 (USAID 2016)	43 (UNDP 2011)	59 (UNDP 2011)	32.6^k	54.7^k	53.2%^e	N/A
Labour Force Participation Rate (percent)	26.3^j	75.8^j	24.6^f	50.8^f	65.7^l	69^l	88.9 (2012/13)^e	90 (2012/13)^e
Selected Health Statistics
Fertility Rates	5.9 (2011)^m	N/A	5.9 (2013)^c	N/A	5 (2012)^d	N/A	6.8 (2011)	N/A
Contraceptive Prevalence (% women aged 15–49)	12ⁿ		22.3^o	N/A	11^p	N/A	Not disaggregated	N/A
Antenatal care % at least 1 visit	90.6^q	N/A	84.4^o	N/A	93^r	N/A	Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
Skilled attendant delivery %	54.3^q	N/A	61^p	N/A	62.5^r	N/A	Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
Maternal Mortality Ratio	248.7 (151.4–365.4)^s 490^j	N/A	270^c	N/A	1100 (2013)^d	N/A	438 (Uganda)^e	N/A
HIV Prevalence – 15-49 years	10.8%^t		Not reported^o		1.5%		Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
HIV – Children 0–14 years^t	190,000 (est)		Not reported^o		5800		Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
HIV Prevalence – Young adults (15–24)	11.1% (est)^t	3.7% (est)^t	Not reported^o		1.0	0.3	Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
HIV – Adults 15–49	1,400,000 (est)^u		Not reported^o		No data available		Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda
HIV – Adults 15–49	820,000 (est)	580,000 (est)	Not reported^o		No data available		Not disaggregated for Northern Uganda

^aVery few figures are available that are disaggregated for Northern Uganda – much of the data is available only at the country-wide level
^bMozambique Country Profile. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; 2017. http://www.healthdata.org/mozambique. Accessed June 12
^cWHO. Timor-Leste: WHO Statistical Profile. Dili: WHO; 2015
^dWHO. Factsheets of Health Statistics. Brazzaville: WHO Regional Office for Africa; 2014
^eUNDP. Uganda Human Development Report 2015: Unlocking the Development Potential of Northern Uganda. Kampala: UNDP;2015
^fUNDP. Timor-Leste: Briefing note for countries on the 2015 Human Development Report. New York: United Nations Development Programme;2015
^gWHO. Mozambique: Country Cooperation Strategy at a glance. Maputo: World Health Organization; 2014
^hIHME. Financing Global Health 2016: Development Assistance, PUblic and Private Health Spending for the Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage. Seattle: University of Washington; 2017
ⁱUNDP. 2015 Human Development Statistical Tables: Gender Development Index. New York: UNDP; 2015
^jUNDP. Human Development Report 2014: Explanatory Note on the 2014 Human Development Report composite indices Mozambique. Sustaining Human Progess: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience. New York: United Nations Development Program; 2014
^kMundi i. Sierra Leone Literacy. 2011; http://www.indexmundi.com/sierra_leone/literacy.html. Accessed May 13, 2016
^lUN Data. Sierra Leone. New York: United Nations; 2013
^mPRB. Fecundidade e Planeamento Familiar no Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde de Moçambique 2011 (IDS). In: Estatistica INd, ed. Maputo: Insituto Nacional de Estatistica & Population Reference Bureau; 2013
ⁿWHO. Mozambique: health profile. Geneva: World Health Organization;2012
^o UNICEF. At a glance: Timor-Leste. 2013. Accessed January 25, 2016
^pWHO. Sierra Leone: Factsheet of Health Statistics. Brazzaville: WHO Regional Office for Africa; 2014
^qUNICEF. Information by Country: Mozambique Statistics. 2012; http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mozambique_statistics.html. Accessed August 21 2012
^rUNICEF. At a glance: Sierra Leone. 2013; http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sierraleone_statistics.html. Accessed May 13, 2016
^sNicholas Kassebaum et al. Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet. 2014;384:980–1004
^tCNCS. Global AIDS Response Progress Report. Maputo: Conselho Nacional de Combate ao HIV e SIDA 2014
^uUNAIDS. Mozambique: HIV and AIDS estimates. Geneva: UNAIDS; 2013

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