Using equitable impact sensitive tool (EQUIST) to promote implementation of evidence informed policymaking to improve maternal and child health outcomes: a focus on six West African Countries

Table 8 Amenable deaths among the poorest by epidemiological cause and equity/operational frontier in six West African countries

Main causes of deaths amenable	Benin		Burkina-Faso		Ghana		Mali		Nigeria		Senegal
Main causes of deaths amenable	Equity	Operational	Equity	Operational	Equity	Operational	Equity	Operational	Equity	Operational	Equity	Operational
Under-five deaths
Pneumonia (U5MR)	7	8	600	613	9	18	399	602	5644	9082	9	4
Diarrhoea (U5MR)	222	277	842	638	195	373	468	181	3311	–	245	101
Asphyxia	479	471	155	604	1140	638	739	803	8163	10,104	200	393
Malaria	172	243	193	440	–	–	35	345	745	14,599	–	–
Sepsis	19	19	–	–	240	90	175	117	1832	1287	–	–
Prematurity	55	55	58	60	91	67	111	109	1796	1893	54	34
Measles	–	–	135	67	9	–	105	31	910	246	32	46
Tetanus	–	–	–	–	63	22	50	30	900	549	–	–
Pertussis	–	–	–	–	27	–	42	28	1827	593	38	40
Neonatal deaths
Asphyxia	479	471	155	604	1140	638	739	803	8163	10,104	200	393
Sepsis	19	19	2	4	240	90	275	117	1832	1287	–	–
Prematurity	55	55	58	60	91	67	111	109	1796	1893	54	34
Pneumonia (NNMR)	2	2	–	1	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Diarrhoea (NNMR)	6	7	28	21	8	16	23	9	–	–	–	–
Tetanus	–	–	–	–	63	22	50	30	900	549	–	–
Maternal deaths
Ante-partum haemorrhage	12	12	–	21	39	20	24	30	309	508	2	14
Intra-partum haemorrhage	12	12	–	2	39	19	24	30	306	503	2	14
Post-partum haemorrhage	15	12	0.75	38	31	19	21	30	283	500	2	14
Hypertensive disorders	9	8	–	27	48	20	29	29	353	490	3	15
Sepsis	–	–	–	–	26	10	33	19	533	317	–	–

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