Table 3 Examples of performance indicators alongside others in the health system related to reproductive health
Workforce | Service delivery | Finance | Leadership and governance | Information systems | Supply of medical products, vaccines and technologies |
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Input level | |||||
Percentage of trainees provided with knowledge and skills on ECP in a given year | Number of service delivery points offering ECP. | Percentage of public and private sector expenditures on ECP. | Existence of national population and reproductive health policy and plans. | Percentage of women 15–49 years currently using modern methods of contraception (and ECP) included in routine data collection | Percentage of service delivery points stocked with ECP according to needs |
Process level | |||||
Proportion of providers trained in ECP | Percentage of clients given counselling on ECP during a year | Proportion of government budget spent on ECP | Use of national policy targets in monitoring and evaluation of plans at all levels. | Collection of data according to national protocols at all level. | Percentage of ECP e supplies that are wasted |
Output level | |||||
Percentage of providers trained in relation to the number of clients who received ECP counselling | Percentage of clients expressing satisfaction with the counselling services received | Cost of ECP in relation to average family income | Number of targets met/protocols followed as per policy | Number of routine data collections as per protocol in household surveys | Available number of ECP in relation to need |