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Table 1 Background information on the survey countries (corresponding to survey year) [36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43]

From: Adherence to the integrated management of childhood illness guidelines in Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda: evidence from the national service provision assessment surveys

 

Namibia

Kenya

Tanzania

Uganda

Human development index

120

143

159

154

Country size (km2)

824,116

580,367

945,087

241,040

Population (million)

2.2

40.9

38.5

28.8

Children < 5 years (million)

0.279

6.664

6.953

6.028

Annual births (×1000)

59

1530

1408

1468

Skilled birth attendance (%)

81

42

43

39

Neonatal mortality rate (/1000)

19

27

43

32

Under-five mortality rate (/1000)

48

85

118

130

Maternal mortality ratio (/100,000)

180

360

790

430

Physicians per population (/10,000)

3.39

1.7

0.73

1.04

Total number of health workers

6600

80,464

47,000

27,487

Health expenditure/capita (USD)

467

72

29

135

Number of hospitals/health centres/dispensaries

46/49/351

450/860/4882

219/481/4679

119/164/2717

Start of IMCI (year)

1999

2000

1996

1996

IMCI coverage in districts (%)

60 (20/34)

75 (56/75)

100 (all)

100 (all)

SPA survey (year)

2009

2010

2006

2007

Number of hospitals/health centres/dispensaries in survey

45/47/319

253/153/297

128/41/442

119/81/291

  1. IMCI Integrated management of childhood illness, SPA Service provision assessment, USD US dollars