Access to water, sanitation and hygiene services in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa 2013–2018: Results of health facility surveys and implications for COVID-19 transmission

Table 1 Characteristics of included countries

Code	Country	Year	Survey	Number of health facilities	Total Country Population (Thousands)^a	Urban Population (%)^b	Government expenditure on health as % of GDP³	Health facility delivery rate (%)^c
BEN	Benin	2015	SARA	788	12,123	48	0.8	84
BFA	Burkina Faso	2018	SARA	794	20,903	30	1.7	82
BDI	Burundi	2017	SARA	206	11,891	13	2.5	84
CIV	Cote d’Ivoire	2016	SARA	963	26,378	51	1.1	70
COD	DRC	2017-18	SPA	1,555	89,561	45	0.7	80
SWZ	Eswatini	2017	SARA	327	1,160	24	-	88
ETH	Ethiopia	2018	SARA	764	114,964	21	5.0	26
KEN	Kenya	2018	SARA	2,927	53,771	28	1.7	61
MWI	Malawi	2013-14	SPA	1,060	19,130	17	2.7	91
MRT	Mauritania	2018	SARA	919	4,650	55	1.8	69
MOZ	Mozambique	2018	SARA	1,643	31,255	37	0.4	55
NER	Niger	2015	SARA	372	24,207	17	1.5	59
SEN	Senegal	2018	SPA	339	16,744	48	1.7	78
SLE	Sierra Leone	2017	SARA	1,284	7,977	42	1.6	77
SOM	Somalia	2016	SARA	799	15,893	46	-	9
TZA	Tanzania	2014-15	SPA	1,188	59,734	35	-	-
UGA	Uganda	2013	SARA	209	45,741	24	1.0	73
ZWE	Zimbabwe	2015	SARA	275	14,863	32	4.0	77

– indicates data not available. DRC Democratic Republic of Congo, SARA Service Availability and Readiness Assessment, SPA Service Provision Assessment
^a Source: United Nations. World Population Prospects 2019 [29]
^b Source: United Nations Population Division. Urban population. 2018 [30]
^c Source: UNICEF. The State of the World’s Children 2019: Children, Food and Nutrition: Growing Well in a Changing World. UNICEF; 2019 [31]

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