Health, Nutrition, and Population in Madagascar 2000-09

With an income per capita US$400 in 2008, Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world. Poverty is widespread but with significant urban-rural differences (52 percent versus 74 percent). Health, nutrition, and the fight against communicable diseases and HIV/AIDS are key goals of the country's poverty reduction strategy, the Madagascar Action Plan 2007-2012. The National Health Sector and Social Protection Development Plan 2007-2011 was developed to strengthen the health system and improve service delivery to reduce neonatal, child and maternal mortality, address malnutrition and control communicable illnesses. The health sector has benefited from increasing investment over the last years, and a number of studies and surveys have been carried out, providing a wealth of information that is yet to be analyzed in a complementary way. This Country Status Report (CSR) seeks to capitalize on all of the existing data in the health sector, compare Madagascar to countries of similar income levels and assess the results achieved by the health system. The CSR provides an analysis of the population's health and nutrition status by linking health outcomes, household/individual behaviors, community factors, government interventions, and service provision. Although Madagascar is performing beer than the SSA average of 645 per 100,000 live births, the maternal mortality rate has stagnated over the last decade and in 2008/09 was estimated at 498. Health care seeking behavior for preventive child health services at the health facility level is improving. Complete immunization coverage stands at 62 percent in 2008 (for children 12 to 23 months), but there are still large differences in coverage across regions, place of residence, and income groups.

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Main Authors:	Sharp, Maryanne, Kruse, Ioana
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012-03-19T09:04:10Z
Subjects:	ABORTION, ABORTION COMPLICATIONS, ABORTION RATE, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES, ADOLESCENTS, AGED, ANTENATAL CARE, ANTENATAL VISITS, AT RISK GROUPS, BABY, BIRTH RATES, BREAST-FEEDING, BREASTFEEDING, CENSUSES, CHILD CARE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD HEALTH SERVICES, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATE, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILD-CARE, CHILDBEARING, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CITIZENS, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMPLICATIONS, CONDOM, CONDOM USE, CONTRACEPTION, DECLINE IN FERTILITY, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS, DEPENDENCY RATIO, DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, DIPHTHERIA, DISSEMINATION, DRUGS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, EPIDEMIC, ESSENTIAL MEDICINES, EXISTING RESOURCES, EXTENDED FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES, FERTILITY, FERTILITY DECLINE, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FLOW OF INFORMATION, FOOD SECURITY, GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PLANNING, HEALTH POLICIES, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH RISKS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEALTH WORKERS, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL BEDS, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD ASSETS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HYGIENE, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INEQUITIES, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVES, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSURANCE SCHEMES, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, LACK OF INFORMATION, LARGE CITIES, LEGAL STATUS, LEPROSY, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVE BIRTHS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALARIA, MARRIED WOMEN, MATERNAL DEATHS, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MEDICAL FACILITIES, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, MEDICAL STAFF, MEDICINES, MIDWIFERY, MIDWIVES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MINORITY, MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS, MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHER, MULTIPLE BIRTHS, MULTIPLE PARTNERS, NATIONAL DRUG, NATIONAL PLAN, NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION, NATIONAL POLICY, NEONATAL CARE, NEONATAL HEALTH, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NEWBORN, NEWBORN CARE, NORMAL DELIVERIES, NUMBER OF BIRTHS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER WOMAN, NUMBER OF DEATHS, NURSES, NURSING, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, PARASITIC DISEASES, PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITIES, PATIENT, PATIENTS, PHARMACIES, PHYSICIANS, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POOR HEALTH, POPULATION ACTIVITIES, POPULATION DYNAMICS, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, POPULATION MOMENTUM, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, POPULATION SECTOR, PREGNANCY, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUALITY OF CARE, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF SERVICES, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE LIFE, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, RESPECT, RISK FACTORS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POPULATION, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SERVICE QUALITY, SEXUAL BEHAVIORS, SEXUAL PRACTICES, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SKILLED STAFF, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SOCIAL SERVICE, STIS, SYPHILIS, TEENAGERS, TETANUS, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TRANSPORTATION, TUBERCULOSIS, UNFPA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, USER FEES, VACCINATION, VOLUNTARY TESTING, WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE, WORKERS, WORKFORCE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG AGE,
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