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DATA
SUMMARY SHEET
Comparing International and national data on MDG Indicator 5.5
antenatal care coverage
Philippines
International definition
Antenatal care coverage (at least one visit) is the percentage of women aged 15-49 with a live birth in a given time period that received antenatal care
provided by skilled health personnel at least once during pregnancy, as a percentage of women age 15-49 years with a live birth in a given time
period.
Antenatal care coverage (at least four visits) is the percentage of women aged 15-49 with a live birth in a given time period that received antenatal
care four or more times with any provider (whether skilled or unskilled), as a percentage of women aged 15-49 years with a live birth in a given time
period.
A skilled health worker/attendant is an accredited health professional - such as a midwife, doctor or nurse - who has been educated and trained to
proficiency in the skills needed to manage normal (uncomplicated) pregnancies, childbirth and the immediate postnatal period, and in the
identification, management and referral of complications in women and newborns. Both trained and untrained traditional birth attendants (TBA) are
excluded.
Calculation of estimates for MDG monitoring
The number of women aged 15-49 with a live birth in a given time period that received antenatal care provided by skilled health personnel at least
once during pregnancy, is expressed as a percentage of women aged 15-49 with a live birth in the same period.
The number of women aged 15-49 with a live birth in a given time period that received antenatal care by any provider (whether skilled or unskilled)
four or more times during pregnancy, is expressed as a percentage of women aged 15-49 with a live birth in the same period.
Process used by international agencies for obtaining data from national sources
UNICEF and WHO maintain antenatal care data obtained from national-level household surveys. Before acceptance into the global databases,
UNICEF and WHO undergo a verification process that includes correspondence with field offices to clarify any questions regarding estimates.
National data sources
National-level household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys, Fertility and Family Surveys, Reproductive Health Surveys, Multiple
Indicator Cluster Surveys, and national surveys based on similar methodologies.
Explanation of most common discrepancies between national and international coverage estimates
1)
2)
Use of figures compiled at the health facility level vs. figures compiled at the household level
Different definitions of skilled health personnel
Comparison of national and international data
National data
Data
Year on 1
visit
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
91.2
Data available at UNICEF
Source
1998
NDHS
Data on
4 visits
52.1
Source
1998
NDHS
Discrepancies? Causes?
No data differences for 1 visit
(differences due to rounding).
2000 MICS and 2002 LSMS data
also used by the NSO.
1999
2000
Data
on 4
visits
Source
Data
on 1
visit
DHS 1993
52.1
83.1
DHS 1998
77.0
85.7
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
MICS 2000- Standard tables
rerun by UNICEF HQ - June
85.9
2001
2002
2003
Year
2000
2001
2002
93.0
2003
NDHS
62.3
2003
NDHS
2004
2005
2006
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DHS 2003
70.4
87.6
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
95.8
77.8
NDHS
NDHS
MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey; DHS: Demographic and Health Survey
DHS 2008
77.8
91.1
2008
National definition
Antenatal care coverage (at least one visit) – The number of women aged 15-49 years with a live birth in a given time period who received
antenatal care provided by skilled health personnel at least once during pregnancy expressed as a percentage of all women aged 15-49 years with
a live birth in the same time period.
Antenatal care coverage (at least four visits) – The number of women aged 15-49 years with a live birth in a given time period who received
antenatal care provided by skilled health personnel four or more times during pregnancy expressed as a percentage of all women aged 15-49
years with a live birth in the same time period.
Other data on file at UNICEF but not taken into account for MDG monitoring
Data source
Reason for exclusion for MDG monitoring
Data used at national level but not included in the MDG monitoring by UNICEF
How to submit missing or new survey or census data for international monitoring to UNICEF?
Data from new nationally representative household surveys and censuses, as well as from nationally representative surveys not listed in this
document can be sent to: Holly Newby, UNICEF, e-mail: [email protected] and Lale Say, WHO, [email protected].
Remarks
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