Births attended by skilled health staff (%) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators



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Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to care for newborns. Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International.
Births attended by skilled health staff (%) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Mauritius (2003)98.4
2Algeria (2006)95.2
3Libya (1995)94.4
4Botswana (2000)94.2
5South Africa (2003)92
6Tunisia (2000)89.9
7Gabon (2000)85.5
8Republic of the Congo (2005)83.4
9Namibia (2006)81.4
10Sao Tome and Principe (2006)80.7
11Egypt (2008)78.9
12Benin (2006)77.7
13Cape Verde (2005)77.5
14Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)74
15North Africa (2000)70.4
16Swaziland (2007)69
17Zimbabwe (2006)68.5
18Equatorial Guinea (2000)64.6
19Cameroon (2006)63
20Morocco (2004)62.6
21Togo (2006)62
22Comoros (2000)61.8
23Mauritania (2007)60.9
24Djibouti (2003)60.6
25Ivory Coast (2006)56.8
26Gambia (2006)56.8
27Lesotho (2004)55.4
28Malawi (2006)53.6
29Burkina Faso (2006)53.5
30Central African Republic (2006)53.4
31Rwanda (2008)52.1
32Senegal (2005)51.9
33Madagascar (2004)51.3
34Ghana (2006)49.7
35Sudan (2006)49.2
36Mali (2006)49
37Mozambique (2003)47.7
38Angola (2007)47.3
39Zambia (2007)46.5
40Liberia (2007)46.4
41Tanzania (2005)43.4
42Sierra Leone (2005)43.2
43Uganda (2006)42.1
44Kenya (2003)41.6
45Guinea-Bissau (2006)38.8
46Guinea (2005)38
47Nigeria (2003)35.2
48Burundi (2005)33.6
49Somalia (2006)33
50Niger (2006)32.9
51Eritrea (2002)28.3
52Chad (2004)14.4
53Ethiopia (2005)5.7
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