Basic Facts and Figures
Population - 13.2 million Population under 18 - 6.8 million Literacy Rate (15-24 Yrs.) - 69% Crude Birth Rate - 43.9 per 1,000 population Crude Death Rate - 21 Life Expectancy at Birth - 40 Yrs. Total Fertility Rate - 6.3 per woman Infant Mortality Rate - 72 per 1,000 live births Under 5 Mortality Rate - 122 per 1,000 live births Maternal Mortality Ratio - 807 per 100,000 live births GNI Per Capita (US $) - 170 Population below poverty - 52% PRIMARY EDUCATION Net intake rate in primary schools - 67% Net attendance rate - 86% Net secondary school attendance rate - 13% Children reaching Grade 5 - 86% Children reaching Grade 8 - 71% Transition rate to secondary school - 40% Primary school completion rate - 9% Repetition rate - 26% Adult literacy - 69% ENVIRONMENT Households using improved drinking water - 75%Households using improved sanitation facility - 88% Households with soap/washing powder or liquid - 67% PROTECTION Children aged 5-14 engaged in labour - 26%Child labourers attending school - 86% Prevalance of teen pregnancy - 35% 1 in 3 female teenagers is either married or in a union. Percentage of women aged below 15 who are married - 10% Percentage of women aged below 18 who are married - 50% HEALTH Children (aged 12-23 months) fully vaccinated - 70%Measles vaccination - 84% Use of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea - 55% Households having an insecticide-treated net (ITN) - 38% Under 5s sleeping under an ITN - 25% Women who receive at least one tetanus toxoid - 85% Women delivered by health professional - 54% Women attending Post-Natal Care (PNC) - 33% Contraceptive prevalence - 41% HIV/AIDS PRIMARY PREVENTIONPrevalence rate (among those aged 15-49) - 12.6% Number of persons living with HIV - 1,000,000 Children aged 15 and below who are HIV positive - 89,000 Estimated number of persons dying from AIDS annually - 85,000 Number of persons ever started on anti-retroviral treatment - 165,000 Number of persons in need of anti-retroviral treatment - 170,000 PMTCT Est. number of pregnancies by June 2008 - 617,000 Pregnant women attending Anti-Natal Care (ANC) - 93% Pregnant women tested for HIV in 2007 - 280,446 Pregnant women tested HIV positive in 2007 - 24,653 HIV positive women received maternal ARV prophylaxis in 2007 - 18,991 Women delivering in health facility - 56% Attending postnatal care within a week - 20% Number of health facilities - 568 Health facilities providing PMTCT services - 454 Health facilities providing HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) - 420 Health facilities providing ART - 163 PAEDIATRIC AIDS Newborns infected with HIV annually - 30,000 Est. deaths from AIDS in 2007 (aged below 14) - 11,470 Est. children in need of ART in 2007 - 23,441 Receiving ART in 2007 - 11,865 In need of Cotrimoxazole - 180,000 PROTECTION OF ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN Prevalence of orphans - 12% Total number of orphans - 1,000,000 Number of orphans due to HIV - 436,503 NUTRITION Low Birth Weight - 14%Stunting - 46% Wasting - 4% Underweight - 21% Exclusive breast-feeding for up to 6 months - 57% Vitamin A Supplementation - 69% Households consuming iodized salt - 50% Under-five children with anemia - 68% Women aged 15-49 with anemia - 45%
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