Annex 1. “Working” minimal list of reproductive health indicators

The following list is taken from the background document, Reproductive health indicators for national and international monitoring: selection of a short list and was the basis for discussion.

1. Total fertility rate

2. Fertility rate of women 15-19 years old

3. Contraceptive prevalence rate (modern contraception)

4. Maternal Mortality Ratio

5. Proportion of women attended at least once during pregnancy for reasons related to pregnancy

6. Proportion of births attended by trained health personnel (excluding trained and untrained traditional birth attendants)

7. Number of health centres per 500 000 population with functioning basic essential obstetric care (basic EOC)

8. Number of hospitals per 500 000 population with functioning comprehensive essential obstetric care (comprehensive EOC)

9. Proportion of babies under four months old who are exclusively breast fed

10. Perinatal mortality rate

11. Proportion of live births of low birth weight

12. Positive syphilis serology prevalence in pregnant women

13. Proportion of pregnant women routinely screened for haemoglobin levels who are anaemic

14. Facility-based case fatality rates for post-abortion complications

15. Estimated prevalence of women who have been genitally mutilated

16. Proportion of service delivery points offering PAP smear tests

17. Proportion of women aged 20-44 years who are sexually active, are not using contraception or lactating, who want a pregnancy and have not become pregnant during the last two years