Methods Por Mapping Inequalities Mascot Project

Unfortunately,
 after
 further
 research
 of
 the
 available
 literature
 and
 conducting
 the
 initial
 audit
  surveys,
 we
 realized
 some
 of
 the
 information
 was
 inexistent
 or
 unavailable
 to
 every
 country.
 
 As
 such,
 we
  decided
  to
  settle
  on
  very
  specific
 “core”
  indicators
  outlined
  by
  the
  WHO,
  and
  which
  were
  the
  crucial
  information
 we
 needed
 to
 map
 inequalities.
 
 These
 11
 indicators
 were
 selected
 from
 a
 combination
 of
  the
  11
  UN
  Millennium
  Development
  Goals
  (MDG)
  indicators
  and
  the
  39  indicators
  used
  by
  the
  Countdown
  to
  2015
  for
  Maternal,
  Newborn
  and
  Child
  Survival.
 
  They
  are
  separated
  into
  3
  long-­‐term
  indicators
 and
 8
 short-­‐term
 indicators.
 
 We
 also
 added
 2
 more
 Short-­‐term
 indicators
 (a.4,
 a.5),
 as
 we felt
  this
 was
 information
 we
 also
 found
 primordial.
  Although
  all
  countries
  monitor
  and
  report
  on
  a
  large
  number
  of
  health
  indicators,
  updates
  on
  health
  status
  indicators
  are
  often
  based
  on
  predictions.
 
  Furthermore,
  there
  are
  major  gaps
  in
  the
  availability
  of
  recent
  data
  to
  assess
  progress.
 
  Therefore,
  a
  small
  subset
  of
  11
  core
  indicators
  was
  recommended
 to
 ensure
 the
 collection
 of
 consistent
 and
 timely
 data
 needed
 to
 hold
 governments
 and
  development
 partners
  accountable
  for
  progress
  in
  improving
  women’s
  and
  children’s
  health,
  without
  adding
 to
 countries’
 reporting
 requirements.
 7
 
  Our
 new
 base
 matrix
 would
 therefore
 look
 something
 like
 this:
 
Figure
 4:
 New
 Version
 of
 the
 Data
 matrix
 using only
 our
 base
 categories
 


 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


  Next
 we
 will
 elaborate
 further
 on
 the
 specific
 indicators
 used.
 
 
 


 Commission
 on
 Information
 and
 Accountability
 for
 Women
 and
 Children’s
 health.
  “Keeping
 Promises,
 Measuring
 Results”.
 
  WHO
 Library
 Cataloguing-­‐in-­‐Publication
 Data.
 P.
 13,
 2011.
 

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Selected
 Maternal,
 Newborn
 and
 Child
 health
 Categories
  a)
 Basic
 Indicators
 selected
 to
 monitor
 the
 status
 of
 women’s
 and
 children’s
 health
 
According to
 WHO,
 these
 three
 health
 status
 indicators
 are
 essential
 for
 monitoring
 MDGs,
 but
  they
  are
  separated
  from
  the
  other
  below
  because
  they
  are
  relatively
  insensitive
  to
  change
  and
  do
  not
  show
 progress
 over
 short
 periods
 (in
 the absence
 of
 birth
 and
 death
 registration
 systems
 they
 can
 only
  be
 measured
 with
 substantive
 time
 lags).
 
  a.1
 Maternal
 Mortality
 Ratio:
 Deaths
 per
 100000
 live
 births.
  a.2
 Under-­‐five
 child
 Mortality
 :
 deaths
 of
 children
 under
 five
 per
 1000...