llThe 2013 report showed improvements in certain indicators between 2011 and 2013: the coverage of the reports submitted by institutions increased from 59.3% to 87.1%. The average number of visits per capita was 0.57 in 2011 and 0.62 in 2013. The proportion of children under one year old vaccinated against polio 3 increased from 79.2% to 97%. The rate of measles-rubella immunization of children under one year old increased from 58.5% in 2011 to 85% in 2013.
“The coverage of the pentavalent vaccine 3 that we introduced is 89%. Although the data
Statistics for better decision making in healthcare policy
On Monday, May 12th, at the official presentation ceremony of the 2013 statistical report on health care in Haiti, Dr. Florence Guillaume, Minister of Health, stated “Of the total of live births and maternal deaths which occurred in institutions and in the community reported by MSPP institutions, the maternal mortality ratio is around 157 per 100, 000 live births in 2013." This ceremony was held at the Karibe Hotel.
Par Le Nouvelliste
16 mai 2014 | Lecture : 3 min.