Jordan: child health and development: country brief

Mortality and risk indicatorsTrend in under-5 mortality and neonatal mortality 1990–2018 Demographic data Young children at risk of poor development (%) Nutritional indicators 2005 2010 2015 0 15 30 45 60 0 15 30 45 60 28 28 28 10 201 000 total population 2.6% population growth 99% birth registration Child health and development COUNTRY BRIEF Jordan Percentage of children under 5 who are: (per 1000 live births) 90.7% urban population 8.0 10.5 13.0 15.5 18.0 Under-5 mortality/ 1000 = 1 000 000 17 10 17.77 10.5 Neonatal mortality/ 1000 Live births preterm birth rate/100 Live births stillbirth/ 1000 live births 0 .0 2 .5 5 .0 7 .5 1 0 .0 Stunted 7.7 2.4 4.4 Wasted Overweight Obese 0 10 20 30 40 36 20 27 16 20 12 16 10 Under-5 mortality Neonatal mortality 8 10.5 13 15.5 18 0 2.5 5 7.5 10 56% reduction in under-5 mortality 1990–2018 Child and Adolescent Health Unit Department of Healthier Populations of neonatal deaths as % of under-5 deaths 1 058 000 under-5 population 10.4% 63% 1990 2000 2010 2018 Causes of death for children under 5 (%) Causes of neonatal mortality (%) Coverage of essential interventions across the continuum of care (%) Financing Health information systems (HIS) Policies Quality of care 0.61.1 2.9 1.2 National policy/guideline to improve quality of care in health services addressing Quality care standards and protocols for delivery of services developed for 9.3 26 8.2 5.7 23.4 8.6 6.2 8.4 40.3 11.8 9.4 23.9 9 3 Exclusive breastfeeding Skilled birth attendance Postnatal care Early initiated breastfeeding Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV3) Rotavirus vaccine Diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP3) Vitamin A Measles vaccine Pneumonia care seeking Pneumonia antibiotics Oral rehydration treatment (ORT) Indoor air pollution (% of households using solid fuel) Coverage of IMCI Access to improved drinking water 0 20 40 60 80 100 99.6 23 75 67 100 96 11 93 77.2 86.9 40 0.2 42 97 Equity related to neonatal mortality (deaths per 1000 live births) Equity related to under-5 mortality (deaths per 1000 live births) 0 4 8 12 16 Wealth 14 4 9 10 Residence 0 7.5 15 22.5 30 Wealth 27 10 18 20 Residence Poorest Richest Rural Urban Poorest Richest Rural Urban 20.9% Out-of-pocket expenditure as% of total expenditure on health 13.7% General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure 400.7 Gross domestic product (GDP)(current US$ in billions) 359 Total expenditure on health, per capita (US$ exchange rate) 4 130 GDP, per capita (current US$) Newborn health? Child health? Pneumonia Prematurity Birth asphyxia/trauma Sepsis and other infections Congenital anomalies Diarrhoeal diseases Meningitis/encephalitis Injuries NCDs Other Free access to health services in the public sector for Newborns Pregnant women Children under 5 Is the national HIS able to present data disaggregated by age? Deaths among children under 5 Community treatment of pneumonia (guideline or national policy) Community treatment of diarrhoea (use of community-based health providers) Implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Discharge mother and baby after 24 hours following childbirth Antenatal cortico- steroids Low osmolar ORS and zinc Kangaroo mother care Postnatal care Basic neonatal resuscitation Maternity protection Code of marketing PARTIAL N/A National HIS report on number or rates of Causes of newborn death Cause of death among children under 5 Preterm newborns Still- births Newborn deaths Live births Data not available for all indicators References Demographic data - World Population Prospects 2019 - UN Population (https://popula- tion.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/). - Framework for health information systems and core indicators for monitoring health situation and health system performance 2018. 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