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The Lancet, Volume 372, Issue 9639, Pages 615 - 618, 23 August 2008
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61259-3
Haiti's forgotten emergency
Original Text
Patralekha Chatterjee
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Panel 2
Summary of key health indicators in Haiti
Source: UNICEF. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/...tatistics.html.
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61259-3
Haiti's forgotten emergency
Original Text
Patralekha Chatterjee
snip
Panel 2
Summary of key health indicators in Haiti
- 54% of population live on less than US$1 a day
- 25% of births are institutional deliveries
- 26% of births have a skilled attendant at delivery
- The maternal mortality ratio is 630 per 100 000 livebirths
- The under-5 mortality rate is 80 per 1000 livebirths
- The infant mortality rate is 60 per 1000 livebirths
- 14% of the rural population use adequate sanitation facilities
- 57% of the urban population use adequate sanitation facilities
- 3?8% of adults (15?49 years) live with HIV/AIDS
Source: UNICEF. http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/...tatistics.html.
