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  WHO > Programmes and projects > Sexual and reproductive health > Topics > Monitoring and evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation

MDG 5
MDG 5

The activities seek to monitor and evaluate progress towards global goals and targets related to sexual and reproductive health, such as those agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), and the Millennium Summit.
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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STATISTICS
To improve knowledge on the magnitude/burden of leading causes of sexual and reproductive, including maternal and perinatal morbidities and mortality.

Worldwide incidence of preterm birth

Maternal mortality
Estimates in 2005

Proportion of birth attended by a skilled health worker
2008 updates

Low birthweight

Unsafe abortion

Unmet need for family planning [pdf 60kb]
World health statistics 2009

Contraceptive prevalence [pdf 61kb]
World health statistics 2009

RELATED LINKS
WHO Statistical Information System

Health statistics and health information systems


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TOOLS AND STANDARDS
To improve the measurement of sexual and reproductive health and monitoring progress towards MDG 5 targets
National-level monitoring of universal access to reproductive health

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IMPLEMENTATION OF WHO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH STRATEGY


The Strategy
This strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy-makers within governments, international agencies, professional associations, nongovernmental organizations and other institutions

Progress report
World Health Assembly 2008


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Baby: © WHO, Rasoka Thor
Mother and baby: © 1999 Caroline Jacoby, Courtesy of Photoshare

WHO Director General
"We know only too well that Goals 4 and 5 on improving maternal and newborn and child health are the MDGs least likely to be met in virtually all regions of the world."
Dr Margaret Chan, Director General, WHO

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