Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (Myanmar)

1. Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel(Myanmar) Workshop on MDG Monitoring: 2015 and beyond, Bangkok, 9-13 July 2012

2. Map of The Republic of the Union of Myanmar

3. Definition • The percentage of deliveries attended by skilled health personnel

4. Data sources • Routine Health Management Information System • Household surveys –FRHS, IHLCA,MICS

5. Data Items collect in HMIS (Monthly report) • Home deliveries by basic health staff • Deliveries at RHC delivery room • Deliveries at public hospitals • Total livebirths • Total stillbirths

6. Data Flow Department of Health Planning (HMIS), Department of Health State/Regional Health Department District/Township Health Department MCH/UHC/Station HU/RHC Sub Rural Health Center

7. Calculation method (HMIS) • Numerator: Number of Births attended by skilled health personnel during one year • Denominator: Total number of deliveries during same year • Skilled health personnel : Doctors, nurses and midwives (Not include auxiliary midwife and traditional birth attendants)

8. Method of computation (Survey) • Numerator - Number of women aged 15-49 years with a birth in a reference period preceding the survey that were attended during childbirth by skilled health personnel • Denominator - Total number of women surveyed aged 15-49 years with a birth in the same reference period preceding the survey

9. Periodicity of Measurement • HMIS – every year • Survey – every three or five years

10. Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel Source: Health Management Information System

13. Comments and limitations • Standardization of the definition of skilled health personnel • Calculation method – livebirths or total births • Completeness and coverage of routine data • Rely on answer by respondents • May not adequately capture women’s access to good quality care

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