Accelerating MDG 5 - Improve maternal health

Human Development

• People are the real wealth of nations• Much more than the rise or fall of national

incomes but about creating an environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with needs and interests

• Expanding choices to lead lives people value

• Thus, it is about much more than economic growth, which is only a means —if a very important one —of enlarging people’s choices

Human Development Index

(HDI)

• A long and healthy life: Life expectancy at birth

• Education index: Mean years of schooling and Expected years of schooling

• A decent standard of living: GNI per capita (PPP US$)

Context

• PHL quality of life as measured by Human Development Index (HDI)slightly improved compared to 2010

• 2011 HDI ranking is 112th

out of 187 countries, higher by a notch • PHL ranking better compared to Indonesia at 124th and Vietnam at 128th

Context

• Thailand and Malaysia, on the other hand, ranked higher at 103rd and 61st, respectively

• Life expectancy was 68.7 years but the expected years and mean years of schooling improved to 11.9 and 8.9, respectively, from 11.5 and 8.7

• PHL gross national income (GNI) per capita was $3,478

• Behind by at least 6 years and at most 8 years

• 1991 baseline = 33.1% of population

• Target = 16.6%• 2009 = 26.5% = 10

M = 1.65% annual reduction• Prevalence of

underweight children is yet to be halvedMedium probability

Source: NSCB

MDG 1: Halve by 2015 extreme hunger and

poverty

12015 Poverty

reduction targetSource: PIDS using NSCB data

• Philippines is behind by at least 8 years and at most 17 years in achieving this goal

• Repercussion expected to be felt 20 years from now

Least likely to be achieved

MDG 2: Universal primary education

5 – Improve maternal

health• From 1990 to 2006, maternal deaths per 100,000 live births decreased from 209 to 162. According to the DOH, maternal mortality was caused by three “delays”: (a) delay in deciding to seek medical care; (b) delay in reaching appropriate care; and (c) delay in receiving care at health facilities

Target is from 162 to 52; least likely to be achieved (Source: 2010 MDGs PHL Report)

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Other MDGs

• MDG 3: Eliminating gender disparity in secondary education and acquiring a representative number of seats in the national parliament may be unattainable by 2015

• MDG 4: Reducing child and infant mortality may be achievable by 2015, since the country is only 3.5 years from the target; 18 years behind target for ensuring that more children would be immunized against measles

Other MDGs

• MDG 6: Combating malaria can be achieved; reversing HIV and tuberculosis are very challenging

• MDGs 7 & 8: Ensuring environmental stability and developing global partnership are within reach by 2015.

• PHL IS LAGGING IN 6 OUT OF 8 MDGs!

Updates on the MDGs

• Since last progress report in 2010 only MDG 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women declined from high probability of achieving the target to medium probability while the rest of the MDGs remained the same.

• MDG 3 indicators on the ratio of girls to boys in all levels of education, targets a ratio of 1.0 in 2015, however, the ratio of girls to boys in secondary education remained the same from 1996 to 2010 with a constant ratio of 1.1; while there is a slight decrease in the ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education from 1.3 in 1993 to 1.2 in 2010.

MDGs Update

• Two of the eight MDGs remained low in terms of their probabilities in achieving the targets: MDG 2 on achieving universal primary education and MDG 5 on improving maternal health.

• Two of the eight MDGs have medium probabilities of achieving targets: MDG 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and MDG 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women.

MDGs Update

• The remaining four MDGs: MDG 4 on reducing child mortality, MDG 6 on combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, MDG 7 on ensuring environmental sustainability, and MDG 8 on developing a global partnership for development - continue to have high probabilities of achieving  respective targets  by 2015.

UNESCAP Asia-Pacific MDGs 2011/2012 Report• Compared to the 2010-2011 report

that measured 21 indicators, the Philippines posted just one improvement:

-it became an “early achiever” in terms of increasing forest cover from previously “regressing/no progress”

UNESCAP Asia-Pacific MDGs 2011/2012 Report

Otherwise, its scores in all others remained unchanged:

• “slow” in halving the number of those living on $1.25/day;• “slow” in reducing the number of underweight children;• “regressing/no progress” in raising primary enrolment;• “regressing/no progress” in reaching last grade;• “regressing/no progress” in terms of primary completion;• “early achiever” in reducing gender disparity at the primary education level;

UNESCAP Asia-Pacific MDGs 2011/2012

Report

• “early achiever”, gender secondary;• “early achiever”, gender tertiary;• “slow” in reducing under-five mortality;• “slow” in reducing infant mortality;• “slow” in ensuring that skilled attendants are present during births;• “slow” in improving antenatal care;• “on track” in reducing HIV prevalence;• “early achiever” in reducing TB incidence;• “early achiever” in reducing TB prevalence;

UNESCAP Asia-Pacific MDGs 2011/2012

Report

• “early achiever” in terms of protected areas;

• “early achiever” in reducing CO2 emissions;• “early achiever” in reducing ozone-depleting substance consumption;• “on track” in terms of providing safe water; • “on track” in terms of providing safe sanitation• “slow” in maternal mortality

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