years who were attended by skilled health personnel during their most recent live birth. The patterns

and trends in this graph broadly confirm the conclusions derived from delivery statics: that outlook

for the non-OIC group is better compared to the OIC group even though the latter had consistently

improved over the last 20 years.

The third graph covers weighted averages of antiretroviral treatment (ARV) coverage, which indicates

the percentage of all people living with HIV who are receiving antiretroviral therapy. The ARV

coverage has increased in big strides over the 20-year period; and we hypothesise that service

acceptability must have played a substantial role in that result (alongwith the cost reductions achieved

over the period). Focussing on 2011-2015 period it seems that in each income group OIC countries

have not managed to achieve the same level of coverage as the non-OIC countries. The gap is

substantial in the lower-middle-income groups with non-OICs recording 42 per cent coverage rate in

2011-2015 period and OICs managing only 16 per cent coverage rate in the same period.