Child and Maternal Mortality
in Islamic Countries
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indicators data are considered grossly underreported in HMIS (ref: Quality of routine facility
data for monitoring priority maternal and newborn indicators in DHIS2: A case study from
Gombe State, Nigeria).
Figure 2.4. Maternal mortality ratio estimates from the Demographic and Health Surveys in
selected OIC countries
Data source: Demographic and Health Surveys
2.3 . Trends and differentials in child mortality
The estimates of U5MR rates from the DHS surveys in selected OIC countries are shown in Figure
2.5. In countries where multiple rounds of surveys were conducted, all except Sierra Leone show
reductions in U5MRs.