Table 3 Maternal and child health interventions included in the study and their definitions

Child immunization

A child is considered fully vaccinated when he/she gets one dose each of BCG and measles, three doses each of polio vaccine and DPT

Treatment of diarrhoea in children

Percentage of children under-five with diarrhoea in the two weeks preceding the survey for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

Treatment of fever in children

Percentage of children under-five with fever in the two weeks preceding the survey for whom advice or treatment was sought from a health facility or provider

Skilled birth attendance

Percentage of births delivered by skilled providers that include doctor, nurse, midwife, auxiliary midwife and community health officer

Delivery at health facility

Percentage of births delivered in public and private sector health facilities

Delivery at public facility

Percentage of births delivered in public sector health facilities

Home delivery

Percentage of births delivered at home

Current use of modern contraceptive method

Percentage of currently married women age 15-49 who use modern contraceptive methods that include female sterilization, temporary female methods (pill, IUD, injectable, implants, female condom, diaphragm, foam/jelly and lactational amenorrhoea method) and male condom

Caesarean section

Percentage of live births in the five years preceding the survey delivered by Caesarean section

ITN use, child

Percentage of children in all households who slept under ITN the past night

ITN use, pregnant woman

Percentage of pregnant women age 15-49 who slept under ITN past night

Intermittent preventive treatment, pregnant woman

Percentage of women age 15-49 years who had a live birth in the two years preceding the survey who received at least 2 doses of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), at least one during antenatal care visit