§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the under five mortality rates for each of the 16 African countries covered by the Millennium Development Goal. [171679]
§ Hilary BennDFID's Public Service Agreement (PSA) sets objectives and interim targets to 2006 to help monitor progress in meeting the MDGs. The PSA focuses on key countries and the 16 key Sub-Saharan Africa countries are listed as follows with their associated under five child mortality rates (per 1000 live births) for 2001.
Under 5 Mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) PSA Key Countries (Sub-Saharan Africa) year 2001 Congo, Democratic Republic 205 Ethiopia 172 Ghana 100 Kenya 122 Lesotho 132 Malawi 183 Mozambique 197 Nigeria 183 Rwanda 183 Sierra Leone 316 South Africa 71 Sudan 107 Tanzania 165 Uganda 124 Zambia 202 Zimbabwe 123
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the change in the under five mortality rate has been since 1997 in countries receiving his Department's health care assistance in(a) Asia and (b) sub-Saharan Africa. [171686]
§ Hilary BennThe following table gives the change in under-five mortality rates between 1995 and 2001 in our main partner countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. These are the countries listed in our Public Service Agreement. Data for 1997 is not available from standard international sources so the nearest available date, 1995, is provided instead.
Although progress has been mixed, many countries have seen improvements in under-five mortality rates. In Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal these improvements 240W have been dramatic with reductions of a quarter or more over the six-year period. On average there has been more progress in Asia than Africa.
DFID provides assistance to the health sector through various different mechanisms. These include direct funding to the health sector and health projects, funding to the general government budget, and indirect funding to health related sectors and multi-lateral and Non-Government organisations. This makes it difficult to accurately identify all countries receiving our health care assistance, and our main partner countries are considered the most useful set for this purpose.
Under-5 mortality rate Per 1,000 live births
Country 1995 2001 Percentage difference
Asia Bangladesh 1116 77 -34 Indonesia 66 45 -32 Nepal 120 91 -24 China 46 39 -15 Pakistan 125 109 -13 Vietnam 43 38 -12 India 104 93 -11 Afghanistan 257 257 0 Cambodia 120 138 15 Average 111 99 -11 Sub-Saharan Africa Malawi 216 183 -15 Uganda 145 124 -14 Rwanda 210 183 -13 Ghana 112 100 -11 Mozambique 215 197 -8 Sudan 115 107 -7 Ethiopia 183 172 -6 Lesotho 140 132 -6 Nigeria 187 183 -2 Sierra Leone 317 316 0 Congo, Democratic. Republic. 205 205 0 Zambia 202 202 0 Tanzania 164 165 1 South Africa 65 71 9 Kenya 111 122 10 Zimbabwe 90 123 37 Average 167 162 -3 11993 Source: World Development Indicators 2003