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1 MORTALITY Under five mortality Probability of dying between birth and exactly five years of age, per 1,000 live births infant and under-five child mortality rate by one third or to 50 and 70 per 1,000 live births respectively, whichever is less Infant mortality rate Probability of dying between birth and exactly one year of age, per 1,000 live births MATERNAL MORTALITY maternal mortality rate by half Maternal Mortality Ratio Annual number of deaths of women from pregnancy- related causes, when pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, per 100,000 live births MALNUTRITION severe and moderate malnutrition among under-five children by half Underweight prevelance (severe and weight- for-age of NCHS/WHO moderate (%W/A<-2SDs) 6 to 71 months to 3 years to 6 years to 9 years to 9 years severe(%w/a<-3sds) 1 to 3 years to 6 years to 9 years to 9 years Data not available Page 1 of Appendix 4(5)

2 Stunting prevelance (severe and height- for-age of NCHS/WHO moderate (%H/A<-2SDs) 6 to 71 months to 3 years to 6 years to 9 years to 9 years severe(%h/a<-3sds) 1 to 3 years to 6 years to 9 years to 9 years Wasting prevelance (severe and weight-for-height of NCHS/WHO moderate (%W/H<-2SDs) 6 to 71 months to 3 years to 6 years to 9 years to 9 years severe(%w/h<-3sds) 1 to 3 years to 6 years to 9 years to 9 years Data not available Page 2 of Appendix 4(5)

3 PRIMARY EDUCATION Net primary school enrolment ratio Proportion of children of primaryschool age enrolled in primary school Universal access to basic education, and achievement of primary education by at least 80 per cent of primary school-age children, through formal schooling or non-formal education of comparable learning standard, with emphasis on reducing the current disparities between boys and girls Proportion entering primary school Proportion of children of primaryschool entry age who enter school at that age Learning achievement Proportion of children aged years reaching a specific level of learning achievement in literacy, numeracy and life skills Numeracy Literacy Life Skills ADULT LITERACY adult literacy rate Reduction of the adult illiteracy rate (the Proportion of population aged 15 years and older who are able, with appropriate age group to understanding, to both read and write be determined in each country) to at least half a short simple statement on their everyday life its 1990 level, with emphasis on female literacy FAMILY PLANNING Access by all couples to information and services to prevent pregnancies that are too early, too closely spaced, too late or too many Contraceptive prevalence Proportion of women aged who are using (or whose partner is using) a contraceptive method (either modern or traditional) Any method Any modern method Any traditional Total fertility rate Average number of live births per woman who has reached the end of her childbearing period - Data not available Page 3 of Appendix 4(5)

4 MATERNAL HEALTH Antenatal care Special attention to the health and nutrition of the female child and to pregnant and lactating women Proportion of women aged attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel Access by all pregnant Childbirth care women to prenatal care, Proportion of births attended by trained attendants during skilled health personnel childbirth and referral facilities for high-risk pregnancies and obstetric emergencies NUTRITION Virtual elimination of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and its consequences, including blindness HEALTH (IMMUNISATION COVERAGE) Maintenance of a high level of immunization coverage (at least 90 per cent of children under one year of age by the year 2000) against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, measles, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis and against tetanus for women of childbearing age Low vitamin A (serum retinol) Proportion of children aged 6-59 months with serum retinol below 20mcg/100ml (24-71 mths) Children with night blindness Proportion of children aged months with night blindness (24-71 mths) DPT immunisation coverage immunized against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) Measles immunisation coverage immunized against measles Polio immunisation coverage immunized against poliomyelitis TB immunisation coverage immunized against tuberculosis - Data not available Page 4 of Appendix 4(5)

5 Children protected against neonatal tentanus protected against neonatal tetanus through immunization of their mother HEALTH (CONTROL OF DIARRHOEAL DISEASES) Reduction by 50 per cent in the deaths due to diarrhoea in children under the age of five years and 25 per cent reduction in the diarrhoea incidence rate diarrhoea cases Average annual number of episodes of diarrhoea per child under five years of age ORT use Proportion of children aged 0-59 months who had diarrhoea in the last two weeks and were treated with oral rehydration salts or an appropriate household solution (ORT) home management of diarrhoea (home solution - does not mention whether continued feeding) HEALTH (HIV/AIDS- KNOWLEDGE AND PREVELANCE) HIV prevalence, Female. Amongst women attending atenatal clinics in Data not available Page 5 of Appendix 4(5)

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