Universal Health Coverage Partnership
A country-level resource for
Democratic Republic of Congo is a Central African country and the second largest country in Africa. It has a population of 68 million people and a life expectancy at birth of 48 years (males) and 51 years (females). The country is challenged by limited financial resources and a lack of a robust monitoring and evaluation system. These challenges are addressed in the DRC’s National Health Plan (PNDS in its French abbreviation) 2016-2020, captioned “Towards Universal Health Coverage.” The MoH has evinced good leadership skills in aligning development partners around the PNDS. DRC joined the International Health Partnership in 2009 (now UHC2030) and has used it as a key instrument to begin holding donors more accountable to their commitments. At national level, this has seemed to work but there is still much work to be done to have these effects trickle down to the district/local level. You can access important country documents by clicking here.
| Key indicators: Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
|---|---|
| WHO region | Africa |
| Child health | |
| Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) (2019) | 57 |
| Demographic and socioeconomic statistics | |
| Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) (2006) | 87.7 |
| Gender inequality index rank (2014) | 149 |
| Human development index rank (2014) | 176 |
| Health financing | |
| Total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product (2014) | 4.33 (Democratic Republic of the Congo note) |
| Private expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health (2014) | 63.07 (Democratic Republic of the Congo note) |
| General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure (2014) | 11.06 (Democratic Republic of the Congo note) |
| Health systems | |
| Physicians density (per 1000 population) (2009) | 0.091 |
| Nursing and midwifery personnel density (per 1000 population) (2009) | 0.961 |
| Mortality and global health estimates | |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) (2019) | 27.4 (Both sexes) |
| Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births) (2019) | 84.8 (Both sexes) |
| 77.9 (Female) | |
| 91.3 (Male) | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (2017) | 473 [ 341 - 693 ] |
| Sustainable development goals | |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) (2016) | 58.9 (Male) |
| 62.0 (Female) | |
| 60.5 (Both sexes) | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) (2014) | 80 |
| World Health Statistics | |
| Population (in thousands) total (2016) | 78 736 |
| Population proportion under 15 (%) (2016) | 46.3 |
| Population proportion over 60 (%) (2016) | 10.6 |
| Literacy rate among adults aged >= 15 years (%) (2007-2012) | 67 |
