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Niger is a landlocked Western African country with a population of 16 million people and a life expectancy at birth of 55 years (males) and 57 years (females). Niger’s constitution recognizes a right to health, and in 2012 the country adopted a National Health Financing Strategy for Universal Health Coverage, which is currently under revision to drive progress towards UHC goals. The lack of availability and quality of health data, lack of budget predictability at all levels, inadequate availability of service delivery inputs (drugs, vaccines, blood derivatives) and lack of quality control at all levels are among the challenges that Niger’s health planning seeks to address. With support from the UHC Partnership, the country has developed and is implementing its fourth National Health Development Plan 2017-2021. You can access important country documents by clicking here.
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| Key indicators: Niger | |
|---|---|
| WHO region | Africa |
| Child health | |
| Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) (2018) | 79 |
| Demographic and socioeconomic statistics | |
| Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) (2008) | 43.6 |
| Gender inequality index rank (2014) | 154 |
| Human development index rank (2014) | 188 |
| Health financing | |
| Total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product (2014) | 5.82 |
| Private expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health (2014) | 44.78 |
| General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure (2014) | 7.57 |
| Health systems | |
| Physicians density (per 1000 population) (2008) | 0.019 |
| Nursing and midwifery personnel density (per 1000 population) (2008) | 0.14 |
| Mortality and global health estimates | |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) (2018) | 25.2 (Both sexes) |
| Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births) (2018) | 83.7 (Both sexes) |
| 79.7 (Female) | |
| 87.2 (Male) | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (2017) | 509 [ 368 - 724 ] |
| Sustainable development goals | |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) (2016) | 59.0 (Male) |
| 60.8 (Female) | |
| 59.8 (Both sexes) | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) (2015) | 40 |
| World Health Statistics | |
| Population (in thousands) total (2016) | 20 673 |
| Population proportion under 15 (%) (2016) | 50.2 |
| Population proportion over 60 (%) (2016) | 2.5 |
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