Paraguay Profile

Source: MICS 2016 (Analyses based on the most recent publicly available survey)

Wealth and area of residence Composite coverage index - subna�onal coverage

Wealth Quin�les Urban | rural area of residence

Coverage of essen�al RMNCH interven�ons Co-coverage of essen�al interven�ons

• antenatal care (4+ visits) • tetanus toxoid during pregnancy• skilled a�endant at delivery • child received vitamin A supplementa�on • BCG (tuberculosis) vaccina�on • DPT3 (diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis)

vaccina�on • measles vaccina�on • improved drinking water source

Demand for family planningsa�sfied with modern methods

Antenatal care (4 or more visits)

Neonatal tetanus protec�on

Skilled a�endant at delivery

Postnatal care for mothers

Postnatal care for babies

Immuniza�on - Rota

Immuniza�on - DPT3

Immuniza�on - Measles

Careseeking for symptomsof pneumonia

Diarrhoea treatment - ORS

Early ini�a�on of breas�eeding

Exclusive breas�eeding

Con�nued breas�eeding (1 year)

Vitamin A supplementa�on

Urban Rural

Coverage (%)

0 20 40 60 80 100

Demand for family planningsa�sfied with modern methods

Antenatal care (4 or more visits)

Neonatal tetanus protec�on

Skilled a�endant at delivery

Postnatal care for mothers

Postnatal care for babies

Immuniza�on - Rota

Immuniza�on - DPT3

Immuniza�on - Measles

Careseeking for symptomsof pneumonia

Diarrhoea treatment - ORS

Early ini�a�on of breas�eeding

Exclusive breas�eeding

Con�nued breas�eeding (1 year)

Vitamin A supplementa�on

Coverage (%)

Q1 Poorest Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Wealthiest

0 20 40 60 80 100

The co-coverage indicator is not available for MICS surveys because some indicators cannot be calculated for

the required age range

The co-coverage indicator is not available for MICS surveys because some indicators cannot be calculated for

the required age range

Q1 Poorest Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Wealthiest

Coverage (%)

Demand for family planningsa�sfied with modern methods

rural

urban

Skilled a�endant at delivery

rural

urban

Immuniza�on − DPT3

rural

urbanImproved sourceof drinking water

rural

urban

0 20 40 60 80 100Q1 Poorest Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Wealthiest

Coverage (%)0 20 40 60 80 100

Paraguay Profile

Source: MICS 2016 (Analyses based on the most recent publicly available survey)

Stra�fica�on not applicable for the indicator Data not available Es�mate not presented (N < 25)

Indicators Na�onal

Wealth quin�lesWealth-related

equity indicatorsWoman's educa�on Child's sex Area of

residence

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5Ra�o

Q5/Q1Difference

Q5-Q1CIX SII None Primary Secondary+ Female Male Rural Urban

Demand for family planningsa�sfied with modern methods

86.4 85.1 89.6 87.3 85.0 84.7 1.0 -0.5 -0.6 -3.1 76.4 88.5 85.7 89.0 84.9

Antenatal care (4 or more visits) 93.6 86.2 94.3 97.7 94.1 98.7 1.1 12.5 2.5 13.4 69.7 86.7 96.9 91.0 95.3

Neonatal tetanus protec�on 68.7 67.9 64.5 71.5 70.2 70.7 1.0 2.8 1.3 5.5 58.6 67.4 65.8 67.6 69.4

Skilled a�endant at delivery 95.5 87.9 95.2 98.5 99.3 100.0 1.1 12.1 3.0 17.5 70.7 89.5 97.7 90.8 98.6

Postnatal care for mothers 94.5 87.5 93.9 96.6 98.4 99.6 1.1 12.1 2.9 16.1 63.5 89.7 96.1 89.9 97.5

Postnatal care for babies 93.2 84.5 93.5 96.6 96.7 98.8 1.2 14.2 3.3 17.7 63.5 85.6 96.6 87.3 97.1

Immuniza�on - Rota 91.9 89.4 92.6 97.6 89.0 90.9 1.0 1.4 0.7 0.9 86.8 87.4 92.8 93.6 90.2 92.3 91.6

Immuniza�on - DPT3 90.8 89.2 91.5 92.9 90.8 89.2 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.9 87.4 84.8 91.8 92.8 89.0 90.9 90.7

Immuniza�on - Measles 66.3 67.6 56.0 70.0 67.7 75.0 1.1 7.3 2.1 9.8 53.7 61.0 61.7 67.3 65.4 68.7 64.8

Careseeking forsymptoms of pneumonia

89.4 83.8 88.1 91.5 94.6 95.1 1.1 11.3 3.0 15.3 84.2 90.0 88.8 89.8 86.4 91.4

Diarrhoea treatment: ORS 28.2 32.5 27.3 26.7 27.8 23.2 0.7 -9.2 -6.1 -8.0 25.9 23.0 30.5 26.4 27.0 29.0

Early ini�a�on of breas�eeding 49.5 57.0 51.6 44.4 44.9 47.6 0.8 -9.4 -5.6 -15.1 62.7 52.9 47.9 51.2 48.5

Exclusive breas�eeding 31.3 36.3 29.8 29.9 27.3 31.2 0.9 -5.0 -7.2 -8.8 26.7 32.5 30.0 32.4 35.1 28.4

Con�nued breas�eeding (1 year) 48.2 63.5 34.0 57.0 40.6 54.3 0.9 -9.2 -2.6 -7.4 55.3 45.9 49.5 47.1 56.1 43.5

Vitamin A supplementa�on

Paraguay Profile

Source: MICS 2016 (Analyses based on the most recent publicly available survey)

Indicator coverage by country region

Data not available Es�mate not presented (N < 25)

Indicators Asunción San Pedro Central Caaguazú Alto Paraguay Boquerón Alto Paraná Itapúa Resto

Demand for family planningsa�sfied with modern methods

84.0 90.9 85.1 89.7 90.9 81.3 83.8 89.0 87.4

Antenatal care (4 or more visits) 94.9 90.7 96.0 93.0 86.4 74.1 94.6 92.1 92.9

Neonatal tetanus protec�on 73.8 75.9 78.0 55.9 58.3 73.0 66.1 64.2 62.3

Skilled a�endant at delivery 100.0 91.6 99.5 94.8 95.3 90.4 96.2 93.0 92.3

Postnatal care for mothers 98.4 88.9 98.6 94.5 92.7 90.7 96.4 87.9 91.6

Postnatal care for babies 100.0 87.1 98.1 94.5 88.2 88.8 92.2 88.3 90.2

Immuniza�on - Rota 91.9 89.7 89.0 89.0 89.5 83.5 95.4 96.0 93.3

Immuniza�on - DPT3 87.3 90.8 91.7 87.1 78.1 65.0 90.6 96.3 92.2

Immuniza�on - Measles 64.2 61.7 67.3 61.9 44.2 41.0 57.7 72.2 73.1

Careseeking forsymptoms of pneumonia

98.0 92.1 92.5 87.9 88.2 91.0 85.9

Diarrhoea treatment: ORS 46.4 46.7 21.1 25.4 33.1 26.7 28.7 28.4

Early ini�a�on of breas�eeding 54.3 62.1 55.8 42.1 72.5 77.4 40.0 51.6 43.8

Exclusive breas�eeding 26.8 11.5 35.2 44.4 18.1 33.9 38.3

Con�nued breas�eeding (1 year) 51.1 52.9 28.3 56.6 52.9

Vitamin A supplementa�on

Paraguay Profile

Source: MICS 2016 (Analyses based on the most recent publicly available survey)

Demand for family planning sa�sfied with modern methods:

Antenatal care, 4 or more visits:

Neonatal tetanus protec�on:

Percentage of women 15-49 years, in union, using modern contracep�ves among those who are fer�le and do not want a child in the next two years, at least.

Percentage of women who had at least 4 visits of antenatal care during pregnancy.

Percentage of women who received tetanus injec�ons during pregnancy.

Skilled a�endant at delivery: Percentage of women who had delivery a�ended by a doctor, a nurse, or an auxiliary nurse or trained midwife. The specific �tles and cadres can vary by country.

Postnatal care for mothers and for babies: Percentage of mothers (or babies) who went through a health check within 48 hours a�er the delivery.

Immuniza�on for rotavirus, DPT3, measles and rotavirus:Percentage of children 12-23 months of age who received these vaccines.

Interven�ons and inequality measures Combined coverage indicators

Interpre�ng the graphs

To monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, it is essen�al to monitor the coverage of health interven�ons in subgroups of the popula�on because na�onal averages can hide important inequali�es. Here, we selected 15 interven�ons represen�ng the con�nuum of care of Reproduc�ve, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH) to show how countries are faring in terms of coverage by regions of the country, wealth quin�les (5 equal sized groups), urban or rural area of residence and both wealth and area. In the table presented in page 2, we also present results by woman's educa�on and child's sex.

We also present simple measures of wealth inequality (difference and ra�o) and complex measures. These are the slope index of inequality (SII), for absolute inequality, and the concentra�on index (CIX), for rela�ve inequality. The SII can be interpreted as the difference in coverage between the two extremes of the wealth distribu�on. The CIX is similar to the Gini index and gives an idea of how concentrated the coverage of each indicator is, towards the rich (posi�ve value) or the poor (nega�ve value). The CIX can vary from zero (no inequality) to 100 (maximum concentra�on), but in prac�ce values above 30 already represent a fairly high level of pro-rich inequality.

A short descrip�on of the interven�ons is presented below. The full defini�on of the interven�ons tracked by Countdown can be found in the annexes of the main report.

Percentage of children less than six months of age who are being exclusively breas�ed .

Vitamin A supplementa�on:

Early ini�a�on of breas�eeding:

Percentage of children who received vitamin A in the six months preceding the interview.

Percentage of children 12-15 months of age who are s�ll being breas�ed.

Improved drinking water source:

Percentage of children who presented symptoms of pneumonia and were taken to a health facility.

Diarrhea treatment with ORS: Percentage of children with diarrhea who received oral rehydra�on salts.

Percentage of children who were put to the breast in the first hour of life.

Con�nued breas�eeding at one year:

Careseeking for pneumonia:

Household with access to an improved source of drinking water (such as piped water, public tap, protected well).

Exclusive breas�eeding:

Composite coverage index CCIWe present a map of each country with the CCI by region. The CCI is a simple way to summarize coverage by health interven�ons using a single number, in place of several of them. It is calculated as the weighted mean of eight selected interven�ons demand for family planning sa�sfied, antenatal care (4+ visits), skilled a�endant at delivery, BCG, DPT3 and measles vaccines, and finally careseeking for pneumonia and ORS for diarrhea.

Co-coverageCo-coverage is a count of how many, out of 8 interven�ons offered in the country, the pair of mother and child received. Ideally, they will receive all interven�ons available, but in prac�ce we observe very different situa�ons. The interven�ons considered here are antenatal care (4+ visits), tetanus toxoid during pregnancy, skilled a�endant at delivery, BCG, DPT3 and measles vaccines, vitamin A supplementa�on and improved source of drinking water. The count goes from zero to 8.

In the equiplots, the graphs with aligned dots, each dot represents the coverage of a given interven�on for a subgroup. It can be area of residence, or wealth quin�les (the first quin�le includes the poorest 20% of the sample, and so on). The quin�les are labelled Q1 to Q5. The distance between the dots is the difference in coverage between the relevant groups. The larger the difference, the bigger the absolute inequali�es in the country. Ideally, in this type of graph, we would like to see all the dots close together on the right side, where coverage approaches 100%.

Co-coverage is presented in two ways. The top graph displays how many mothers and children in each of the five wealth quin�les receive zero, one, two, up to eight of the interven�ons included in the co-coverage measure. We typically see that the high-count sec�ons increase and are much bigger toward the richer quin�les. The bo�om sec�on shows differences in key characteris�cs of mothers and children that received less than 3 of these interven�ons (le� column) in comparison to all mothers and children living in the country (right column). Comparisons presented include likelihood to belong to the poorest quin�le, to live in rural areas or specific geographical regions, and of the mother having received no educa�on. For instance, a much higher propor�on (30-40%) of mothers and children receiving less than three interven�ons belong to the poorest quin�le, compared to the 20% of the sample that this category encompasses.

The map shows the regions of each country and CCI coverage using colors to highlight differences across the regions. The darker the color, the higher the coverage. The actual values (%) are presented below the names of the regions. At the bo�om, we also present an equiplot of the CCI by wealth quin�les. Not to be confused with a map scale!