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The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) is a bold roadmap for ending all preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, including stillbirths, by 2030, and improving their overall health and well-being. It aims to keep these groups at the heart of the sustainable development (SDG) agenda, unlocking their vast potential for transformative change. It was developed to translate the SDG agenda into concrete guidance on how to accelerate progress through a multisectoral approach.
This Global Strategy includes a monitoring framework with 60 indicators, (of which 16 are key) to help countries and their partners promote accountability in ending preventable deaths (“Survive”), ensuring health and well-being (“Thrive”), and expanding enabling environments, so that all women, children, and adolescents can reach their potential (“Transform”) and no one is “Left Behind”.
Progress Update on Global Strategy for Women's Children's and Adolescent's Health 2025
In recent decades, significant progress has been made for women and children. Since 2000, global under-five mortality has fallen by over half, and the maternal mortality ratio1 dropped by about 40% worldwide. However, conflicts, climate disasters and instability are hindering progress in women’s, children's and adolescents' health, particularly affecting those in the most vulnerable populations. Please click here to download.
Survive: End preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children by providing the best maternal, newborn and child care, ending epidemics of HIV, TB, malaria, neglected tropical diseases and other communicable diseases, and by reducing premature mortality.
Other indicators
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Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (SDG 3.1.2) -
Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits (%)
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Proportion of mothers who had postnatal contact with a health provider within 2 days of delivery
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Proportion of newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth
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Proportion of newborns who had postnatal contact with a health provider within 2 days of delivery
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Proportion of women accessing antenatal care services who were tested for syphilis
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Proportion of children under five years old with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration salts
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Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection (%)
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Proportion of infants 0–5 months of age who are fed exclusively with breast milk
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Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%)
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Proportion of children under five years of age who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net
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Number of new HIV infections per 1000 uninfected population (SDG 3.3.1)
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Malaria incident cases per 1000 persons per year (SDG 3.3.3)
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Percentage of people living with HIV who are currently receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART)
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Proportion of households with at least one insecticide-treated net (ITN) for every 2 people and/or sprayed by indoor residual spray (IRS) within the last 12 months
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Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco smoking among persons aged 15 years and older (SDG 3.a.1)
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Mortality between ages 30 and 70 years from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases (SDG 3.4.1)
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Suicide mortality rate (SDG 3.4.2)
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Proportion of women aged 20-49 who report they were screened for cervical cancer
Thrive: Ensure health and well-being by addressing the nutritional needs of all children, adolescents and women, especially mothers. Universal access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services, as well as access to quality early childhood development, are important elements of thriving.
Key indicators
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Prevalence of stunting among children under-five years of age (height-for-age <-2SD of the median) (SDG 2.2.1)
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Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 females aged 15-19 years) (SDG 3.7.2)
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Extent to which countries have laws and regulations that guarantee women aged 15-49 access to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education (SDG 5.6.2)
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Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for cooking (%) (SDG 7.1.2)
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Coverage of essential health services (index based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access) (SDG 3.8.1)
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Domestic General Government Health Expenditure (including RMNCAH)
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Out of-pocket health expenses as percentage of total health expenditure
Other indicators
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Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight) (SDG 2.2.2)
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Prevalence of wasting among children under-five years of age (% weight-for-height <-2 SD) (SDG 2.2.2)
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Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) (SDG 2.2.2)
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Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among school going adolescents aged 11-17 years
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Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15 to 49 years, by pregnancy status (%) (SDG 2.2.3)
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Proportion of children 6-23 months of age who received a minimum acceptable diet
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Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods (SDG 3.7.1)
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Proportion of women aged 15-49 who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (SDG 5.6.1)
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Children aged 36-59 months who are developmentally on track in at least three of the following domains: literacy-numeracy, physical development, social-emotional development and learning (%) (SDG 4.2.1)
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Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (per 100 000 population, age-standardized) (SDG 3.9.1)
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Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (SDG 4.2.2)
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Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income. (SDG 3.8.2)
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Population with household expenditures on health greater than 10% of total household expenditure or income (%) (SDG 3.8.2)
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Population with household expenditures on health greater than 25% of total household expenditure or income (%) (SDG 3.8.2)
Transform: Expand enabling environments by improving access to quality education and creating safe environments free from abuse, discrimination and violence. It is necessary to facilitate access to clean water, improve scientific research and technological capabilities, guarantee legal identity for all, and enhance global partnerships for sustainable development.
Key indicators
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Proportion of children and young people: (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex (SDG 4.1.1)
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Proportion of young women and men aged 18-29 who experienced sexual violence by age 18 (SDG 16.2.3)
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Population using at least basic sanitation services (%) (SDG 6.2.1)
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Proportion of handwashing facility on premises with soap and water (SDG 6.2.1)
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Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services including a hand-washing facility with soap and water (SDG 6.2.1)
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Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births are registered (SDG 16.9.1)
Other indicators
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Proportion of population below the international poverty line (SDG 1.1.1)
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Percentage of women aged 20-24 who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18 (SDG 5.3.1)
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Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months (SDG 5.2.1)
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Proportion of women and girls aged 15-49 who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (SDG 5.3.2)
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Availability of post-rape care in accordance with the recommendations of WHO guidelines
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Population using at least basic drinking-water services (%) (SDG 6.1.1)
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Research and development expenditure on health as a proportion of GDP (SDG 9.5.1)
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Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100% birth registration and 80% death registration (SDG 17.19.2)
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Number of countries reporting progress in multistakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the SDGs (SDG 17.16.1)
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Worldwide Governance Indicators (voice, accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, control of corruption)
Leave no one behind: Leave no one behind represents taking explicit action to end extreme poverty, curb inequalities, confront discrimination and fast-track progress for the furthest behind.
Data Gaps: Since the onset of this monitoring framework in 2010 we have been able to update data and estimates for 54 indicators as of mid-2020; however, there are 4 indicators have never had any data to track. Additionally, when the monitoring framework was first introduced, a review of the 16 key indicators demonstrated that 7 should be collected by Civil registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS). Unfortunately, we continue to have large gaps in CRVS. In addition, among the 16 key indicators, 2 that could be collected primarily through facility data (i.e. stunting, CCI) continue to be primarily collected through household surveys.
Last date of update for key indicators 
| Indicator | Date of Last Update |
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| Survive | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (SDG 3.1.1) | 2019-10-18 |
| Neonatal mortality rate (SDG 3.2.2) | 2020-09-20 |
| Stillbirth rate | 2017-03-21 |
| Under-5 mortality rate (SDG 3.2.1) | 2020-09-20 |
| Adolescent mortality rate, by age and sex | 2018-04 |
| Thrive | |
| Prevalence of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age (SDG 2.2.1) | 2020-04-09 |
| Adolescent birth rate (15-19) per 1000 women in that age group (SDG 3.7.2) | 2019-07 |
| Extent to which countries have laws and regulations that guarantee women aged 15-49 access to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education (SDG 5.6.2) | 2020-08-25 |
| Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technology (SDG 7.1.2) | 2020-04-08 |
| Coverage of essential health services (index based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access) (SDG 3.8.1) | 2020-12-13 |
| Domestic General Government Health Expenditure (including RMNCAH) | 2019-01-23 |
| Out of-pocket health expenses as percentage of total health expenditure | 2020-01-23 |
| Transform | |
| Proportion of children and young people: (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex (SDG 4.1.1) | 2020-02 |
| Proportion of young women and men aged 18-29 who experienced sexual violence by age 18 (SDG 16.2.3) | 2020-08-25 |
| Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services including a hand-washing facility with soap and water (SDG 6.2.1) | 2019-07-11 |
| Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age (SDG 16.9.1) | 2020-06 |
Data sources for the 60 indicators 
| INDICATOR | Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) | Survey | Facility | Other |
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| Survive | ||||
| Maternal mortality ratio | Available | Available | Potential | |
| Skilled attendance at birth | Available | Available | ||
| Antenatal care 4+ visits | Available | Available | ||
| Postpartum contact | Available | Available | ||
| Neonatal mortality | Available | Available | ||
| Stillbirth rate | Available | Available | ||
| Early breastfeeding initiation | Available | |||
| Postnatal care (contact) | Available | Available | ||
| Antenatal care syphilis screening | Available | Available | ||
| Under-5 mortality | Available | Available | ||
| Oral rehydration salts treatment | Available | |||
| Pneumonia care seeking | Available | |||
| Exclusive breastfeeding | Available | |||
| Full immunization coverage | Available | Available | ||
| Insecticide-treated net coverage among children | Available | Available | Available | |
| HIV incidence | Available | |||
| Malaria incident cases per 1000 persons per year (SDG 3.3.3) | Available | Available | ||
| Antiretroviral therapy coverage | Available | |||
| Household nets(ITN) and spraying(IRS) | ||||
| Tobacco use (age-sex disaggregated) | Available | |||
| Noncommunicable disease mortality (ages 30-70) | Available | Available | Potential | |
| Suicide mortality rate | Available | Available | ||
| Adolescent mortality rate | Available | Potential | ||
| Cervical cancer screening | Available | Potential | ||
| Thrive | ||||
| Child stunting | Available | |||
| Malnutrition | Available | |||
| Adolescent insufficient physical activity | Available | |||
| Anaemia prevalence disaggregated | Available | |||
| Children minimum acceptable diet | Available | |||
| Family planning need satisfied | Available | Potential | ||
| Adolescent birth rate | Available | |||
| Informed decisions by women | Available | |||
| Country laws – sexual and reproductive health (SRH) access | Available | |||
| SRH knowledge (ages 15-24) | Available | |||
| Children developmentally on track | Available | |||
| Organized learning | Available | Available | ||
| Pollution-related mortality and illness | Available | Available | ||
| Clean fuels and technology | Available | Available | ||
| Essential services, tracer health interventions | Available | Available | Potential | |
| Current country health and RMNCAH expenditure per capita | Available | |||
| Out-of-pocket health expenditure | Available | |||
| Financial protection | Available | Available | ||
| Transform | ||||
| Poverty | Available | Available | ||
| Reading and math proficiency | Available | Available | ||
| Early marriage | Available | Available | ||
| Partner violence | Available | |||
| Female genital mutilation/cutting | Available | |||
| Laws against discrimination | Available | |||
| Sexual violence against women and men | Available | |||
| HIV post-exposure prophylaxis – rape survivors | Available | Potential | ||
| Safe drinking water | Available | |||
| Sanitation | Available | |||
| Research and development expenditure | Available | |||
| Birth (death) registration | Available | Available | ||
| Census | Available | |||
| Effective monitoring frameworks | Available | |||
| Leave no one behind | ||||
| Data disaggregation | Available | |||
| Treaties for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and rights | Available | |||
| Humanitarian Response Index | Available | |||
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Documents
- 2017 Progress Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
- Commitments to the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women's Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030)
- Committing to implementation of the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030): technical report
- Ensuring Universal Health Coverage Delivers for Women, Children and Adolescents
- Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016–2030) 2018 monitoring report: current status and strategic priorities
- Indicator and Monitoring Framework for the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health
- Operational Framework for the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
- Operational plan to take forward the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
- Protect the promise: 2022 progress report on the every woman every child global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (2016–2030)
- The Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030)
