This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Moldovan statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Moldovan-specific metadata information.
| Indicator |
Indicator 3.8.1: Coverage of essential health services, index |
|---|---|
| Definition and concepts |
The average coverage with essential health services is assessed based on the monitoring procedures for reproductive health, maternal health, new-borns' health and children's health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and the service capacity and access, among the general population and the most deprived population. The 14 indicators tracing the coverage with health services are grouped in 4 categories: I. Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health: 1)Family planning: Share of women of reproductive age (15-49 years old) with their family planning needs satisfied through modern methods of contraception (Indicator SDG 3.7.1.); 2) Pregnancy and delivery care: Share of women aged 15-49 years old with live births in a determined period of time, who received antenatal care four or more times; 3) Child immunization: Share of children who received three vaccine doses containing diphtheria - tetanus -pertussis; 4)Children's treatment: Share of children aged under 5 years old with suspected pneumonia (cough, dyspnoea, not due to a chest problem or sunny nose) during two week before examination by the corresponding medical institution. II. Infectious diseases: 5) TB: share of new TB cases detected and successfully treated; 6) HIV/AIDS: Share of persons living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment; 7) Malaria: Share of persons from endemic areas for malaria, who sleep during the night under an insecticide-treated net (Not relevant for Moldova); 8)Water and sanitation: Share of households using at least basic sanitation facilities; III. Non-communicable diseases: 9)Hypertension: Age-standardized prevalence of non-raised blood pressure (systolic blood pressure <140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg) among adults aged 18 years and older; 10) Diabetes: Age-standardized mean fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L) for adults aged 18 years and older; 11) Tobacco: Age-standardized prevalence of adults >=15 years not smoking tobacco in last 30 days (Indicator SDG 3.a.1. - see the description there); IV. Service capacity and access 12) Hospital access: Hospital beds per capita, relative to a maximum threshold of 18 per 10,000 population; 13) Health workforce: Health professionals (physicians, psychiatrists, and surgeons) per capita, relative to maximum thresholds for each cadre (part of indicator SDG 3.c.1.); 14) Health security: International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacity index, which is the average percentage of attributes of 13 core capacities that have been attained (SDG. 3.d.1. global metadata). |
| Unit of measure |
Index |
| Method of computation |
This indicator represents an index presented according to a scale from 0 to 100, which is calculated via geometric average of 14 indicators tracing the coverage with essential health services. |
| Periodicity |
Annual |
| Data last updated | May 24, 2023 |
| Metadata last updated | May 24, 2023 |