Supporting countries to achieve their malaria elimination goals: the WHO E-2020 initiative

Lindblade, Kim A.; Li Xiao, Hong; Tiffany, Amanda; Galappaththy, Gawrie; Alonso, Pedro

doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03998-3

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Key health and development indicators at baseline for the E-2020 countries and comparisons with other malaria-endemic countries [15, 16]

From: Supporting countries to achieve their malaria elimination goals: the WHO E-2020 initiative

WHO region/country	Gross domestic product per capita (USD)^a	Income classification^b	Under-five mortality rate^c	Universal health care index of service coverage^d	Literacy rate (%)^e	Access to electricity (%)^f
Region of the Americas
Belize	$4818	Upper middle	14.5	66	77	97
Costa Rica	$11,667	Upper middle	8.9	76	98	100
Ecuador	$6060	Upper middle	14.8	76	94	99
El Salvador	$3806	Lower middle	14.7	75	88	96
Mexico	$8745	Upper middle	15.7	76	95	100
Paraguay	$5319	Upper middle	21.5	68	95	98
Suriname	$5539	Upper middle	19.7	70	94	96
E-2020 countries (n = 7)	$6565		15.7	72	94	98
Malaria-endemic countries (n = 12)	$5563		24.9	70	90	91
Region of Africa
Algeria	$3946	Upper middle	24.8	76	81	100
Botswana	$7244	Upper middle	43.6	61	87	60
Cabo Verde	$3131	Lower middle	18.1	67	87	89
Comoros	$1273	Lower middle	69.5	49	59	77
Eswatini	$3426	Lower middle	58.9	60	88	70
South Africa	$5273	Upper middle	36.2	69	87	84
E-2020 countries (n = 6)	$4049		41.9	64	82	80
Malaria-endemic countries (n = 38)	$1546		75.3	42	62	40
Region of the Eastern Mediterranean
Iran, Islamic Republic of	$5253	Upper middle	15.5	70	86	100
Saudi Arabia	$19,879	High	7.9	73	95	100
E-2020 countries (n = 2)	$12,566		11.7	72	90	100
Malaria-endemic countries (n = 6)	$1424		75.7	37	54	64
Region of South-East Asia
Bhutan	$2931	Lower middle	31.8	59	67	100
Nepal	$777	Low	34.6	51	68	91
Timor-Leste	$1354	Lower middle	49.0	49	68	77
E-2020 countries (n = 3)	$1687		38.5	53	68	89
Malaria-endemic countries (n = 6)	$2792		27.4	60	84	80
Region of the Western Pacific
China	$8148	Upper middle	9.9	76	97	100
Korea, Rep. of	$29,289	High	3.4	85		100
Malaysia	$9818	Upper middle	8.2	71	95	100
E-2020 countries (n = 3)	$15,752		7.2	77	96	100
Malaria-endemic countries (n = 7)	$2353		33.0	53	89	75
Global
E-2020 countries (n = 21)	$7033		24.8	68	86	92
Malaria-endemic countries (n = 70)^g	$2388		58.0	49	71	58

^aGross domestic product in $US divided by the midyear population
^bWorld Bank classification for 2016 based on gross national income per capita in 2015
^cNumber of deaths per 1000 live births
^dReported on a unitless scale of 0 to 100 and computed as the geometric mean of 14 tracer indicators of health service coverage. As no UHC index was published for 2016, the values for 2015 were used
^eProportion of people aged 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life
^fProportion of population with access to electricity
^gIncludes one malaria-endemic country (Tajikistan) in Europe

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