Costa Rica

Results by Country

Between 2012 and 2017, all countries showed progress in intervention areas: in Nicaragua, quality of routine neonatal care improved by more than 35 percentage points, whereas in Belize, the routine application of oxytocin, a basic intervention to prevent bleeding after childbirth, increased from 60% to 99%. SMI also improved coverage on maternal neonatal and child health coverage indicators in indigenous populations, for example, in Chiapas and Guatemala. In SMI -beneficiary areas in Chiapas-, Mexico, prenatal care coverage for indigenous women increased by 10 percentage points and institutional births by 5 percentage points between 2012 and 2018. In the targeted areas of Guatemala, prenatal care for indigenous women increased by 11 percentage points and institutional births by 7 percentage points between 2013 and 2018. The proportion of indigenous women in Chiapas and Guatemala who reported being treated with respect increased by more than 5 percentage points.

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Adolescents using a modern birth control method within the 42 days after childbirth or miscarriage in last year.

Baseline

Target

80%

Result

81.2%

Adolescents receiving care at a comprehensive health center for the first time, 2015—2018.

Baseline

Target

70%

Result

75.2%

At-risk adolescents who received follow-up care — intervention and referral (intra- and inter-institutional) — in last year.

Baseline

Target

80%

Result

80.9%

Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica: Effect on Adolescent Fertility

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Costa Rica

Indicators

Documents

Databases

Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica: Effect on Adolescent Fertility

Results Documents and Reports

Results - Database