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12:25, 20 August 2008
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Madagascar

Contact details: Marie Stopes Madagascar
Lot II P bis 135
Avaradoha
BP 1351
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Telephone: + 261 20 224 1624
Email: adamiba@att.net
Services offered: Family planning; HIV/STIs; maternal health; post abortion care; primary health care; young people
Number of clinics: 14
Outreach / mobile services: Yes
Major partners: Madagascan Ministry of Health; Air Madagascar; Bankin’ny Indostria; Banque Malgache de L'Ocean Indien; Credit Agricole; NY Havana
Major donors: European Community

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Highlights

  • opened 6 new clinics - 3 maternity centres and 3 mini clinics. The maternity centres are funded by the European Community - the new clinics now give the programme a presence in 11 out of the 20 regions in the country
  • expanded outreach activities giving a presence in 9 out of 20 regions by extending the clinic network and outreach services
  • more people in Madagascar have access to high quality sexual and reproductive health services

Future plans

  • further develop the organisation’s strong marketing focus across all activities
  • undertake a study to assess the feasibility of introducing a social franchise network
  • consolidated resources, procedures and quality systems to ensure the services offered to clients to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness

Key statistics for Madagascar

Source: UNFPA State of world population 2007
Total population (millions) (2007) 19.6
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010) 2.6
Projected population (millions) (2050) 43.5
Life expectancy (M / F) 54.9 / 57.3
Total fertility rate (2007) 4.94
% contraceptive prevalence: any method 27
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods 18
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 115
% births with skills attendants 51
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) 550
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births 72
Under 5 mortality (M / F) 123 / 113
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F 0.7 / 0.3
Health expenditure public (% of GNP) 1.7
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