Background maternal health indicators of nine participating countries.

All the data in the table unless indicated were compiled from the recent DHS Survey, DHS StatCompliler (www.measuredhs.com).†Source: The World Bank, 2009 (www.worldbank.org).*Source: WHO, 2011: World Health Statistics 2011 (www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2011/en/index.html).††WHO Country Cooperation Strategy for Gambia, WHO African Office, 2009; MOHSW Gambia; and MICS.‡‡Somaliland is not recognised as a state by the United Nations; hence, the above statistics apply to the recognised Somali Republic (Somalia and Somaliland). Source of Data is from the WHO Making Pregnancy Safer Country Report.