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Functioning Emergency Transport System

Indicator Phrasing

% of target communities with a functioning emergency transport system
See indicator in other languages

Indicator Phrasing

English: % of target communities with a functioning emergency transport system

French: % de communautés cibles ayant un système de transport d'urgence en fonctionnement

Spanish: % de comunidades objetivo con un sistema de transporte de emergencia en funcionamiento

Portuguese: % de comunidades-alvo com um sistema de transporte de emergência em funcionamento

Czech: % cílových komunit s funkčním systémem záchranné dopravy

What is its purpose?

The indicator measures the proportion of the target communities with an effective system for the emergency transport of pregnant women (and/ or other cases) requiring urgent, life-saving medical care (for example, during complicated deliveries).

How to Collect and Analyse the Required Data

Determine the indicator's value by using the following methodology:

 

1) Define the main features each emergency transport system needs to meet in order to be considered as “functional”. This can include, for example:

  - the transport is available 24 hours per day

  - the transport arrives within X minutes of being requested

  - the transport reaches a health facility with a skilled health attendant within X minutes/ hours

  - at least X% of local women of reproductive age are aware of the emergency transport system’s availability and know how to request it (either know it directly or know someone who can request it)

  - at least X% of local women of reproductive age say that its price is affordable

  - other realistic criteria depending on your project

 

2) Collect the required data by conducting key informant interviews with the transport operator and its recent users and by conducting individual interviews with a representative sample of local women of reproductive age.

 

3) Calculate the number of communities, which have an emergency transport system, that meets the pre-defined “functionality criteria”.

 

4) To calculate the indicator’s value, divide the number of your target communities with a functioning emergency transport system by the total number of surveyed communities. Multiply the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage.

Disaggregate by

Disaggregate the data by location (remote communities/ communities nearby health facilities, etc.).

This guidance was prepared by People in Need ©

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