90 Human Rights Indicators Outcome Process Structural Table 3 Child mortality and health care Natural and occupational environment Prevention, treatment and control of diseases Accessibility to health facilities and essential medicines • Time frame and coverage of national policy on child health and nutrition • Time frame and coverage of national policy on physical and mental health • Time frame and coverage of national policy for persons with disabilities • Time frame and coverage of national policy on medicines, including list of essential medicines, measures for generic substitution • Infant and under-five mortality rates* • Proportion of underweight children under five years of age* • Proportion of live births with low birthweight • Perinatal mortality rate • Maternal mortality ratio* • Prevalence of deaths, injuries, diseases and disabilities caused by unsafe natural and occupational environment • Proportion of targeted population that was extended access to an improved drinking water source* • Proportion of targeted population that was extended access to improved sanitation* • CO2 emissions per capita* • Number of cases of deterioration of water sources brought to justice • Proportion of population or households living or working in or near hazardous conditions rehabilitated • Number of prosecutions under domestic law on natural or workplace environment • Proportion of driving licences withdrawn for breaches of road rules • Per capita government expenditure on primary health care and medicines • (Improvement in) Density of medical and paramedical personnel, hospital beds and other primary health-care facilities • Proportion of population that was extended access to affordable health care, including essential drugs,* on a sustainable basis • Average availability and median consumer price ratio of 30 selected essential medicines in public and private health facilities • Proportion of people covered by health insurance • Rate of refusal of medical consultations, by target group (discrimination testing surveys) • Proportion of persons with disabilities accessing assistive devices • Share of public expenditure on essential medicines met through international aid • Death rate associated with and prevalence of communicable and non-communicable diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis*) • Proportion of persons abusing harmful substances • Life expectancy at birth or age 1 and health-adjusted life expectancy • Suicide rates • Proportion of population covered under awareness-raising programmes on transmission of diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS*) • Proportion of population (above age 1) immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases • Proportion of population applying effective preventive measures against diseases (e.g., HIV/AIDS, malaria*) • Proportion of disease cases detected and cured (e.g., tuberculosis*) • Proportion of population abusing substances, such as drugs, chemical and psychoactive substances, brought under specialized treatment • Proportion of mental health facilities inspected in the reporting period * MDG-related indicators All indicators should be disaggregated by prohibited grounds of discrimination, as applicable and reflected in metadata sheets • Proportion of schoolchildren educated on health and nutrition issues • Proportion of children covered under programme for regular medical check-ups in the reporting period • Proportion of infants exclusively breastfed during the first 6 months • Proportion of children covered under public nutrition supplement programmes • Proportion of children immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases (e.g., measles*) • Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel* • Antenatal care coverage (at least one visit and at least four visits)* • Increase in proportion of women of reproductive age using, or whose partner is using, contraception (CPR)* • Unmet need for family planning* • Medical terminations of pregnancy as a proportion of live births • Proportion of reported cases of genital mutilation, rape and other violence restricting women’s sexual and reproductive freedom responded to effectively by the Government • Proportion of received complaints on the right to health investigated and adjudicated by the national human rights institution, human rights ombudsperson or other mechanisms and the proportion of these responded to effectively by the Government • Net official development assistance for the promotion of the health sector received or provided as a proportion of public expenditure on health or gross national income* • Time frame and coverage of national policy on sexual and reproductive health • Time frame and coverage of national policy on abortion and foetal sex determination • International human rights treaties relevant to the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (right to health) ratified by the State • Date of entry into force and coverage of the right to health in the constitution or other forms of superior law • Date of entry into force and coverage of domestic laws for implementing the right to health, including a law prohibiting female genital mutilation • Number of registered and/or active NGOs (per 100,000 persons) involved in the promotion and protection of the right to health • Estimated proportions of births, deaths and marriages recorded through vital registration systems Sexual and reproductive health Illustrative indicators on the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 25) IV. >> Illustrating the Framework - Indicators for Some Rights

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