Table 4

Performance of SIDS across systems required for UHC

SIDS by WHO regions	Indicators
	A strong, efficient, well-run health system		A system for financing health services		Access to essential medicines and technologies		A sufficient capacity of well-trained, motivated health workers
	Births attended by skilled health personnel* (%)	Antenatal care coverage at least one visit* (%)	†Health expenditure public (as a % of THE)†	OOP health expenditure (as a % of THE)†	Density of hospitals per 100 000 population*	Density of CT units per million population*	Number of physicians per 10 000 population*	Number of nursing and midwifery personnel per 10 000 population*
	2007–2014	2007–2014	2003–2013	2003–2013	2013	2013	2007–2013	2007–2013
WPRO*(regional average)	96	95	63.5				15.5	26.2
Fiji	99	98	73.6	17.08	‡2.8	3.4	4.3	22.4
Marshall Islands	90	92	84.25	11.84	3.8	19	4.4	17.4
Tonga	96	99	82.21	11.78	3.8	0	5.6	38.8
Tuvalu	93	93	99.9	0.1	10.1		10.9	58.2
Vanuatu	89	76	82.86	10.92	2.4	0	1.2	17
PAHO*(regional average)	96	96	49.0				21.5	44.9
Bahamas	99	86	46.12	28.38	1.1	13.2	28.2	41.4
Belize	95	96	62.63	27.75	2.1	12.1	8.3	19.6
Barbados	99	93	64.48	28.7	1.1	7
AFRO*(regional average)	51	77	50.8		0.8	0.4	2.7	12.4
Cape Verde	99	91	74.92	23.15	1	2	3.1	5.6
Comoros	82	92	44.78	45.84	0.7	1.4
Guinea-Bissau	43	93	22.7	43.89	56.4	0	0.7	5.9
Sao Tome and Principe	81	98	36.58	49.5
Seychelles	99		91.87	5.77	1.1	10.8	10.7	48.1
SEAR*(regional average)	68	77	37.9				5.9	15.3
Maldives	99	99	59.42	31.48	6.7	5.8	14.2	50.4

*WHO (2016).32
†WB (2016).30
‡Calculated from national statistics as WHO figure was 0.0.
AFRO, regional office for Africa; OOP, out-of-pocket expenditure; PAHO, Pan American Health Organisation; SIDS, small island developing states; THE, total health expenditure; UHC, universal health coverage; WPRO, regional office for the Western Pacific .