TABLE 2.

Country Self-Grading of Health System Domains as Severe/Very Severe^{^a} Bottlenecks to Strengthen Community Health Systems by Under-5 Mortality Rate Category (N=21 Countries^{^b})

Countries/Domains	Legislation, Policies, Governance, Coordination	Health Financing	Essential Medical Technology and Products	Human Resources	Service Delivery and Integration; Quality of Services	Information System/ Monitoring and Evaluation	Community Ownership and Partnership
Countries with under-5 mortality rate = 25 to 75 deaths/1,000 live births (6 countries)
Congo	*	*	*	*			*
Gambia	*	*	*	*	*
Ghana
Liberia		*	*		*		*
Senegal		*	*	*			*
Togo		*	*				*
Total number of countries	2/6	5/6	5/6	3/6	2/6	0/6	4/6
Countries with under-5 mortality rate > 75 deaths/1,000 live births (15 countries)
Benin	*				*		*
Burkina Faso		*	*		*	*	*
Cameroon	*	*	*	*		*	*
Central African Republic	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Chad			*		*
Cote d'Ivoire	*	*	*		*		*
Democratic Republic of the Congo		*	*		*	*	*
Equatorial Guinea	*	*			*	*
Guinea		*	*	*	*	*	*
Guinea-Bissau		*			*
Mali		*
Mauritania	*	*	*		*	*	*
Niger	*	*	*			*	*
Nigeria		*	*	*	*	*
Sierra Leone	*	*	*		*		*
Total number of countries	8/15	13/15	11 /15	4/15	12/15	9/15	10/15

↵a * indicates severe/very severe.
↵b Excluding Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe as described in the method section. Cabo Verde has less than 25 deaths/100 live births.