Additional Indicators Recommended for High-Burden Countries
| CHAT Core Indicator Namea | CHAT Recommended Definition | Country Data Source | Country Comparable Estimates? | SDG Indicator? | EWEC GS Indicator? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New HIV infections | Estimated number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population at risk of HIV infection | National and other surveys, facility data | UNAIDS (annual) | 3.3.1 | Yes |
| TB incidence | Number of new and recurrent (relapse) episodes of TB (all forms) occurring in a given year | Country notifications, prevalence studies | WHO Global TB Programme (annual) | 3.3.2 | Yes |
| Thalassemia prevalence | Birth prevalence of thalassemia | Country notifications (birth defect registries), prevalence studies | Estimates from WHO, IHME, and others | No | No |
| Use of insecticide treated bed-nets in children under-5 years | % children ages 0–59 months who slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night prior to the survey | National and other surveys | No | No | Yes |
| Malaria diagnostics in children under-5 years | Proportion of children aged 0–59 months with fever in the last 2 weeks who had a finger or heel stick test | National and other surveys, facility data | No | No | No |
| Malaria treatment - first-line treatment for children under-5 years | % febrile children aged younger than 5 years receiving first-line antimalarial drug, among those receiving any antimalarial drug | National and other surveys, facility data | No | No | No |
Abbreviations: CHAT, Child Health Accountability Tracking; EWEC GS, Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy; IHME, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; SDG, Sustainable Development Goal; UNAIDS, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS; WHO, World Health Organization.
↵a For all indicators, data or estimates are used by national governments and international agencies.