• The rate of deliveries attended by health technicians has increased from 44.2% in 1997 (IDS) to 47.7% in 2003 (IDS) and to 55% in 2008 (MICS). The national goal by 2015 is 66%.
• The coverage of prenatal visits with four or more control visits increased from 37.3% (1997) to 53.1% (2003).
• The routine data of the Health Information System show a stagnation trend of the coverage of institutional deliveries from 53.8% in 2007 to 55.6% in 2008 and to 55.0% in 2009 (Ministry of Health, MISAU 2009).
• The coverage of institutional deliveries in 2008 was 58% (MICS data). In the rural areas it was 49%, representing an increase in relation to the 2003 data (34%) and it remained stable in the urban areas (81%).
• In terms of distribution by province of the institutional deliveries of 15-49 years-old women, it is observed that the northern and central provinces of the country (except Niassa) have the lowest percentages of institutional deliveries of the country. It should be noted that the second more populous province of the country (Zambézia) has the lowest rate of institutional deliveries.

Source: Report on the Millennium Development Goals - Mozambique 2010