Using Behavioral Insights to Increase Safer Birth Deliveries in Haiti (Report No. AUS0000858)
Summary: World Bank study applying behavioral insights to facility delivery in Haiti, where most births still occur outside health facilities.
Key Findings
- Fewer than 40 percent of births take place in a health facility, against 70 percent in other low-income countries.
- The equity gap is sixfold: 13 percent of the poorest fifth of mothers delivered in a facility against 78 percent of the richest fifth.
- Maternal mortality was 529 per 100,000 live births in 2015, far above the SDG target of under 70.
- Direct costs are a barrier: transport around US$8, a simple delivery under US$20, a caesarean around US$100.
Full Description
A World Bank study of May 2019 applying behavioral insights to the problem of low facility-based delivery in Haiti. It documents how far maternal and neonatal mortality remain above target, the gap in facility delivery between the poorest and richest mothers, and the direct costs households face, then considers what behavioral design could change. The cost and equity figures are the part most reused: the difference between poorest and richest mothers is a sixfold gap in facility delivery.
How to cite
World Bank, 2019, Using Behavioral Insights to Increase Safer Birth Deliveries in Haiti (Report No. AUS0000858), accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/wb-2019-behavioral-insights-safer-birth