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Global Health Data Methods: Opening health data to the …

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Health indicators

WebIn 2014, the Global Fund used 114 indicators to monitor just three diseases: AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The Millennium Declaration laid out eight goals – of which four …

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Global Health Data Methods: Epidemiology. Why, where and how

WebEpidemiology is the study of how often diseases and other health-related events or states occur in populations, why they occur, and which and how interventions can effectively …

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Data to drive public health policy

WebThe policymaking function of government is powerful in creating conditions for population health. The data-driven approach levers government-generated data to produce …

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Global Health Data Methods

WebGlobal health data must be trustworthy and represent populations fairly. Ideally, producers collect and manage these data consistently, economically, efficiently, ethically, and …

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Global Health Data Methods: What are global health data

WebGlobal health data methods describe how governments and other agencies use traditional and new technologies to: collect, clean, aggregate, synthesise, and disseminate health …

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Household surveys

WebThe steps cumulatively increase the content of household surveys from: 1) asking people to self-report behavioural risk factors; 2) taking physical measurements and blood pressure; …

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Global Health data Methods: Geographic information systems

WebNowadays technology provides the simplest answer – we use a geographic information system (GIS). A GIS lets us visualize, question, analyse, and interpret data to …

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Public health surveillance systems

WebImage by Arek Socha from Pixabay. What is public health surveillance? Public health officials coined the term surveillance to describe the systems they set up to watch out for …

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Global Health Data Methods: population census

WebA census generates essential population data to calculate multiple health and demographic indicators. Health sector specialists can use census results to plan and monitor health …

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Country production and use of data

WebThe health information system: Collects data from the health sector and other relevant sectors; Manages the data and ensures their overall quality, relevance and timeliness; …

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Global Health Data methods: International data systems

WebGlobal reporting of data by governments through the WHO and other UN agencies, that is: notifiable diseases and public health emergencies of international concern; deaths and …

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Global Health Data Methods: Demography. Population dynamics

WebThe Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) is a non-traditional source of population and health data. Scientists use HDSSs to obtain longitudinal data on small …

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Measurement of indicators

WebMeasuring and estimating indicators. Data for indicators derive from many sources, some reliable, others not. For health sector programming, the primary sources are censuses, …

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Human resources for health data systems

WebHRIS provide a structure for collecting data, assessing their quality and analysing them to produce information on the size, distribution, composition, skill mix, productivity and …

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Health economics

WebCost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), used widely in health, assesses the cost of an intervention per unit of health gained. The cost component (the numerator) is the same …

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Health management information systems

WebHMIS are also referred to as routine health information systems. A HMIS derives much of its information from patient-provider interactions in health facilities. Hospitals, health …

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Civil registration & vital statistics systems

WebCRVS provides: Up-to-date demographic and health indicators such as fertility rates, population growth rates, life expectancy, death rates by age, sex, location and cause, …

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National health accounts

WebThe LSMS is a research project initiated in 1980. It is a response to a perceived need for policy relevant data that would allow policy makers to move beyond simply measuring …

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