Kenya’s Ministry of Health’s Health Informatics Division, Central Coding Unit, and county teams launched the country’s first County Mortality Profiles for five counties.
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Paraguay’s interactive dashboard presents strategic indicators on injuries from external causes and violence, facilitating monitoring and analysis of the information at national and regional levels.
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The adoption of a D2P brief has led to the formation of 12 peer support groups for patients with hypertension and earlier detection of hypertension and diabetes by healthcare providers.
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Data Impact supported analysis to help Cambodia launch a national plan to expand access to safe surgery, obstetrics, and anesthesia for all Cambodians.
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The Philippine Department of Health has mandated all 17 regional health offices to produce evidence-based policy briefs annually using Data to Policy methods.
Read MoreBloomberg Philanthropies | Data for Health Initiative
Today, approximately half of all deaths in the world go unrecorded; accordingly, health policy decisions are often based on inadequate information. Data for Health, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Gates Foundation, partners with countries to improve public health data and use of data for policymaking.
Collaborating institutions in the Initiative are: Vital Strategies, CDC Foundation, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Pan American Health Organization, U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific, U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Howard University, The Pacific Community, and the World Health Organization.
