WHO policies & strategies

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The vision, mission, functions and ways of working of the Unit are aligned with AFRO's Strategic Orientations, the six core functions of WHO's 11th General Programme of Work 2006-2015 and with WHO's Medium-term Strategic Plan 2008-2013.

The Unit works along the following WHO strategic directions:

  • Assessing Regional and country health situation and trends, including health systems performance, and progress towards the MDGs and other agreed-upon international and Regional goals.
  • Articulating norms and standards and provision of technical support to countries to improve their capabilities for acquisition, generation and use of information, evidence and knowledge, as well as the management of these assets.
  • Improving knowledge access and use: to identify country needs and constraints to access and use of exisiting global and local health information, evidence and knowledge , develop tools and platforms to overcome these constraints.

    Highlights

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    African Health Monitor - Health systems and reproductive health in the African Region


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    Rapid assessment of national civil registration and vital statistics systems


    aho_birth_cause_death_smallImproving the quality and use of birth, death and cause-of-death information: guidance for a standards-based review of country practices

     aho_country_h_infos_systems_2nd_edition_smallFramework and Standards for Country Health Information Systems Second edition


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    HealtH Metrics Network - Assessing the National Health Information System - An Assessment Tool Version 4.00

     

    PDAcloseup_thumbKenya: electronic record-keeping saves lives: An electronic record-keeping system has revolutionized HIV care in western Kenya with timely medical tests and treatment for 40 000 patients

    alex_thumbKenya: a family's hope is renewed: Alex Odhiambo and his family benefit from timely HIV tests and care, thanks to the electronic record-keeping system introduced in Mosoriot