Health information
Health information is any quantifiable and non-quantifiable information that can be used by health decision-makers and clinicians to better understand disease processes and health care issues, and to prevent, diagnose or treat health problems. Health information should guide mobilization and allocation of resources, prioritization of health programmes and research, and improve efficiency and effectiveness of health programmes. WHO's work focuses on improving availability, quality and use of health information at country, Regional and global level.
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23 August 2005
Building Stronger Health Systems Key To Reaching The Health Millennium Development Goals
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Western Pacific Country Health Information Profiles 2008 Revision
The 2008 edition of Western Pacific Country Health Information Profiles (CHIPS) is a resource tool on demographic, political and socioeconomic conditions, health situation and trends, and health systems of countries and areas under the WHO Western Pacific Region. Information is presented in country profiles and health databanks that are supplied either by the respective health ministries or compiled from national databases and reference libraries. CHIPS also contains a statistical annex that summarizes most information in the health databanks plus other indicators on health conditions and practices, such as HIV and obesity, smoking and drinking behaviour, human rights, poverty, gender-related development, and major emergencies in the Region over the last two years.http://www.wpro.who.int/internet/files/hin/CHIPS2008.pdf
Western Pacific Country Health Information Profiles 2007 Edition
The 2007 edition of Western Pacific Country Health Information Profiles (CHIPS) is a resource tool on demographic, socioeconomic and political conditions, health situation and trends, and health systems of countries and areas under the WHO Western Pacific Region.
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