Data for health and sustainable development
Working with countries to improve health data and build capacity to track progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage.
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HDC Progress Report 2016-18
Launched in March 2016, the Health Data Collaborative (HDC) was established to strengthen country health information systems to meet the challenge of monitoring the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals and boost the development of robust sustainable national health monitoring systems. This report is a cumulative look at the accomplishments of the Health Data Collaborative since its inception.
The health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Learn about the health-related targets of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
The global reference list of 100 core health indicators
One of the first products of the Health Data Collaborative, now with health-related SDG indicators.
Health Data Collaborative Progress Report 2016-2018
Highlights, lessons learned, future perspectives
Update on Health Data Collaborative global public goods
View an overview presentation.
Only 50% of countries reported cause-of-death data to WHO in 2014
More than 100 countries don't accurately count births and deaths
Donors request reporting on hundreds of health indicators that fall outside of priorities set by health ministries
Global health partners have developed at least 8 separate health facility survey tools collecting overlapping information
Fragmented health data systems hamper effective use of data during disease outbreaks
