Health Data Collaborative News Update: August 2017
11th August 2017The latest news on HDC partners collaborating in countries and on global health data tools and standards.
Integrating Health and Climate Data in Grenada
24th July 2017As climate change raises the risk of vector-borne diseases such as Zika virus and dengue fever, Grenada’s Ministry of Health and Social Security has been collaborating with HDC partners GIZ and the University of Oslo to build the Caribbean island country’s capacity to plan for and respond to these climate-related health threats.
Kenya HDC Partners Collaborate on National Health Observatory
10th July 2017Kenya’s Ministry of Health is developing a Kenya Health Observatory (KHO) to improve the availability and use of health information. The observatory is planned to be an open-access one-stop-shop for data and statistics, including research data, and will facilitate active tracking of the state and determinants of health in the country.
Health Data Collaborative Progress Report 2016-2017
12th June 2017Highlights, lessons learned and future perspectives one year since the launch of the Health Data Collaborative.
Building 21st Century CRVS Systems
23rd May 2017To help meet the Sustainable Development Goals, the first-ever 21st century, state-of-the-art, comprehensive CRVS eLearning course was launched on May 23, 2017. The development of the eLearning course was coordinated by the World Bank Group, with contributions from several HDC partners.