Table 2 Population health information system
Data sources and references | Owners of the data | Data production | Program | data collected | Forms of data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census | Directorate of Public Statistics | Every 10 years | 1. Social, economic and demographic conditions locally and nationally. 2. Children and people living with disabilities | Population based data | Paper based, digitized at central level (DoS) |
Surveys [18] | Directorate of Public Statistics | Every 5 years | the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) | Data layers include several categories, such as age groups, marital status, area of residence (whether urban or rural), governorate level, nationality, education level, and wealth quintiles. | The paper documents are converted into digital form at a centralized location, which is managed by the Population Higher Council. |
Civil Registry of Vital Statistics (CRVS) | Ministry of interior | Routinely | Data regarding the registration of births and deaths obtained from the civil registry of vital statistics (CRVS) | 1. Data on Births 2. Marriage 3. Divorce/ Separation 4. Deaths | Centralized digitization and paper-based formats are both utilized. |
National Health Accounts | Higher Health Council | Annually | Accounts of National Health | Health indicators accounts | Paper based and Email collected and collated centrally |