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The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), listed five health indicators, in coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO), to enable decision-makers to develop planning strategies and health policies nationwide.
The inclusion of the health indicators is part of exploring healthcare future and achieving Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs). This came on the sidelines of the workshop organised by the ministry recently at the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority’s, FCSA, headquarters.
The two-day workshop witnessed the participation of Dr. Henry Victor, a specialist expert from WHO, and focused on the mechanism of calculating the indicators of life expectancy at birth, average healthy life expectancy, mortality, fertility indicators and Universal Health Coverage.
Alya Zaid Harbi, Director of MoHAP’s Statistics and Research Centre, emphasised the importance of the inclusion of these five health indicators to align with WHO’s latest recommendations and contribute to strengthening the country’s leadership position in world health reports.
“As one of the impactful factors in shaping governmental policies and enhancing sustainable development, the statistical data has a vital role in decision-making mechanisms through key role the numbers and statistics play in articulating the future vision and measuring health indicators to improve healthcare services, so as to bolster planning strategies and health policies nationwide,” she added.
She also shed light on the importance of workshop in unifying methodology of data collection to develop statistical work, unify the outcomes, improve the quality of statistical data, and implement the best international practices.
In turn, Mohammed Hassan, Executive Director of National Statistics and Data Sector at the FCSA, said, “We were pleased to host Dr. Victor and other participants to discuss the inclusion of the five health indicators and the workshop on the mechanism of calculating the indicators of life expectancy at birth, average age of health and fertility indicators, in addition to the index of comprehensive health coverage.”
Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, Dubai Health Authority, and all the country’s statistical centres took part in the workshop.