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Mozambique’s Health Observatory: Improving Mortality Data Communication

Explore how Mozambique's National Health Observatory integrates and interprets complex mortality data to produce policy-oriented evidence. Learn about the challenges and initiatives enhancing data quality. Discover ongoing activities and upcoming plans. Visit Instituto Nacional de Saúde and Observatório Nacional de Saúde websites for more information.

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Mozambique’s Health Observatory: Improving Mortality Data Communication

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  1. Mozambique’s National Health Observatory: Integrating, Interpreting and Communicating Complex Mortality Data IleshJani, Director-General, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Mozambique

  2. Contents • Background • Mozambique’s National Health Observatory • Mortality Data Integration, including CHAMPS and COMSA • Concluding Remarks

  3. Background • In Mozambique, healthinformation faces severalchallenges: • Fragmentation • Lowquality • Lackofadequate data on importante issuessuch as healthindicators, healthdeterminants, inequalities, etc • Project basedwithdonor-definedand short-termaims • Difficultaccess • Low rates ofusage • Etc.

  4. The National Health Observatory (ONS) as a Policy Oriented Evidence Provider in Mozambique Surveys Annual Report Subject Reports Website/Dashboards Workshops/Symposia • O.N.S. • Compilation • Integration • Analysis • Interpretation • Official Source • Policy Oriented Research Etc • Multisectoral Steering Committee • Secretariat at NPHI INPUT OUTPUT

  5. The ONS is a Virtual Yet Legally Established Structure of the State Internal Regulations of the O.N.S. (2016) Establishment of O.N.S. (2015)

  6. The Technical Work of the ONS is Performed Through Multi-Institutional Platforms (Working Groups)

  7. Composition of the ONS Mortality Platform and Main Data Sources • MinistryofHealth: • PlanificationandCooperationDirectorate • PublicHealthDirectorate • Medical ServicesDirectorate • NationalInstituteofHealth (INS) (incl. COMSA) • NationalInstituteofStatistics (INE) (incl. COMSA) • Ministryof Justice • Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Directorate • CHAMPS Site Manhiça Health Research Center (CISM) • World Health Organization (WHO) • US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • (Others as interest on the subject grows)

  8. Some Examples of the ONS Mortality Platform Ongoing and Planned Activities • To raise awareness among policy makers on the use of information generated and disseminated by the ONS • Pending Activity: Development of policy briefs/discussions according to data becoming available

  9. Some Next Steps for the ONS Mortality Platform

  10. ObrigadoThank You Visit: Instituto Nacional de Saúde (www.ins.gov.mz) Observatório Nacional de Saúde (www.ons.gov.mz)

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