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<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Meeting the Demand for Results and Accountability: <br>
A Call for Action on Health Data from Eight Global Health Agencies</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br></span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Margaret Chan1*, Michel Kazatchkine2, Julian Lob-Levyt3, Thoraya Obaid4, Julian Schweizer5, Michel Sidibe6, Ann Veneman7, Tadataka Yamada8</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>1 World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, <br>2 Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland, <br>
3 Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), Geneva, Switzerland, <br>4 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, New York, USA, <br>5 Human Development Network, World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA, <br>6 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Geneva, Switzerland, <br>
7 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), New York, New York, USA,<br>8 Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PLoS Med 7(1): e1000223. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000223 Published January 26, 2010</span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>Available online at: <a href="http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000223" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000223</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“……Recent substantial increases in international attention to health have been accompanied by demands for statistics that accurately track health progress and performance, evaluate the impact of health programs and policies, and increase accountability at country and global levels.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The use of results-based financing mechanisms by major global donors has created further demand for timely and reliable data for decision-making. In addition, there is increasing country demand for data in the context of health sector strategic plans, including in countries that have established International Health Partnership (IHP+) compacts [1]. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In spite of recognized efforts by programs and countries, the ability to respond to this demand is constrained by limited data availability, quality, and use. Many developing countries have limitations that hamper the production of data of sufficient quality and timeliness to permit regular tracking of progress made in scaling up and strengthening health systems. Data gaps span across the range of input, output, outcome, and impact indicators.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New ways of working and a more systematic approach by all partners are needed to better monitor and evaluate progress and performance….”</span></font></p>
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