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Mapping of national population-based surveys for better reporting of health-related indicators in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Article scientifique 2023 Anglais

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BACKGROUND: Population-based surveys are the main data source to generate health-related indicators required to monitor progress toward national, regional and global goals effectively. Although the Eastern Mediterranean Region of World Health Organization (WHO) member states conduct many population-based surveys, they are not led regularly and fail to provide relevant indicators appropriately. Therefore, this study aims two-fold: to map out population-based surveys to be conducted data for the health-related indicators in the Region and propose a timetable for conducting national population-based surveys in the Region. METHODS: The study was conducted in six phases: 1) Selecting survey-based indicators; 2) Extracting and comparing relevant survey modules; 3) Identifying sources of data for the indicators; 4) Assessing countries' status in reporting on core health indicators; 5) Review and confirmation of the results by the experts. RESULTS: Population-based surveys are the sources of data for 44 (65%) out of 68 regional core health indicators and two (18%) out of 11 health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 indicators. The Health Examination Survey (HES) could cover 65% of the survey-based indicators. A total of 91% of survey-based indicators are obtained by a combination of HES, Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS). CONCLUSION: In order to effectively report health-related indicators, HES, DHS/MICS and GSHS are considered essential in national survey timetables. Each country needs to devise and implement a plan for population-based surveys by considering factors such as national health priorities, financial and human capacities, and previous experiences.

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Riazi-Isfahani, S., Doctor, H., Aly, E., Basha, H., Majdzadeh, R., Rashidian, A. (2023). Mapping of national population-based surveys for better reporting of health-related indicators in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15330-6

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Sahand Riazi-Isfahani Henry V. Doctor Eman Abdelkreem Aly Hanem Mohamed Basha Reza Majdzadeh Arash Rashidian

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