Presented by Claudia Stein, Director, Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation, WHO/Europe, at the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe.

1. Working together
in health information for
Health and Well-being
in Europe
Dr Claudia Stein
Director
Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation

2. R e s e a rc h
Problems
How best to
coordinate all
the activities…?
R e s e a rc h
IEA World Congress of Epidemiology
Plenary Session
7 August 2011
Problems
R e s e a rc h
Problems

3. Single integrated Health Information System
for Europe (53 Member States)
• Roadmap with European
Commission agreed in
2010
OECD became a
partner in 2012

5. Agreed roadmap for
Health Information System for Europe
1. Conduct mapping exercises for existing health information systems &
databases in the agencies;
2. Conduct reviews of the quality and architecture of information systems →
criteria;
3. Conduct landscaping of current and potential partners and stakeholders and
engage them → in progress;
4. Define common needs and constraints,
5. Discuss a concrete way forward based on the above steps and devise an
action plan.
• Definition of the goal we are aiming for;
• Sketch out practical possibilities.
• Meeting of DG Sanco and WHO Europe in
February 2015 to discuss next steps

6. Where are we going with this
initiative?

8. 22 core and 19 additional
indicators for 6 targets
Approximately 50% of these
indicators are also ECHI
indicators

9. All on WHO EURO website: www.euro.who.int

10. New EURO web-portal – launch this week

12. Autumn school of health information and
Opened by Minister of Health,
Turkey and WHO Regional Director
- attended by
21 Member States (8 EU)
Next school October
2014 in Poland
evidence for policy making
Focus: Health 2020 monitoring
(country case studies, inequalities,
reporting)

13. EVIPNet (Evidence-informed policy network)
• EVIPNet promotes the systematic use of health
research evidence in policy-making;
• Through a series of training workshops, EVIPNet
promotes partnerships at the country level between
policy-makers, researchers and civil society;
• EVIPNet facilitates policy development and policy
implementation through its platform and workshops.
13
Launch last week: Europe
Gone live in 8
countries in
European Region
October 2012, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

14. European Advisory Committee on Health Research:
Proposal for development of a
European action plan
on knowledge translation (KT)
Challenges:
Health evidence and
information not
consistently used
Insufficient support
and incentives for KT
Most successful
KT mechanisms
not widely
applied
EACHR KT
sub-committee
Action Plan:
To enhance and
institutionalize knowledge
translation capacity in the
WHO European Region to
support evidence-informed
policy-making

15. Revitalizing sub-regional
information networks:
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Central Asian Republics Information Network
• Collaboration between national health information systems in CAR
countries;
• Fostering intelligence sharing and exchange;
• Harmonization of definitions;
• Joint analysis and reporting;
• Close communication with policy makers and partners;
• Ceased in 2005 due to lack of funding.
→ RELAUNCHED ON 4 JULY 2014 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

16. 8 other Member States & one Foundation
have become contributors

17. European Health Information Initiative
Turkey:
Hosted first autumn
school Oct 2013
Poland:
Hosting autumn school
Oct 2014
Russian Federation:
New WHO Collaborating Centre on
health information
and supporting strategy work
Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan:
Staff & infrastructure for
regional health information
network in CAR countries
UK:
1. New WHO Collaborating Centre
on Health 2020 indicator
development
2. Wellcome Trust: Grant funding
& senior staff secondment
Germany:
Full time staff member
funded as JPO

18. Next steps for the Initiative
• Initiative could serve as major vehicle towards an integrated health
information system for Europe → support from all parts of European
region and operative now;
• Increase harmonization of indicators with other agencies;
• Improve measurement of inequalities in the European Region;
• Enhance the work on the measurement of well-being in Europe;
• Lead the development of new evidence (e.g. cultural determinants of
health, etc).

19. Next steps for the Initiative (cont.)
• Expand the partners network;
• Finalize business plan & proposing type of collaborative framework that
gives all partners equal rights and standing;
• Invite existing partners to Steering Group meeting in early 2015 to finalize
Terms of Reference and type of partnership for the group;
• Work with the group for expansion, advocacy and fundraising.

20. Спасибо, Danke,
Merci, Thank you!

21. Extra slides

22. Collaboration of WHO/EURO and Institute of
Health Metrics and Evaluation, USA
• To collaborate on burden of disease assessments in European Region;
• To improve coherence of quantitative messages;
• To facilitate national burden of disease studies, including training;
Country interest increasing:
10 countries completed, conducting
or planning NBD studies
(5 EU, 5 non-EU)
WHO country profiles
Highlights on Health
revitalized & to include
burden information

23. Supporting evidence – in preparation
Key elements of and principles
for successful integration of
national health information
systems
(funding: DG Sanco)
Literature review &
questionnaires/ interviews with
key stakeholders at country level
Output:
Evidence summary of
definitions and best practices