Health Data, Health Systems and Global Health

Health data required to be reported from each UN member country

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. There are now 192 United Nations member states, including almost every recognized independent state. Additional bodies deal with the governance of all other UN System agencies, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). UN aims to maintain international peace and security, to safeguard human rights, to provide a mechanism for international law, and to promote social and economic progress, improve living standards, and fight diseases.

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Health data that is required to be reported including the following:

GLOBAL DATA

Population Division
Estimates and projections of 28 demographic indicators, including birth rates, deaths rates, infant mortality rates and life expectancy.

Children
Statistical Data on Children
On population, mortality, immunization, water and sanitation, nutrition, reproductive health and education.

Cities and Urbanization
World Urbanization Prospects
Estimates and projections of the urban and rural populations of all countries in the world and of their major urban agglomerations.

Population of Cities
Capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants.

Education and Literacy
Education and Literacy Database
National level data on educational systems, institutions, teaching staff, student enrolment, literacy, and expenditure on education.

Health
Health Statistics
Statistical and epidemiological data

Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic
Includes analysis on all aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, from the spread of HIV and treatments to the availability of resources, and provides country-by-country figures on the extent of the epidemic.

Epidemiological Fact Sheets by Country
Most recent country-specific data on HIV/AIDS prevalence and incidence and related behavioural information. Includes HIV sentinel surveillance data, maps of HIV sentinel sites, (STIs), health service indicators, and knowledge and behaviour information for most countries.

Refugees
Basic refugee facts
Estimated number of persons who fall under the mandate of UNHCR

Refugee statistics
Refugee situation worldwide

Women
The World’s Women
Population, women and men in families, health, education and communication, work, and human rights and political decision-making.

REGIONAL DATA

Africa
The 1997 African Statistical Yearbook

Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific in Figures 2000
Population and Development Indicators for Asia and the Pacific
Population and family planning in China
Reproductive health indicators

Europe
Trends in Europe and North America
UNECE Gender Statistics Database

Latin America and the Caribbean
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2000
Demographic Bulletins for Latin America

Western Asia
Statistical Abstract
Women and men in the Arab Countries
City Data

(http://www.un.org/popin/data.html)