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Guyana: HIS Indicators

As of August 2019, we had located 11 of the 30 indicators for Guyana. Please see the table below for more details on each indicator.

Indicators
National health strategy	Country has set of core health indicators	Country has master facility list††
Population census within the last 10 years	Availability of national health surveys	Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths)
Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data	Country has national statistics office	National health statistics report (annual)**
Country has website for health statistics with latest data available**	Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF

** Outdated
†† Available, but last update unknown

The table below presents more information on each indicator. Indicator definitions can be found here: http://www.measureevaluation.org/his-strengthening-resource-center/health-information-systems-his-country-profile-indicators

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Indicators	Status	Source	Title/Notes
1. National health strategy	Current (2013–2020)	https://bit.ly/2MdRoSO	Health Vision 2020: A National Health Strategy for Guyana, 2013–2020
2. Health sector M&E plan	Not available	In-country contact	There is an M&E plan only for HIV.
3. HIS policy	Unknown
4. HIS strategic plan	Not available	In-country contact
5. Country has set of core health indicators	Yes (2020)	https://bit.ly/2MdRoSO	Indicators are found on pages 27–28 of current National Health Strategy plan.
6. National HIS coordinating body	Not available	In-country contact	Apart from the established Management Information System (MIS) unit at the MOH, there is a Strategic Information Group that recently formed.
7. Country has master facility list	Yes, undated	http://www.health.gov.gy	On MOH link provided, there are lists of health facilities by regions under “Regional health facilities” located on left side column toward top of the page.
8. Conducted HMN assessment	Not completed	http://bit.ly/2vGLZ3a
9. Population census within the last 10 years	Yes (2012)	http://bit.ly/2biOJXD
10. Availability of national health surveys	MICS5 (2014) DHS (2009) LSMS (1992)	http://mics.unicef.org /surveys http://bit.ly/2b8QVQa http://bit.ly/2biVhp2
11. Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths)	Unknown estimate for live births and deaths estimate is over 90% complete.	http://bit.ly/2aP7FN4
12. Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data	Yes, nationally		Using DHIS 2
13. Country has national statistics office	Yes	http://bit.ly/2bj1Xnm
14. National health statistics report (annual)	Available but not current	In-country contact	Ministry of Public Health's Statistical Bulletin
15. Country has website for health statistics with latest data available	Yes, undated and has no recent health report	http://www.health.gov.gy
16. DQA conducted on prioritized indicators aligned with most recent health sector strategy	Not available	In-country contact	HIV DQA will be conducted next year, and a DQA on TB indicator may be added.
17. PRISM assessment conducted in any regions/districts	Not conducted	http://bit.ly/2aZIEO0	Country is not listed.
18. Percentage of facilities represented in HMIS information	Not available	In-country contact	There is no central health information system where all data is housed. Each program has its own database.
19. Proportion (facility, district, national) offices using data for setting targets and monitoring	Unknown
20. Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF	WHO/UNICEF estimate = 98%; Official government estimate = 98%	http://bit.ly/2bkuE5u	See page 8 of WHO/UNICEF estimates of immunization coverage: 2018 revision
21. Number of institutional deliveries available by district, and published within 12 months of preceding year	Unknown
22. Existence of policies, laws, and regulations mandating public and private health facilities/ providers to report indicators determined by the national HIS	Unknown
23. Availability of standards/guidelines for RHIS data collection, reporting, and analysis	Unknown
24. Presence of procedures to verify the quality of data (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) reported	Unknown
25. RHIS data collection forms allow for disaggregation by gender	Unknown
26. At least one national health account completed in last 5 years	Unknown
27. National database with health workers by district and main cadres updated within last 2 years	Unknown
28. Annual data on availability of tracer medicines and commodities in public and private health facilities	Unknown
29. e-health strategy	Unknown
30. Completeness of disease surveillance reporting	Unknown

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