Romina Boseli. “Working Party on Statistics (WP-Stat) Task Team on MNCH.” (English) Presentations to the Second Stakeholders Meeting on Implementing the Recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health, Ottawa. Session 3B: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems 21-22 November 2011

1. Working Party on Statistics
(WP-Stat) Task Team on
MNCH
Status Update

2. Role of the Working Party on Statistics
• Provides the public with reliable data on aid
through the DAC’s statistical systems, including
the annual DAC Aggregate Reporting System
and the Creditor Reporting System (CRS).
• Proposes and implements changes to ODA data
collection (purpose codes, policy markers, types
of aid).
• Collaborates with sectoral specialists to establish
definitions and guidelines.
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3. Current Reporting on ODA for Health
Health, general
012110: Health policy and administrative management
012181: Medical education/training
012182: Medical research
012191: Medical services
Basic Health
012220: Basic health care
012230: Basic health infrastructure
012240: Basic nutrition
012250: Infectious disease control
012261: Health education
012262: Malaria control
012263: Tuberculosis control
012281: Health personnel development
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4. Current Reporting on ODA for Health
Population policies/programs and reproductive health
013010: Population policy and administrative management
013020: Reproductive health care
013030: Family planning
013040: STD control including HIV/AIDS
013081: Personnel development for population and reproductive health
Full list of CRS purpose codes and definitions
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5. Mandate of the Working Party on
Statistics Task Team
9. Reporting aid for women’s and children’s health:
By 2012, development partners request the OECD-
DAC to agree on how to improve the Creditor
Reporting System so that it can capture, in a timely
manner, all reproductive, maternal, newborn and
child health spending by development partners. In
the interim, development partners and the OECD
implement a simple method for reporting such
expenditure.
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6. Working Party on Statistics Task Team
Meeting on MNCH
• Participants from donor countries (statisticians
and health experts), multilateral organizations,
and NGOs.
• Two options emerged for an RMNCH marker that
would allow tracking at project level.
• Definitions, guidelines, and examples to be
developed to ensure data integrity and
interpretation.
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7. Timelines & Next Steps
• Proposal for RMNCH marker to be presented at
informal meeting of the Working Party on Statistics in
February 2012 for discussion and elaboration.
• Final proposal presented to formal meeting of the
Working Party on Statistics in June 2012 for approval.
• Reporting could commence in 2013 on 2012 aid
flows.
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