Global Health Data Exchange

1. Global Health Data Exchange
A global health data catalog
to create data transparency and access
April 27, 2011
Peter Speyer
Director of Data Development

2. It starts with data
Better health
Decisions
Evidence
IHME
Data
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3. It starts with data
Better health
Decisions
Evidence
Data
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4. Broad range of data types
Health-related data that provide
information about population health and its determinants
Population Health services Results
• Censuses • Health records • Research
results
• Surveys and • Administrative
surveillance records • Databases
• Vital statistics • Registries
• Measurements
& covariates
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5. A new resource
Population level
Finding data
data
Health services Data Getting access to
data catalog data
Getting more
Results data information about
data
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6. Objective Solution
Usability Intuitive to use
Transparency Make it easy to find data
Access Make data easy to accessible
Connect data users and data
Community
producers (Phase 2)
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7. GHDx and GIS
• Map data availability by territory
• Identify availability of data for any geography
o By time
o By keyword
• Identify areas with insufficient data coverage
• Contrast health indicators with data availability
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8. It starts with data
Better health
Decisions
Evidence
Data
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9. Mapping IHME’s results
Objectives
• Make IHME’s results more accessible
• Enable interaction with the data
• Visualize estimates by country
o Comparable across countries and time
o Compare two indicators
• Collect feedback
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10. Questions?
Peter Speyer
speyer@uw.edu
@peterspeyer
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