Tajikistan - Improving Statistics for Children's Births and Deaths

The Government of Tajikistan has identified improving maternal and child health (MCH) as key priorities in its new Health Sector Strategy for 2010-2020. The Government recognizes that improving MCH outcomes is critical to achieve the Millennium Dev...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Health Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AGED ARI BABY BASIC HEALTH BEDS BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD BIRTH CHILD DEATH CHILD DEATHS CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY ESTIMATES CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHILDBIRTH CHILDBIRTHS CHILDHOOD CITIES CITIZENSHIP COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS DEATH CERTIFICATES DEATH RATES DECISION MAKING DELIVERY COMPLICATIONS DEPENDENCY RATIO DIAGNOSES DIARRHEA DISSEMINATION DIVORCE DOCTOR DOCTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY ELDERLY WOMEN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FATHER FATHERS FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GLOBAL HEALTH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HEALTH ADMINISTRATION HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CARE WORKERS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH RESULTS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SECTOR REFORM HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH STATUS HEALTH STRATEGY HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HIV HOME DELIVERIES HOME VISITS HOSPITAL HOSPITAL DISCHARGE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMMUNIZATION INCOME INFANT INFANT DEATH INFANT DEATHS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INTEGRATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAWS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES MALES MASS COMMUNICATION MATERIAL RESOURCES MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE MATERNITY HOSPITALS MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL FACILITY MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICAL STAFF MEDICAL STATISTICS MIGRANT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHERS MUSCLES NATIONAL LEVEL NEWBORN NEWBORNS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF DEATHS NURSES PATIENT PATIENTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE PNEUMONIA POOR FAMILIES POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION FUND POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE PRACTITIONERS PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS PUNITIVE MEASURES QUALITY CARE QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF SERVICES REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICT RURAL POPULATIONS SCHOOL ENROLMENT SCHOOL YEAR SMALL VILLAGES SPECIALIST SPOUSE STILLBIRTH TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY TETANUS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UMBILICAL CORD UNDER FIVE MORTALITY UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNFPA UNIONS URBAN AREAS VACCINES VITAL SIGNS VITAL STATISTICS WOMAN WOMEN IN LABOR WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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Summary:	The Government of Tajikistan has identified improving maternal and child health (MCH) as key priorities in its new Health Sector Strategy for 2010-2020. The Government recognizes that improving MCH outcomes is critical to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for maternal and child health over the next four years. Tajikistan's data on most of the MDG indicators for maternal and child health can be improved significantly. The Government's ability to track its progress and to take action to ensure the achievement of its MDGs will be considerably bolstered by access to reliable data on childbirths, child mortality and others factors that affect these outcomes. To improve data reporting, data collection needs to be consistent in its methods and sources, which is currently not the case. As a result, health facilities and national agencies' reports diverge significantly from the results of nationally representative surveys. With this in mind, the study therefore set out to identify the main factors affecting two specific areas of Tajikistan's Health Information System-namely the child birth and death registration system as well as the possible steps to address them. The analysis reveals a number of issues that are key constraints to the further development of the vital statistics system in Tajikistan, particularly in the specific area of registration of births and deaths. Most of these go well beyond the health sector's span and call for broader action by the Government in order to be effectively and comprehensively addressed. The most important is the absence of clear leadership and ownership among the Government agencies for the issues related to accurate vital statistics. In view of this, there are several priority actions that have to be taken over the short to medium term by the Government and its key agencies to improve this situation. The most critical action is to clearly establish one Government agency to undertake the overall coordination, responsibility and ownership on the issue of vital statistics.

Tajikistan - Improving Statistics for Children's Births and Deaths

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