The Roadmap for Health Measurement and Accountability and Call to Action

Introduction The Roadmap for Health Measurement and Accountability and Call to Action were released before the MA4Health Summit on 09 June 2015 They provided the platform for discussions during the Summit to support effective measurement and accountability systems for health programs at the country level Both were endorsed by countries, global health leaders, civil society and development partners at the Summit.

There is growing demand for timely and accurate health data at the global, country, and local levels Challenges related to a) insufficient investment, b) lack of capacity, and c) limited access and utilization of data, remains. The Roadmap aims to ensure that countries have necessary information and capacity to plan, manage and measure health programs, as well as monitor and achieve health goals. Why the Roadmap?

Roadmap to Improved Health Measurement Reporting and Status Create enabling global environment Global public goods Move to country-led approach Global reviews of country progress Strengthen supply of quality data o Civil registration and vital statistics o Census and program of household surveys o Health facility and community information o Disease surveillance o Health system sources (Quality, HR, Finance, Drugs, Infrastructure) o Non-health sector (nutrition, education, WASH, environment) Build demand for quality data o Subnational, National and International o Clinical and population health programs Create enabling country environment Strengthen: information governance & key national institutions (Health, Statistics, CRVS) Agree: eHealth architecture and data standards Increased use of data Improves quality Goal by 2030, countries will have the necessary information to measure and achieve health goals set nationally and in the SDGs.

Theme 1: Lessons learned and gaps in terms of health monitoring and accountability? Theme 2: Effective Systems to implement the post agenda Theme 3: Investment priorities to produce desired results, based on literature review Theme 4: Roles and responsibilities of DPs, government, CSO, media and academics to sound monitoring of results and accountability of the post agenda? Roadmap Themes

Roadmap Milestones for PhaseCountry ActionsTarget Year Endorsement and consensus 5 countries completed HIS investment plan 2015 Agree health related SDGs countries completed HIS investment plan countries completed HIS investment plan 2017 Investments in country HIS and accountability plans 35 countries completed HIS investment plan 2018 … roughly 10 additional countries completed HIS investment plan every year … countries completed HIS investment plan 2024 Sustainable measurement and accountability Joint health sector review (every year) Countdown Progress Report published2020, 2023, 2026, 2028, 2030

1.Increase the level and efficiency of investments by governments and development partners to strengthen the country health information system; 2.Strengthen country institutional capacity to collect, compile, share, disaggregate, analyze, disseminate, and use data at all levels of the health system; 3.Ensure that countries have well-functioning sources for generating population health data, including civil registration and vital statistics systems, tailored to country needs; 5-Point Call to Action

4.Maximize effective use of the data revolution to improve health facility and community information systems including disease and risk surveillance, empowering decision makers at all levels; 5.Promote country and global governance for accountability through monitoring at the facility, subnational, national, regional, and global levels, linked to the health-related SDGs. 5-Point Call to Action (contd.)

Following the endorsements at the MA4Health Summit, consultations and planning with countries will continue Scaled-up support for national leadership will come through collaboration across development partners and a focus on country-led approaches to strengthening country data sources and systems Bangladesh aims to organize the MA4Health follow on regional meeting in 2016, to share country experiences in implementing the Roadmap and Call to Action. Way Forward