Senegal: HIS Indicators
As of August 2019, we had located 27 of the 30 indicators for Senegal. Please see the table below for more details on each indicator.
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National health strategy** |
Health sector M&E plan |
HIS strategic plan** |
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Country has set of core health indicators |
Country has master facility list** |
Conducted HMN assessment |
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Population census within the last 10 years |
Availability of national health surveys |
Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths) |
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Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data |
Country has national statistics office |
National health statistics report (annual)** |
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Country has website for health statistics with latest data available |
DQA conducted on prioritized indicators aligned with most recent health sector strategy |
PRISM assessment conducted in any regions/districts
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Percentage of facilities represented in HMIS information |
Proportion (facility, district, national) offices using data for setting targets and monitoring |
Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF |
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Number of institutional deliveries available by district, and published within 12 months of preceding year** |
Availability of standards/guidelines for RHIS data collection, reporting, and analysis |
Existence of policies, laws, and regulations mandating public and private health facilities/ providers to report indicators determined by the national HIS |
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Presence of procedures to verify the quality of data (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) reported |
RHIS data collection forms allow for disaggregation by gender |
At least one national health account completed in last 5 years
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National database with health workers by district and main cadres updated within last 2 years † |
Annual data on availability of tracer medicines and commodities in public and private health facilities |
Completeness of disease surveillance reporting** |
** Outdated
† Available but percentage 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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1. National health strategy |
Not current (2009–2018)
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2. Health sector M&E plan |
Current (2009–2019) |
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3. HIS policy |
Unknown |
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4. HIS strategic plan |
Not current (2012–2016) |
Plan Stratégique du Système d'Information Sanitaire du Sénégal 2012–2016 HIS Strategic Plan 2012-2016 is in the process of revision; the new version will be dated from 2017 to 2021 |
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5. Country has set of core health indicators |
Yes (2009-2019) |
Indicators can be found inside the current M&E health sector plan on page 19-26 on a table named “Definition des indicateurs d’impact du PNDS.” |
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6. National HIS coordinating body |
Not available (2018) |
In-country contact |
As of May 2018, this committee does not exist. The MOH plans to create such a committee this year (2018). |
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7. Country has master facility list |
Available, but not current (2017) |
In-country contact |
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8. Conducted HMN assessment |
Completed (2007) |
Rapport d’Évaluation du Système d’Information Sanitaire du Sénégal |
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9. Population census within the last 10 years |
Yes (2013) |
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10. Availability of national health surveys |
MICS5 (2015-2016) DHS (2017) |
Data and reports can be found on the links provided. |
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11. Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths) |
35.5% live births and 10.1% deaths. Source is not civil registration but considered reliable by UN Stats. |
Both data collected in 2013 (link). |
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12. Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data |
Yes, sub-nationally |
DHIS 2 is in pilot stage. |
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13. Country has national statistics office |
Yes |
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14. National health statistics report (annual) |
Available, but not current (2015) |
In-country contact |
National health statistic report is produced each year, but the last version is from 2015. The draft for the 2016 national health statistics report is in progress. |
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15. Country has website for health statistics with latest data available |
Yes, but does not have recent health report |
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16. DQA conducted on prioritized indicators aligned with most recent health sector strategy |
Not available at a country level. Available for some indicators such as HIV and Malaria. |
In-country contact |
There is not a routinely data quality assessment at a country level for all HIS data. Usually, partner organizations conduct DQA on indicators aligned with the indicators of their program (eg tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV). This is sometimes done be done on a yearly basis. |
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17. PRISM assessment conducted in any regions/districts |
Conducted (2013) |
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18. Percentage of facilities represented in HMIS information |
Available 95% |
In-country contact |
The numerator come from DHIS2 and the denominator from Master file list. |
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19. Proportion (facility, district, national) offices using data for setting targets and monitoring |
Available |
In-country contact |
Yearly Work Plan is developed by each District, Region medical, Public Hospital, and Directorate. |
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20. Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF |
WHO/UNICEF estimate= 82%; Official government estimate= 82% |
See page 12 of WHO/UNICEF estimates of immunization coverage: 2018 revision |
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21. Number of institutional deliveries available by district, and published within 12 months of preceding year |
Available, but not current (2016) 41.4% |
In-country contact |
Percentage of institutional deliveries such as hospitals, health center, health post and health clinics that published data within 12 months of preceding year (2016) |
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22. Existence of policies, laws, and regulations mandating public and private health facilities/ providers to report indicators determined by the national HIS |
Available |
In-country contact |
There is not a specific law, but the information flow is well defined in the main document of the DPRS related to the routine data. |
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23. Availability of standards/guidelines for RHIS data collection, reporting, and analysis |
Available |
In-country contact |
The report model, guidelines and norms are available DIHS2 Web site. |
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24. Presence of procedures to verify the quality of data (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) reported |
Available |
In-country contact |
Data quality assessment is done but not systematically. Partner organizations use DQA for the data they report, and this is done annually without support from the MOH. Global fund supports the data quality assessment annually for Malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. |
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25. RHIS data collection forms allow for disaggregation by gender |
Available |
In-country contact |
The data collection form in routine health information focus on gender disaggregation if needed. |
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26. At least one national health account completed in last 5 years |
Not available (2013) |
In-country contact |
National Health account report is regularly produced by the MOH. |
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27. National database with health workers by district and main cadres updated within last 2 years |
Available and current (2017), but percentage unknown
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In-country contact |
The database of HR in the “Carte sanitaire” is updated each year, the last update was in February 2017, In 2014 the iHRIS was implemented and slightly a third of health workers are registered, but the information has not been updated since then. |
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28. Annual data on availability of tracer medicines and commodities in public and private health facilities |
Available |
In-country contact
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There is a web-based information system managing all the information and statistic of related to drug and commodity in public services. |
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29. e-health strategy |
Not available |
Can be found indicated on page 1 section 1 of the WHO eHealth country profile for Senegal |
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30. Completeness of disease surveillance reporting |
Not current (2016) Completeness: 92.8%; Timeliness: 85.7% |
Can be found on page 2 of the Surveillance Integree des Maladies et Riposte (SIMR): Bulletin Epidémiologique Hebdomadaire Semaine 31 du 01/08/2016 au 07/08/2016 – ANNEE 2016 |
