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World Health Survey - India
Two major challenges face health policy-makers at the national and
international levels. The first is not new. As always,
decision-makers require timely, reliable information to fulfil their mandates
of improving the health of the populations they represent. The second
is new and exciting. The increased international and national attention
that has been focused on the role of health in human and economic development
has resulted in increasing resources being committed to improving health in
all settings.
This requires good quality baseline information on the outcomes
associated with the investment in health systems. It requires baseline
evidence on the way health systems are currently functioning, particularly on
current levels of effective coverage of key interventions. It
requires the ability to monitor inputs, functions, and outcomes over time and
to make the necessary modifications to strategies and policies.
Routine health information systems (HIS) provide some of this
information, although in many countries they remain weak. But in all
countries there are limitations and gaps in the type of policy-relevant
information that routine HIS can provide. Regular or occasional surveys
can supplement routine HIS to facilitate the task of monitoring health system
performance. Surveys can also play a vital role in developing the baseline
information required to assess the effect of increases in health resources on
the outcomes that people value and on the
way that system functions.
Accordingly WHO has implemented a survey program to compile
comprehensive baseline information on the health of populations.
It supplements routine HIS by providing regular or intermittent monitoring of
particular issues that cannot be undertaken by the routine HIS.
The survey offers a menu
of choices in modular form. Components can be chosen in varying combinations
depending on the information needs of the country. Countries can also
add additional components if they wish. More>…
 Reports
Workshops
Useful
Links
 WHO HQ
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Sampling Procedure (.pdf) Individual Questionnaire
(.zip) Household Questionnaire
(.zip) Institute conducting the
study Steering Committee Members
Research Team
Data File
(Open file in STATA)
World Health Survey - Global
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