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. 2014 May;107(1 Suppl):28–33. doi: 10.1177/0141076814528690

Table 1.

National health information systems in 14 sub-Saharan African countries, 2009.

Category Not functional (%) Not adequate (%) Present but not adequate (%) Adequate (%) Highly adequate (%)
I. Resources 53
 Policy and planning 44
 Human and financial resources 48
 Infrastructure 66
II. Indicators 73
III. Data sources 56
 Census 63
 Vital statistics 36
 Surveys 77
 Health and disease records 54
 Health service records 59
 Administrative resource records 48
IV. Data management 41
V. Information products 63
 Health status 72
 Mortality 64
 Morbidity 79
 Health systems 59
 Risk factors 57
VI. Dissemination and use 57
 Analysis and use 64
 Policy and advocacy 58
 Planning and priority-setting 57
 Resource allocation 50
 Implementation and action 56