Health Information Systems in the Pacific at a Glance 2016

This report provides a 2016 snapshot of the status of national health information systems (HIS) in the Pacific. The Meeting on Strengthening Health Information Systems in the Pacific organized by the Pacific Health Information Network (PHIN), the Pacific Community (SPC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) was held in Nadi, Fiji, in May 2016. It was a timely meeting as the heads of health had ratified the Healthy Islands Monitoring Framework in April 2016, leaving HIS professionals to work out the mechanisms by which the indicators would be collected and reported. The PHIN meeting provided an opportunity for countries to reflect on some of the challenges and opportunities for strengthening HIS, with the end goal of being able to monitor accurately and report on the health of their nations.