Data helps health plans

THE Catholic church health services (CCHS) with the support of the Papua New Guinea-Australia partnership is improving and strengthening its reporting mechanisms on sexual and reproductive health services in the country.
CCHS data helps the Government make informed decisions about health service delivery including access to proper treatment.
A three-day workshop on effective data collection, analysis and reporting was held for 11 Catholic health officers last month.
Catholic health services programme manager Graham Apian said it would ensure accurate information on HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was collected and reported to the Health Department.
“By providing accurate information, we help people living with HIV to continue their treatment,” he said.
“When we collect information and report it correctly to the Department of Health, it informs the Government how the country is performing in health.
“Reports from our provincial health centres contribute to HIV and national health reporting, which in turn, feeds into the health indicators and sector performance reviews for the entire country.”
This was the second of three workshops conducted by the Catholic church health services and the Australasian society for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexual health medicine.