THE National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) Director General, Dr Albina Chuwa, has reiterated the
importance of following rules and regulations in collection of
administrative data.
Speaking at a recent Regional Medical
Officers (RMOs) and District Medical Officers (DMOs)
meeting here, Dr
Chuwa said administrative data, including that of the health sector,
must follow rules and regulations. “We have moved from opinion based to
evidence based decision- making, so we need quality data to make right
decisions,” she said.
Dr Chuwa told the meeting that the only
way to address challenges facing collection of administrative data from
ministries, departments and agencies was to establish an integrated
database system or a one stop data centre which will be easily
accessible to stakeholders.
“For health sector, the data will comprise
all statistical information on births and deaths, number of medical
doctors and all health workers; their qualifications and experience,
available facilities, medicines and the like,” she explained.
She noted that among sources of health
statistics is administrative data, which like in other sectors; more
efforts were needed to strengthen its collection and management.
Dr Chuwa informed that the role of NBS was
to coordinate and provide guidance to ministries, departments and
agencies in order to make sure collection of administrative data was
done according to the laid down rules and regulations.
“Ministries and departments have
monitoring and evaluation units, which among their duties they collect
administrative data and our duty then is to provide them with technical
support to make sure the data collection process concurs with the law,”
she said.
The NBS boss named sources of health
statistics as Population and Housing Census, Social surveys like
Tanzania Demographic Survey (TDHS), Tanzania Malaria Indicator Survey
(TMIS) and Tanzania HIV Indicator Survey (THIS).
She mentioned other sources of data as
Tanzania Service Provision Assessment (TzSPA), Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics (CRVS), Health Management Information System (HMIS),
Health Insurance Systems, National Accounts and supportive supervisions.
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