TY - GEN DP - http://iris.who.int/ DB - WHO IRIS AU - World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean AB - Evidence-based information is crucial to enable assessment of health status and monitoring of trends. It describes the determinants of health and identifies gaps and potential paths for development. The health information system is part of a health system and supports the implementation of its major functions at various levels. The quality of health information reflects both the quality of data collection and analysis and the efforts to make use of the information to support management and policy development LA - en UR - https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/116509 DA - 2006 PY - 2006 SE - 1 sheet ; 20 cm. M1 - WHO-EM/HST/203/E TI - Demographic, social and health indicators for countries of the Eastern Mediterranean, 2007 KW - Health Status Indicators N2 - Evidence-based information is crucial to enable assessment of health status and monitoring of trends. It describes the determinants of health and identifies gaps and potential paths for development. The health information system is part of a health system and supports the implementation of its major functions at various levels. The quality of health information reflects both the quality of data collection and analysis and the efforts to make use of the information to support management and policy development ER -