Health data ecosystem in Pakistan: a multisectoral qualitative assessment of needs and opportunities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Data are essential for tracking and monitoring of progress on health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs). But the capacity to analyse subnational and granular data is limited in low and middle-income countries. Although Pakistan lags behind on achieving several health-related SDGs, its health information capacity is nascent. Through an exploratory qualitative approach, we aimed to understand the current landscape and perceptions on data in decision-making among stakeholders of the health data ecosystem in Pakistan.

Design

We used an exploratory qualitative study design.

Setting

This study was conducted at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.

Participants

We conducted semistructured, in-depth interviews with multidisciplinary and multis

SUBMITTER: Mahmood S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10514666 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature