Measuring results of humanitarian action: adapting public health indicators to different contexts.

ABSTRACT: Humanitarian crises represent a significant public health risk factor for affected populations exacerbating mortality, morbidity, disabilities, and reducing access to and quality of health care. Reliable and timely information on the health status of and services provided to crisis-affected populations is crucial to establish public health priorities, mobilize funds, and monitor the performance of humanitarian action. Numerous efforts have contributed to standardizing and presenting timely public health information in humanitarian settings over the last two decades. While the prominence of process and output (rather than outcome and impact) indicators in monitoring frameworks leads to adequate information on resources and activities, health outcomes are rarely measured due to the challenge

SUBMITTER: Altare C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9569100 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature