Souarès Y, Sauve L
South Pacific Commission, Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia.
Clin Perform Qual Health Care. 1997 Apr-Jun;5(2):99-103.
The South Pacific has 22 diverse countries and territories that receive various levels of assistance, training, and financial support from International, regional, and national agencies. To support various aspects of these activities, the agencies currently request health data from the Pacific Island countries and territories on systematic bases in two major fields: health program monitoring and disease surveillance. There currently is little consultation or integration between the agencies. Communication exists mostly in terms of the exchange of various types of processed information such as reports, circulars, and other publications. The Interagency Meeting on Health Information Requirements in the South Pacific took place in December 1995 in Noumea, New Caledonia, to discuss the potential for more integration and cooperation in order to ease the pressure on the data providers (the countries) and to improve the relevance, quality, and timeliness of regional health information in the Pacific. As part of the effort to deal with the problems of both the pressure on data providers and the low quality and availability of good health information, we have developed methodological tools for evaluating both health indicators and diseases subject to surveillance in order to ascertain those most suitable for public health surveillance.
南太平洋地区有22个不同的国家和领土，它们接受来自国际、区域和国家机构的不同程度的援助、培训和财政支持。为了支持这些活动的各个方面，这些机构目前定期系统地向太平洋岛国和领土索取两个主要领域的卫生数据：卫生项目监测和疾病监测。目前各机构之间几乎没有协商或整合。沟通主要体现在各类处理过的信息（如报告、通知和其他出版物）的交换上。1995年12月，南太平洋卫生信息需求机构间会议在新喀里多尼亚努美阿举行，讨论加强整合与合作的可能性，以减轻数据提供者（各国）的压力，并提高太平洋区域卫生信息的相关性、质量和及时性。作为应对数据提供者压力以及优质卫生信息质量低下和可得性不足等问题的努力的一部分，我们开发了评估卫生指标和监测疾病的方法工具，以确定那些最适合公共卫生监测的指标和疾病。
