Forty-ninth Regional Committee for Europe: Florence, 13 - 17 September 1999: Health for all indicators for monitoring and evaluation of Health21

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION R e g io n a l O f fic e fo r E u r o pe C o p e n h a g e n RESOLUTION EUR/RC49/R10 16 September 1999 13709 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH H e a l t h f o r A l l In d i c a t o r s f o r M o n it o r in g a n d E v a l u a t i o n o f H e a l t h 21 The Regional Committee, Having considered document EUR/RC49/7 on health for all (HFA) indicators for monitoring and evaluation o f HEALTH21; Recalling resolution W HA39.7 which in ter a lia decides that reporting on monitoring progress towards HFA should be every three years; Recalling resolution EUR/RC48/R5 on the health for all policy framework for the European Region for the 21st century; 1. ENDORSES the regional HFA indicators that have been elaborated and the proposed simplification o f the HFA monitoring exercise 2000-2001, specifically related to the distinction between monitoring and evaluation; 2. URGES Member States: a) to ensure that the appropriate mechanisms are developed or existing ones used to carry out efficiently HFA monitoring and evaluation in their countries in accordance with the needs o f health policy development at different levels; REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE Forty-ninth session, Florence, 13 – 17 Septem ber 1999 b) to provide the Regional Office with statistical data and other relevant information, in accordance with the proposed timetable and procedure; c) to seek the Regional O ffice’s support as necessary for the implementation o f these activities; d) to continue to support the Regional Office in its efforts to improve the use and international comparability o f HFA data; 3. REQUESTS the Regional Director: a) to transmit all relevant documents, together with the report o f the forty-ninth session o f the Regional Committee, to the Director-General for the purpose o f coordinating regional and global strategy; b) to assist in strengthening the potential o f national information systems in order to promote greater interaction in the Region between the activities o f WHO and those o f all other bodies concerned, in order to stimulate comparability o f data requirements and standards amongst them; c) to initiate the HFA monitoring exercise in 2000 and to report the results o f that exercise to the Regional Committee at its fifty-first session. EUR/RC49/R10 p ag e 2