Office of Policy Development and Information Management About Us

OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

This programme is responsible for providing corporate leadership and management support to the Minister and the sector in responding to Government’s commitment to improving health outcomes through the provision of affordable, accessible and quality healthcare for all citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis. This is in addition to ensuring that such care is offered in an environment that is healthy and sustainable.
 Administration
 Health Information Unit

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
 To promote greater efficiency among staff and provide strategic management for the sector.

 To initiate/implement mechanisms to promote effective information management.

 To improve reporting mechanisms and the channels of communication with programmes.

 To facilitate legislative/regulatory/general health sector reforms

 To facilitate ongoing internal training and to source opportunities for external training

 To pursue partnerships with local, regional and international agencies.

 To manage projects aimed to improve infrastructure throughout the sector.

HEALTH INFORMATION UNIT

The Health Information Unit assume leadership in providing an information rich environment and in promoting the strategic role that routine information plays in planning and managing health services

The Health Information Unit is responsible for collating and processing all data related to vital and health statistics. The information obtained is not an end in itself, but a means to better decisions in policy design, health planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation of programmes and services including patient care, thus improving overall health service performance and outcome.

Given the health situation in the region in terms of the emergence of new health problems and the reemergence of old threats, major emphasis continue to be placed on the various disease surveillance programmes. Programmatic areas include surveillances in communicable disease (including HIV/AIDS, Expanded programme on Immunization); Public Health Laboratory Information System (PHLIS, for Enteric data); Non Communicable diseases (DM, HTN, CVD); and Mortality data.

 Pan American Health Organization Health Analysis

 Medical Statistics St.Kitts & Nevis

 Leading Cause Of Mortality

 St.Kitts & Nevis HIV/AIDS Statistics (year)

 St.Kitts & Nevis Fertility Data