1. NATIONAL INTEGRATED FEEDBACK REPORT – 2013
This National Integrated Feedback report on DHIS has been developed
from DHIS data containing information for both curative and preventive
care services for the year 2013. This information is gathered from 110
districts of the country through DHIS computerized data processing
system. This report has been prepared by analyzing 77,716 monthly
reports received from all over country There is an analysis of 118.68
million OPD visits made to the health facilities. This report provides an
analytical overview of selected health indicators pertaining priority health
problems, utilization of health services, MNCH/ EmONC services and some
administrative information like human resources for health.
NATIONAL DISEASE TREND OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES-2014
This ‘Trend Analysis of Communicable disease Report’ is based n DHIS
data. This is the first report of its kind where DHIS data has been used
instead of specialized surveys and studies. This report focuses on diseases
like Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI), Diarrhea/ Dysentery, Pneumonia,
T.B suspected, Suspected Malaria etc for the year 2013. This information is
gathered from 111 districts of the country, after analyzing data from
90,615 monthly reports from throughout the country. On the whole,
138.16 million total visits were recorded. This included both government
managed PHC facilities and Secondary level hospitals. Out of this total
analysis of 62.17 million OPD visits (ie. 45%) belonged to communicable
diseases.
REVIEW OF DISTRICT HOSPITALS IN PUNJAB – 2011
This report has been compiled from District Health Information System
(DHIS) data for the year 2010. Here the DHIS data is gathered from 29
DHQ hospitals, 12 Civil Hospitals and 72 THQ hospitals. The most
significant factor is that this report has been prepared by compiling more
than 735 monthly records submitted by 113 secondary hospitals. This
provides an analysis of 18.639 Million OPD visits. This gives an analytical
overview of selected health indicates relating to priority health problems,
utilization of health services, MNCH and EmONC services and human
source for health
Lead/ Participation in
Major National Reports/ Studies/ Surveys Organized.

2. 3rd GLOBAL EHEALTH BASELINE SURVEY 2014 (PAKISTAN CHAPTER)
This is a Global Report on status of use of Health Informatics. This is
based on a results from 64-countries. This demonstrates the vital role
that information and communication technologies (ICTs) and
particularly eHealth are playing in helping achieve the MDG targets .
The Pakistan Chapter demonstrates how by using several in country
initiatives eHealth is saving the lives of women, their babies and
infants in some of the most vulnerable populations in the country. A
wide variety of methods including telehealth, telemedicine, mhealth,
elearning, electronic health records (EHR) are being used in a wide
variety of innovative ways.
ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH - 2009.
This was a National assessment study where all the provinces were
included. Human Resource for Health are very crucial for an effective
delivery of health care delivering system. The current report
summarizes the findings and provides interpretations and
recommendations for the development of HRH. This gives an overview
of HR availability, deployment, distribution, training and migration etc.
Our analysis for the number and distribution of workers is focused on
the front line public health care workers only. This also evaluates the
area of job satisfaction and work environment in both public and
private health workers.
MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH COVERAGE SURVEY REPORT NOV. 2009
This provides an assessment of Mother and Child health Services in 60 districts
of the Country. Among these 60 districts 18 were from Punjab, 15 from Sindh,
12 from KPK, 11 from Balochistan, 3 from AJK and 1 from ICT. Selection of
these district was done through systematic random sampling within each
province.
A modified version of field questionnaire was introduced to capture more
specific information from a total 12,600 mothers during the MCH Services
monitoring survey. This helped in evalauting the services. In this report this
opportunity was dully availed by making comparative analysis of MCH
indicators from 29 districts, where similar previous surveys was carried our
both during April 2009 and November 2009 Rounds.

3. ASSESSMENT OF PAKISTAN’S PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
This study was organized in coordination with WB/CDC, WHO and some other
partners. Where HMIS/IDSP Cell was given the task of over all coordination. The
assessment considers three major areas of public health surveillance: 1)
communicable diseases, 2) vital registration with a focus on maternal and infant
mortality, and 3) non-communicable disease and risk factors. The following
recommendations are made:
1) Establish discrete surveillance units at federal, provincial and district levels.
2)Develop a legal framework that mandates notification of priority disease by all
health sectors. 3) Surveillance and response activities must be functionally
integrated across programs. 4) Build health workers capacity for improved
surveillance, disease prevention/ control 5) Develop a public health laboratory
network.
Collaborative Reports
NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM REVIEW – Pakistan -2012.
The health system in Pakistan is currently going through several reforms at the
federal, provincial and district levels .All this is being done to improve the
delivery of health services to the population. Towards this end WHO fielded a
mission to Pakistan from February 19-28, 2007 purpose was to initiate a policy
dialogue with the Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan and its
development partners on key issues related to the development of the health
system in the country. This report was one of the deliverables of this activity
which was coordinated by National HMIS cell. This was followed up with the
development of proposals for implementation for the strengthening of various
health system components in Pakistan.
NATIONAL STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
A final draft of National strategic Framework on Disease Surveillance was prepared
by National HMIS Cell. This is like Ten years Vision document and five years plan.
The objectives of integrated Disease Surveillance Program were to establish a
decentralized system of surveillance for communicable and Non-Communicable
Diseases. Integration of existing surveillance activities so as to avoid duplication and
facilitate sharing of information across all disease control program.
This document besides other infrastructural requirements of an efficient
standardized National Surveillance System, it emphasizes on human resource
development for disease surveillance, strengthening public health laboratories
network for supporting surveillance systems along with communication and IT
Support. This document also includes non-communicable disease surveillance, vital
events registration system and legal framework for surveillance.