Hypertension Indicators For Improving Quality And Coverage Of Services Virtual Meeting 1 2 March 2021

Hypertension indicators for improving quality and coverage of services, virtual meeting, 1–2 March 2021

On 1-2 March 2021, the World Health Organization convened representatives of Member States, experts and partners to review hypertension indicators in HEARTS Systems for Monitoring module for tracking performance of hypertension programme at health facility, subnational and national levels, and to provide concrete recommendation to enhance hypertension indicators for improving quality and coverage of services, considering clinical information needs and real-life challenges in patient and programme monitoring systems in countries. This technical report captures the meeting proceedings, conclusions and recommendations and proposes a revised set of core and additional hypertension indicators that countries can apply to their context which will address the following: 1. Inclusion of equity measures such as socio-demographic dimensions of hypertensive population. 2. Alignment with country-specific clinical protocols and targets. 3. Estimation of hypertensive population along the cascade of care. 4. Assessment of comorbidities and complications. 5. Long-term tracking of patients, minimizing losses to follow-up. 6. Continuous improvement of quality of clinical programme.

HYPERTENSION INDICATORS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY AND COVERAGE OF SERVICES: Virtual Meeting, 1-2 March 2021: REPORT.

Report on the technical expert meeting on selection and prioritization of noncommunicable disease primary care facility-based indicators, 9 February, 1-4 March 2022

On 9 February and 1–4 March 2022, the World Health Organization convened experts to review proposed indicators and prioritize the most technically sound, feasible facility-based indicators for strengthening noncommunicable disease patient and programme monitoring systems at national and subnational levels for evidence-informed management of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, diabetes, hypertension and cancers such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, childhood cancers and general cancers in primary care delivery settings. This technical report captures the meeting proceedings, conclusions, and recommendations and proposes the following actions to improve validity and feasibility indicators: 1. development of clearer, operationalized definitions of numerators and denominators of indicators for consistent measurement, 2. contextualization of indicators according to varying modalities in service delivery and infrastructure in countries, 3. engagement of stakeholders in setting the target for each indicator, 4. establishment of effective coordination mechanisms among health providers at different levels of care, and 5. strengthening of routine health information systems for individual tracking and programme management using appropriate technologies.