Report of the 2nd meeting of focal points of the Small Countries Health Information Network (SCHIN)

Small countries with big progress in health information

12 October 2016, Monaco

The second meeting of focal points of the Small Countries Health Information Network (SCHIN) was convened by the WHO Regional Office for Europe within the context of the Third High-level Meeting of Small Countries on 12 October 2016, in Monaco. The aim of the meeting was to discuss developments since the last meeting, to follow up on the work items agreed at the first meeting, and to agree on further action points. The outcome of the meeting was an update of the action plan, and agreement on how to proceed with statistical methods for rolling averages to deal with the statistical challenges of having only a few cases, and to address a core set of health indicators in 2017.