More on data and evidence

Timely, credible, reliable, and actionable data are key to ensure that political decisions are data driven and facilitate understanding, monitoring, and forecasting.

Furthermore, the combination of disaggregated data, nonclassical datasets (demographics, genetics, social and family history, lifestyle, socioeconomics, and environment), and big data solutions can help to reveal patterns and enable precise targeting of decisions and measures.

The WHO Regional Office for Europe’s work on supporting Member States in strengthening their health information systems through producing solid health intelligence and institutionalized mechanisms for evidence-informed policy-making.