Assessing data availability of NCD prevention and control in six ASEAN countries based on WHO global monitoring framework and the progress monitor indicators
Issued Date
2023-12-01
Resource Type
eISSN
14712458
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85147613685
Pubmed ID
36750861
Journal Title
BMC Public Health
Volume
23
Issue
1
Rights Holder(s)
SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
BMC Public Health Vol.23 No.1 (2023)
Suggested Citation
Sornpaisarn B., Limmade Y., Pengpid S., Jayasvasti I., Chhoun P., Somphet V., Mustapha F.I., Kaung K.K., Chailek C., Bao T.Q., Rehm J. Assessing data availability of NCD prevention and control in six ASEAN countries based on WHO global monitoring framework and the progress monitor indicators. BMC Public Health Vol.23 No.1 (2023). doi:10.1186/s12889-023-15165-1 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/82024
Title
Assessing data availability of NCD prevention and control in six ASEAN countries based on WHO global monitoring framework and the progress monitor indicators
Author's Affiliation
KHANA
Ministry of Health Vitenam
University of Toronto
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Thailand Ministry of Public Health
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
Mahidol University
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
International SOS
University of Health Science
Ministry of Health and Sports
Ministry of Health Vitenam
University of Toronto
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Thailand Ministry of Public Health
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
Mahidol University
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
International SOS
University of Health Science
Ministry of Health and Sports
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Background: To tackle noncommunicable disease (NCD) burden globally, two sets of NCD surveillance indicators were established by the World Health Organization: 25 Global Monitoring Framework (GMF) indicators and 10 Progress Monitoring Indicators (PMI). This study aims to assess the data availability of these two sets of indicators in six ASEAN countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Methods: As data on policy indicators were straightforward and fully available, we focused on studying 25 non-policy indicators: 23 GMFs and 2 PMIs. Gathering data availability of the target indicators was conducted among NCD surveillance experts from the six selected countries during May-June 2020. Our research team found information regarding whether the country had no data at all, was using WHO estimates, was providing ‘expert judgement’ for the data, or had actual data available for each target indicator. We triangulated their answers with several WHO data sources, including the WHO Health Observatory Database and various WHO Global Reports on health behaviours (tobacco, alcohol, diet, and physical activity) and NCDs. We calculated the percentages of the indicators that need improvement by both indicator category and country. Results: For all six studied countries, the health-service indicators, based on responses to the facility survey, are the most lacking in data availability (100% of this category’s indicators), followed by the health-service indicators, based on the population survey responses (57%), the mortality and morbidity indicators (50%), the behavioural risk indicators (30%), and the biological risk indicators (7%). The countries that need to improve their NCD surveillance data availability the most are Cambodia (56% of all indicators) and Lao PDR (56%), followed by Malaysia (36%), Vietnam (36%), Myanmar (32%), and Thailand (28%). Conclusion: Some of the non-policy GMF and PMI indicators lacked data among the six studied countries. To achieve the global NCDs targets, in the long run, the six countries should collect their own data for all indicators and begin to invest in and implement the facility survey and the population survey to track NCDs-related health services improvements once they have implemented the behavioural and biological Health Risks Population Survey in their countries.