WORK GROUP # 2

1. WORK GROUP # 2

2. How to lead in country teams to gather the information: Baseline for these indicators in the countries, what are the limitations, if they may be solved • Need to standardized the period of years (2000-2004). • Data should come form MH. • However, having information annually permits to better identify trend that having it every five years and average it. • Since countries are preparing the chapter of HCA it is important to compatibilize information. Data overlapping is a risk. This should be worked out due to lack of human resources. • Need to standardized concepts, such as urban. Although WHO has a definition and has been provided in the glossary, participants agree that should be left to the countries. The census could be a good tool. • There should be more disaggregated information in terms of ethnicity. In some countries some identities are misinterpreted. For example, in the case of the creole population in Belize. • It would be challenging to get the information in terms of migration, and it is presumed that there will be considerably under reporting. • Gender should not be referred in terms of sex. Therefore it is foreseen a major problem for interpretation. Also the concept of gender should not be misinterpreted as applicable only to women.

3. Table 2 • Need a standard case definition of influenza, since many countries do not have laboratory capacity to confirm, the issue becomes complicated. What is reported to CAREC may be useful (suspected cases, not confirmed). • However, the question is if you really want to report influenza since many cases go underreported. • Need to put a cancer register in place to report neoplasm. • Inclusion of prostate cancer is a suggestion, if it can be reported. • Question of value of having two indicators for TB, justifiable from an epidemiological view. • Co-infections TB and HIV should also be included. Table 3 • Same comments about the periods. • Challenge will be to gather information on ethnicity. This comment applies to all sections were ethnicity is required. • Not all countries have national data on domestic violence. • This also applies to data on depression.

4. Table 5 • How the reporting could serve for interventions. Some countries have committees. However it is a difficult process since planning is year by year and this attempts to the survival of the committee. • In each of the MDGs there should be a core set of specific key indicators. The table it set up as a narrative with no comparative value. Table 9 • Same comment about ethnicity. • Drinking water should be defined as potable water. Conclusions • Gender and diversity perspective should be applied to the development of indicators in order to ensure that we fully aligned to the MDGs in terms of gender equality. There should be a next phase to discuss methodological and conceptualization components. • There is also a need to create spaces for men and women to discuss gender equity related issues.