Providing health intelligence to meet local needs: a practical guide to serving local and urban communities through public health observatories

This practical guide makes the case for the use of local public health observatories. It goes through key considerations for developing one, as well as ways to ensure effective functioning. It includes successful case studies of the London Health Observatory and the City of Juárez Observatory. The resource is useful for local government agencies in health and other sectors, academia, civil society organizations and individuals who are planning, developing or sustaining a public health observatory (PHO) designed to provide information and intelligence on local and urban populations
 

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Design Guide | 2014

Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: City | Author/Publisher: WHO Centre for Health Development (‎‎‎Kobe, Japan)