The Palgrave Handbook of Global Health Data Methods for Policy and Practice

This handbook compiles methods for gathering, organizing and disseminating data to inform policy and manage health systems worldwide. Contributing authors describe national and international structures for generating data and explain the relevance of ethics, policy, epidemiology, health economics, demography, statistics, geography and qualitative methods to describing population health. The reader, whether a student of global health, public health practitioner, programme manager, data analyst or policymaker, will appreciate the methods, context and importance of collecting and using global health data.

About the Author

Sarah Macfarlane is Emerita Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Institute of Global Health Sciences at the University of California San Francisco in the United States. She has collaborated with individuals and institutions worldwide to build health information, surveillance and statistical systems. Carla AbouZahr is a senior technical adviser to the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her career in global health includes over 20 years with the World Health Organization working with country and international partners to strengthen health information systems.