Health Information Booklet 2013

The Ministry of Health through the Department of Policy and Planning is pleased to share the Health Information Booklet 2013 publication which marks the eighteenth edition.

The department continues to enhance efforts in ensuring the provision of accurate, timely and reliable health statistical information that serves as useful reference to policy makers, planners, healthcare providers, researchers and to the public at large. This is also in meeting the needs for monitoring of our health indicators which aligns with the Millennium Development Goals and in providing health data that are regularly reported to international organisations particularly the World Health Organisation (WHO).

This 2013 publication has incorporated additional information such as relating to Pharmacy Services, Maternal and Child Health Services, Hospital Specialist Services Attendances, and Age Standardised Mortality Rate of Noncommunicable Diseases.

The implementation of the Brunei Darussalam Healthcare Information Management System (Bru-HIMS) also contributes to enhancing the efficiency of data collection process and that health information can be easily and timely accessed, hence also improving the quality of health information publication in the future.