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A world that counts : mobilising the data revolution for sustainable development [1]

UNITED NATIONS (UN) INDEPENDENT EXPERT ADVISORY GROUP ON A DATA REVOLUTION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (IEAG)

November 2014

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This report highlights two big global challenges for the current state of data: whole groups of people are not being counted and important aspects of people’s lives and environmental conditions are still not measured; and there are huge and growing inequalities in access to data and information, and in the ability to use it. The report makes specific recommendations on how to address these challenges, calling for a UN-led effort to mobilise the data revolution for sustainable development: fostering and promoting innovation to fill data gaps; mobilising resources to overcome inequalities between developed and developing countries and between data-poor and data-rich people; leadership and coordination to enable the data revolution to play its full role in the realisation of sustainable development

The state of the world's children 2014 in numbers : every child counts [2]

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF)

January 2014

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This report highlights the critical role data and monitoring play in realising children’s rights. It presents an updated compendium of statistics and data (which has been produced thirty years after the initial report) relating to the position of children throughout the world but particularly within the Global South. The data indicators cover a vast range: from demography, health and education, to rate of progression, child mortality, and disparities by household wealth. It emphasises that credible data, disseminated effectively and used correctly, make change possible to target interventions that help right the wrong of exclusion by identifying needs, supporting advocacy, gauging progress and holding duty bearers to account

Sustaining human development : addressing NCDs and disability across the lifecourse [3]

THE NCD ALLIANCE

et al

2013

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This report explores three interconnected global trends — a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the rising prevalence of disability, and changing global population demographics (including rapidly ageing populations). The report highlights that there issues were collectively neglected as policy priorities during the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It stresses that the unique opportunity to ensure a future framework that fully integrates NCDs, that goals and targets drive progress for all people including persons with disabilities, and that a lifecourse and rights-based approach underpins all goals and targets to ensure no one is left behind

Ageing in the twenty-first century : a celebration and a challenge [4]

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNPF)

HELP AGE INTERNATIONAL

2012

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"This report, a collaborative effort of the United Nations and other major international organizations working in the area of population ageing, sheds light on progress towards implementing this Plan. It aims to raise awareness about the speed of population ageing and, more generally, about the experience of being old in our changing world. It recommends moving urgently to incorporate ageing issues into national development plans and poverty reduction strategies. It also shows that abuse, neglect and violence against older persons are much more prevalent than currently acknowledged, and points the way towards more effective prevention strategies and stronger legislation that can protect their human rights"

World Health Statistics 2012 [5]

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)

2012

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"World Health Statistics 2012 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets. This year, it also includes highlight summaries on the topics of noncommunicable diseases, universal health coverage and civil registration coverage"
Note: The summary brochure, full report, report in English by section, the indicator compendium and printed copy order forms are available from the link above

Call for the recognition of ageing, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in the 2011 UN Summit on NCDs [6]

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE INTERNATIONAL

et al

2011

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This joint position paper highlights that ageing and the associated risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is a key factor for the 21st century’s social and economic sustainability and should therefore be an essential component of the UN’s NCD considerations. This paper outlines seven related considerations for the UN Summit on NCDs and highlights eight recommendations. This paper is useful to anyone interested in NCDs and ageing

World health statistics 2010 [7]

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

2010

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This annual compilation of health-related data for the World Health Organization's 193 member states, includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets

IDF diabetes atlas [8]

UNWIN, Nigel

et al

2010

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This report presents evidence that diabetes is a global epidemic. It contains comprehensive information in the following sections: What is diabetes?; The Global Burden; Regional Overviews; Diabetes and Development; Linking Local to Global; Resources and Solutions; References; Additional Resources. This report is useful for health professionals, scientists, economists, policy-makers, and national and international agencies

World health statistics 2009 [9]

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)

2009

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This book contains WHO’s annual compilation of data from its 193 Member States, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and targets. This edition also contains a new section on reported cases of selected infectious diseases. An online version of this publication and metadata describing the sources, estimation methods and the quality of estimates is available at http://www.who.int/statistics. The online version will be regularly updated as new data become available during 2009

Culture, HIV & AIDS : an annotated bibliography [10]

NGUYEN, Vinh-Kim

et al

2006

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10/03/2008

The state of world population 2005. The promise of equality : gender equity, reproductive health and the Millennium Development Goals [11]

UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)

2005

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This edition of UNFPA's annual report explores the extent to which the world is meeting the targets outlined in the Millennium Development Goals. It assesses progress, examines shortfalls and provides examples of interventions that have resulted in improvements in the lives of individuals, in families and countries. It highlights the importance of women's education, access to reproductive health services and stopping gender-based violence

Briefing note on the collection and dissemination of disability statistics [12]

UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS STATISTICS DIVISION, DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS BRANCH

August 2004

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The first two sections of this briefing note highlight the importance of disability data collection and dissemination, and describe the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics. The third section contains international recommendations and a framework for the collection, dissemination and measurement of disability data. The final section presents training workshops on the methodology, collection and analysis of data on disability organized by the United Nations Statistics Division to improve national capacity. This resource would be useful for those who work with disability data and statistics

Popline [13]

CENTER FOR COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

June 2003

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This bibliographic database on reproductive health provides more than 300,000 citations with abstracts of scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the fields of population, family planning, and related health issues. It has numerous special features including links to free, full-text documents; the ability to limit your search to peer-reviewed journal articles; and many abstracts in French and Spanish

Disability census questions, the perspective of developing countries [14]

MBOGONI, Margaret

2002

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This paper reviews questions used in developing countries to identify persons with disabilities on the one hand, and the estimates of disability prevalence obtained by the different types of questions on the other. The paper also reviews census questions on disability used in the 1990 census round for differences in concepts and type of question used. It also reviews available questions used in the 2000 round of censuses and compares the approach used in national studies to the one in the United Nations Principles and recommendations for population and housing censuses

Revising the United Nations census : recommendations on disability [15]

2002

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This paper describes the issues concerned with the revision of the disability section of the United Nations' Principles and recommendations for population and housing censuses. The discussion includes how the newly published international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF) can be incorporated in the recommendations. Issues for consideration are:
- new approaches in defining disability;
- a new list of types of disabilities based on the ICF;
- improving the wording and structure of questions to identify persons with disabilities;
- improving the dialogue between users and producers; and
- the need to perform cognitive and quantitative testing of questions on disability.
The paper also gives an overview of how countries have used the census to collect data on disability and underlines the advantages and disadvantages of its use highlighting its importance in the collection of information on persons with disabilities particularly in developing countries

Disability, development and inclusion in international development cooperation : a scan of disability-related policies and research at selected multilateral and bilateral institutions [16]

INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL

2001

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Strong proud sisters : girls and young women with disabilities [17]

ROUSSO, Harilyn

2001

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This report presents disabled girls and their needs and resilience, looking at a range of issues such as definitions and demographics, access to health care, substance abuse, exercise and sports, depression, self-esteem, eating disorders and body image, disability identity, role models and media images, social and sexual development, violence, educational equity, and employment
Barbara Waxman Fiduccia Papers on Women and Girls with Disabilities

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