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Health Metrics Network releases its new roadmap for 2012-13

25 January 2012

On the occasion of its first HMN Executive Board meeting of the year, the Health Metrics Network issues its roadmap for the biennium that has just begun. This 77-page document, the first HMN product of the year, provides HMN's past achievements, its mission, vision, principles and current focus as well as opportunities, particularly as they relate to the international accountability and effectiveness agenda.

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Recording every birth, death and cause of death

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The Health Metrics Network (HMN) priority strategic initiative called MOVE-IT aims to improve monitoring of vital events ― births, deaths and causes of death ― through innovation and the use of information technologies.

Tens of millions of births and deaths go unrecorded each year and reliable data on causes of death are lacking for the majority of the world's population. MOVE-IT aims to contribute to reversing the lack of progress over several decades by supporting the development of standards and tools, advocacy, and innovative country projects.

Momentum is building in a number of committed countries and regions, backed by HMN's partnering development agencies, for improved civil registration and vital statistics systems.

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HMN Results Report: Building Momentum and Saving Lives

This brief report demonstrates the widespread application of the HMN Framework and the growing body of evidence that better health information improves health outcomes and contributes to saving lives.

• To download the HMN Results Report, please click here.