The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted SDMX and implemented it in a variety of WHO and partner applications to facilitate the development of country monitoring systems. The WHO implementation is called SDMX-HD to reflect its use in the Health Domain (HD). The SDMX-HD is distinguished by its use of common and custom attributes, enabling the flexibility required for harmonization of indicators and local interoperability.
Tools are available for the SDMX-HD in .NET and Java. More information on these tools is available at
www.sdmx-hd.org.
The WHO Indicator and Measurement Registry (IMR) enables the definition and harmonization of indicators and export of indicator definitions in the SDMX-HD format. A goal of the IMR is to minimize the proliferation of organization-specific DSD in health.
The public version of the IMR is located at
apps.who.int/gho/indicatorregistry. Extranet accounts for indicator creation can be obtained from Patrick Whitaker
whitakerp@who.int.
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