Healthcare data resources
Below is a list of healthcare data resources that you can use for your own activities or events. There are useful tools that show information in a visual way for a quick insight, but you can also access underlying data (in some cases) to do analysis and interpret yourself. This is a working list, so if you have any resources that you think should be added please Tweet us for now.
COVID-19 data sources and dashboards
Note: The quality of sources or dashboards has not been verified. Please visit the South Africa Coronavirus portal for official data and information.
Mostly local
National Policy Data Observatory implemented by CSIR, Stats SA and SARS
NICD COVID-19 updates and slightly broader NDoH updates
Official provincial updates: e.g. Western Cape and dashboard, Gauteng, North West (incl. Twitter updates), Northern Cape
MRC Report on Weekly Deaths in South Africa. Note this thread by report co-author about the limitations of current COVID data reporting and analysis.
COVID-19 Preparedness Indicators by NRF SAEO
Responses to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 aggregated by the City Support Programme (CSP)
COVID-19 ZA Dashboard including API coordinated by UP Data Science for Social Impact Research Group
Coronavirus in South Africa and data by Media Hack Collective and Bhekisisa
Comparing projected number of COVID-19 ICU patients against the number of available beds by Genesis Analytics - and the case dashboards
Monitoring Service Delivery in South Africa During COVID-19 by International Budget Partnership. "The Asivikelane initiative gives voice to informal settlement residents in South Africa’s major cities who are faced with severe basic service shortages during the COVID-19 crisis"
SA COVID-19 Project: Vulnerable Communities Map coordinated by UP SA SDG Hub
COVID-19 South Africa Dashboard by Wits University and iThemba LABS
Coronavirus South Africa Data, personal
COVID-19 Awareness South Africa by The Awareness Company
Covid-19 Dashboard for South Africa, personal
Provincial and local media reports: e.g. Eastern Cape
COVID-19 in Africa dashboard by @NCoVAfrica
Mostly international
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) by Our World in Data incl. data
Open COVID-19 Dataset by GitHub
Coronavirus Tweet Ids from Harvard Dataverse
Database of government actions on COVID-19 in developing countries along 100 non-pharmaceutical interventions by Dahlberg
Call for Evidence: Use of Open Government Data in COVID-19 Outbreak by OECD and GovLab
COVID-19 Observatory for the Americas - tracking public policy adoption and mobility reduction
COVID-19 Open Research Dataset Challenge (CORD-19) on Kaggle incl. dataset
ECDC data on the geographic distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide
Register of data collaboratives in response to COVID-19 by GovLab
Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data repository
Open Contracting Partnership: Emergency procurement for COVID-19: Buying fast, smart, and open
Healthcare services, locations and standards
Location and services of hospitals and clinics
from the crowd-managed Healthsites.io
or via this project's data and this 2012 hospital survey dataset
see this 2020 project merging open health facility datasets in SA and readme
via this project also see the National Indicator Data Set (NIDS) of facility info at the Dept of Health Data Dictionary site.
the WHO database of public health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
and Dept of Health map view of primary health-care facilities and services
A Department of Home Affairs list of health facilities in South Africa
B-Wise clinic finder: includes address, operating hours, services offered and a user rating
Location of medicine dispensing license holders (pharmacies): in a pdf here xxxx [NDoH link broken], can be copied to a spreadsheet with e.g. Tabula. There is an extracted version from 2018 here.
List of 'Greendoor' pharmacies from the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA) website.
List of health practitioners in South Africa. Select 'Surname', enter 'a', select 'Wildcard' then search to get full list.
Registered social workers starting with 'a' search from the SA Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) site, or go directly to the South African Association of Social Workers in Private Practice (SAASWIPP).
List of chiropractors in South Africa. Click 'Go' to get the full list
List of allied (Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy ...) health professions practitioners in South Africa
Other child, physical and mental health support groups and service providers for autism, ADHA, down syndrome, epilepsy, child welfare. And see the SA Federation for Mental Health Mental Health Services Map.
National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) laboratory locations and contacts
Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list is available on the Department of Health Knowledge Hub.
National Department of Health Data Dictionary for facility data
Wazimap: uses Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016 data to show where people are living and what age groups/ education/ income levels. This can be compared to the type and location of healthcare services to see if services match likely demand.
Youth Explorer provides point data on health facilities.
Medicine and material access, pricing and procurement
Essential medicine master procurement catalogue is on the tender page under the Master Health Product List tab. Archived 2015 version here.
Tender awards and contracts for pharmaceuticals and other services also on the tenders page.
See the procurement section of the toolkit for other sources
WHO Global Price Reporting Mechanism on TB, HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis medicine
Medicine dispensing facilities [NDoH link broken]. There is an extracted version from 2018 here.
Medicine pricing registry source site and and OpenUp MPR tool
Medscheme medicine price list and medicine exclusion list
Medicine stock shortages as XLSX files
Latest NAPPI codes list on Medikredit site
SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) lists of over-the-counter (OTC) medicine information, licensed medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers/ distributors, health products and veterinary products.
Ideal Clinic commodities catalogue
Health and healthcare indicators
Health Systems Trust District Health Barometer 2018/19 report and data. Also longitudinal data at SAEON and map view xxxx.
Health Systems Trust indicators for facilities, services and population
South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016 by Stats SA
World Health Organisation profile for South Africa
National Department of Health data dictionary/ meta-data repository
NIDS panel study to track changes in poverty over 10+ years
Causes of death from Stats SA. See Nesstar for datasets.
Recorded live births from Stats SA
Health Information Systems Program (HISP) South Africa requires practitioner logins to various systems
Nursing education and enrollment statistics annual and time series [links not active]
Hospital survey 2012 data
South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES) survey
Medical scheme information
Prescribed minimum benefits (PMB) list of all conditions covered from Council for Medical Schemes PMB page with an explanation of cover and ICD-10 codes. This includes a list of chronic diseases.
List of accredited brokers/ brokerages starting with 'a' search
2016 ICD-10 codes from WHO
Nutrition
National school nutrition programme (NSNP) information including menus and preparation guidelines
SANHANES survey on nutrition and NCD prevalence
General household survey 2017 including access to food, by children
South African Food Data System (SAFOODS) information on food composition
FAO food access data for South Africa
Communicable and non-communicable diseases
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) M&E dashboards for HIV, TB and anti-microbial resistance (AMR). Note: click Guest login to access
NICD GERMS annual pdf reports on communicable disease monitoring
Cancer statistics in pdf reports from the NICD
Environmental factors
Other service delivery locations: schools, police stations, and Post Offices (SAPO & RPA) for social grant payments
SAAQIS air quality information system from the Department of Environmental Affairs
Resource Quality Information Services and WQMN from the Department of Water and Sanitation
Healthcare advice
B-Wise Health: A mobile-friendly health information tool including a clinic finder and advice on health issues.
She Conquers: Support campaign/ community for adolescent girls and young women with links to B-Wise articles.
MomConnect: An SMS and Whatsapp-based service to access information about pregnancy and child care.
NurseConnect: Maternal and newborn care information for nurses and midwives.
Tools and enablers
Open Data Kit (ODK): the Open Data Kit community produces free and open-source software for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.
GNU Health: is a Free/Libre project for health practitioners, health institutions and governments. It provides the functionality of Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Hospital Management (HMIS) and Health Information System (HIS).
Healthsites.io: the Global Healthsites Mapping Project is an initiative to create an online map of every health facility in the world and make the details of each location easily accessible.
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