Healthcare data resources
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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 us for now.
Note: The quality of sources or dashboards has not been verified. Please visit the for official data and information.
Mostly local
implemented by CSIR, Stats SA and SARS
and slightly broader
Official provincial updates: e.g. and , , (incl. updates),
. Note this by report co-author about the limitations of current COVID data reporting and analysis.
by NRF SAEO
aggregated by the City Support Programme (CSP)
including coordinated by UP Data Science for Social Impact Research Group
and by Media Hack Collective and Bhekisisa
by Genesis Analytics - and the
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"
coordinated by UP SA SDG Hub
by GCRO
by Wits University and iThemba LABS
, personal
, personal
by The Awareness Company
, personal
Provincial and local media reports: e.g.
dashboard by
Mostly international
Location and services of hospitals and clinics
by Our World in Data incl.
by GitHub
and csv
Coronavirus Tweet Ids from
from
s along 100 non-pharmaceutical interventions by Dahlberg
by OECD and GovLab
- tracking public policy adoption and mobility reduction
California:
on Kaggle incl.
by UNDP
on the geographic distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide
Register of by GovLab
COVID-19 data repository
Open Contracting Partnership:
Guideline:
Guideline:
from the crowd-managed
or via this data and this
see this 2020 project in SA and
via this project also see the of facility info at the Dept of Health
the of public health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
and Dept of Health map view of
A Department of Home Affairs list of
website
: includes address, operating hours, services offered and a user rating
Location of medicine dispensing license holders (pharmacies): xxxx [NDoH link broken], can be copied to a spreadsheet with e.g. . There is an extracted version from 2018 .
List of from the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA) website.
. Select 'Surname', enter 'a', select 'Wildcard' then search to get full list.
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 ().
. Click 'Go' to get the full list
(Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy ...) health professions practitioners in South Africa
Other child, physical and mental health support groups and service providers for , , , , . And see the SA Federation for Mental Health .
locations and contacts
is available on the Department of Health Knowledge Hub.
for facility data
: 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.
provides point data on health facilities.
is on the tender page under the Master Health Product List tab. Archived 2015 version .
also on the tenders page.
See the for other sources
on TB, HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis medicine
Medicine dispensing [NDoH link broken]. There is an extracted version from 2018 .
Medicine pricing registry and and
Medscheme and
as XLSX files
Latest on site
of over-the-counter (OTC) medicine information, licensed medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers/ distributors, health products and veterinary products.
Ideal Clinic
Health Systems Trust 2018/19 report and data. Also longitudinal and xxxx.
for facilities, services and population
by Stats SA
profile for South Africa
National Department of Health
to track changes in poverty over 10+ years
from Stats SA. See for datasets.
from Stats SA
) South Africa requires practitioner logins to various systems
Nursing education and enrollment statistics and [links not active]
data
South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey () survey
and .
of all conditions covered from PMB page with an and . This includes a list of .
starting with 'a' search
from WHO
information including menus and preparation guidelines
survey on nutrition and NCD prevalence
including access to food, by
information on food composition
for South Africa
for HIV, TB and anti-microbial resistance (AMR). Note: click Guest login to access
annual pdf reports on communicable disease monitoring
on AMR
in pdf reports from the NICD
Access to sanitation and water: E.g. in Limpopo using you can find ward-level on toilet type in Capricorn district from Stats SA 2011 Census. The more recent 2016 Community Survey data shows data at municipality level.
Other service delivery locations: , , and Post Offices () for social grant payments
air quality information system from the Department of Environmental Affairs
and from the Department of Water and Sanitation
: A mobile-friendly health information tool including a clinic finder and advice on health issues.
Support campaign/ community for adolescent girls and young women with links to B-Wise articles.
: An SMS and Whatsapp-based service to access information about pregnancy and child care.
: Maternal and newborn care information for nurses and midwives.
: the Open Data Kit community produces free and open-source software for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.
: 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).
: 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.