# 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](https://twitter.com/OpenDataZA) 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](https://sacoronavirus.co.za/) for official data and information.

**Mostly local**

* [National Policy Data Observatory](https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/3ed6450f-530e-4cc9-9e9a-57eb8ebf8831/page/zTdbB) implemented by CSIR, Stats SA and SARS
* [NICD COVID-19 updates](https://www.nicd.ac.za/media/alerts/) and slightly broader [NDoH updates](https://sacoronavirus.co.za/2020/)
* [SACMC Epidemic Explorer](https://sacmcepidemicexplorer.co.za/) 
* Official provincial updates: e.g. [Western Cape](https://www.westerncape.gov.za/department-of-health/news?keyword=coronavirus+update\&date=All\&category=All) and [dashboard](https://coronavirus.westerncape.gov.za/vaccine/covid-19-cases-dashboard), [Gauteng](https://www.gauteng.gov.za/Publications/TagPublications?tag=Gauteng%20Department%20of%20Health), [North West](http://health.nwpg.gov.za/stats.html) (incl. [Twitter](https://twitter.com/NorthWestDOH) updates), [Northern Cape](http://www.northern-cape.gov.za/index.php/news-room/news-and-speeches)
* [MRC Report on Weekly Deaths in South Africa](https://www.samrc.ac.za/reports/report-weekly-deaths-south-africa?bc=254). Note this [thread](https://twitter.com/tomtom_m/status/1253361018073473024) by report co-author about the limitations of current COVID data reporting and analysis.
* [COVID-19 Preparedness Indicators](https://sarva.saeon.ac.za/covid-19/) by NRF SAEO
* [Responses to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 ](https://csp.treasury.gov.za/CSP-Old/Resource%20_Centre/Conferences/Pages/COVID_19_Responses.aspx)aggregated by the City Support Programme (CSP)
* [COVID-19 ZA Dashboard](https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/1b60bdc7-bec7-44c9-ba29-be0e043d8534/page/hrUIB) including [API](https://github.com/dsfsi/covid19za/tree/master/api) coordinated by UP Data Science for Social Impact Research Group
* [Coronavirus in South Africa](https://mediahack.co.za/datastories/coronavirus/dashboard/) and [data](https://mediahack.co.za/datastories/coronavirus/data/) by Media Hack Collective and Bhekisisa
* [Comparing projected number of COVID-19 ICU patients against the number of available beds](https://www.genesis-analytics.com/covid-19-calculating-the-healthcare-risk) by Genesis Analytics - and the [case dashboards](https://www.genesis-analytics.com/covid-19-flattening-the-curve)
* [Monitoring Service Delivery in South Africa During COVID-19](https://www.internationalbudget.org/covid-monitoring/) 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](https://www.offerzen.com/blog/sa-covid-19-project-vulnerable-communities-map) coordinated by UP SA SDG Hub
* [Mapping vulnerability to COVID-19 in Gauteng](https://gcro.ac.za/outputs/map-of-the-month/detail/mapping-vulnerability-to-covid-19/) by GCRO
* [COVID-19 South Africa Dashboard](https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/15817068-62f2-4101-8e0f-385e2ddd9326/page/wI9JB) by Wits University and iThemba LABS
* [South Africa COVID-19 data and projections](https://github.com/PiDelport/SA-COVID-19-projections), personal
* [Coronavirus South Africa Data](https://cutt.ly/coronasouthafrica), personal
* [COVID-19 Awareness South Africa](https://health.hydra.africa/) by The Awareness Company
* [Covid-19 Dashboard for South Africa](https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/13H1dncMxH4xsQKa7JBJuSiFV5lJHd8uR/page/gYLJB), personal
* [Estimating the Effective Reproduction Number of COVID-19 in South Africa](https://unsupervised.online/static/covid-19/estimating_r_za.html)
* Provincial and local media reports: e.g. [Eastern Cape](https://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2020-04-04-doctor-nurse-among-17-cases-in-eastern-cape-as-sa-infections-top-1500/)
* [COVID-19 in Africa](http://covid-19-africa.sen.ovh/index.php?isnc=1) dashboard by [@NCoVAfrica](https://twitter.com/ncovafrica)

**Mostly international**

* [Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)](https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus) by Our World in Data incl. [data](https://github.com/owid/covid-19-data/tree/master/public/data)
* [Open COVID-19 Dataset](https://github.com/open-covid-19/data#data) by GitHub
* [Corona Data Scraper](https://coronadatascraper.com/)
* [COVID19 Infodemics Observatory](https://covid19obs.fbk.eu/) and [repository](https://osf.io/n6upx/wiki/home/) csv
* Coronavirus Tweet Ids from [Harvard Dataverse](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/LW0BTB)  
* [Africa CDC COVID-19 Updates](https://africacdc.org/covid-19/)
* [Containment measures data](https://www.notion.so/977d5e5be0434bf996704ec361ad621d?v=fe54f89ca9e04ac799af42b39e1efc4b) from [COVID-19 Forecasting project](http://epidemicforecasting.org/)
* [Database of government actions on COVID-19 in developing countrie](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/government-actions-on-covid-19)s along 100 non-pharmaceutical interventions by Dahlberg 
* [Global Coronavirus COVID-19 Clinical Trial Tracker](https://covid19-trials.com/)
* [Call for Evidence: Use of Open Government Data in COVID-19 Outbreak](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BdSnXzCZ1Z7ovOrPue3O0osRUpiqTKlu8pwG9U4DwWw/edit) by OECD and GovLab
* [COVID-19 Observatory for the Americas](http://observcovid.miami.edu/) - tracking public policy adoption and mobility reduction
* California: [Modeling COVID-19 to Inform State and Local Response](https://calcat.covid19.ca.gov/cacovidmodels/) 
* [COVID-19 Open Research Dataset Challenge (CORD-19) ](https://www.kaggle.com/allen-institute-for-ai/CORD-19-research-challenge)on Kaggle incl. [dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/sudalairajkumar/novel-corona-virus-2019-dataset)
* [The COVID-19 Detect & Protect Challenge](https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/undp-and-hackster-io-partner-to-launch-a-global-innovation-chall.html)  by UNDP
* [Open source/ data projects on COVID-19](https://explore.ovio.org/covid-19/)
* [ECDC data](https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/download-todays-data-geographic-distribution-covid-19-cases-worldwide) on the geographic distribution of COVID-19 cases worldwide
* Register of [data collaboratives in response to COVID-19](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JWeD1AaIGKMPry_EN8GjIqwX4J4KLQIAqP09exZ-ENI/edit) by GovLab
* [Johns Hopkins](https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19) COVID-19 data repository
* Open Contracting Partnership: [Emergency procurement for COVID-19: Buying fast, smart, and open](https://www.open-contracting.org/what-is-open-contracting/covid19/)
* Guideline: [Research Data Alliance (RDA) Recommendations and Guidelines on Data Sharing for COVID-19](https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-recommendations-and-guidelines-data-sharing-covid-19)
* Guideline: [Evaluating Data Types: A Guide for Decision Makers using Data to Understand the Extent and Spread of COVID-19](https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25826/evaluating-data-types-a-guide-for-decision-makers-using-data)

## Healthcare services, locations and standards

* **Location and services of hospitals and clinics** 
  * from the crowd-managed [Healthsites.io](https://healthsites.io/) 
  * or via this [project's ](https://codebridge-za.github.io/seeking-shelter/index.html)data and this [2012 hospital survey dataset](https://data.openup.org.za/dataset/south-african-hospitals-survey-2011-2012-ft5b-smjr) 
  * see this 2020 project [merging open health facility datasets](https://afrimapr.github.io/afrimapr.website/blog/2020/merging-health-facility-lists-part1/) in SA and [readme](https://github.com/dsfsi/covid19za/blob/master/data/README_hospital_data.md)
  * via this project also see the [National Indicator Data Set (NIDS)](https://dd.dhmis.org/orgunits.html?file=NIDS%20Integrated\&source=nids\&ver=1015) of facility info at the Dept of Health [Data Dictionary site.](https://dd.dhmis.org/home.html)
  * the [WHO database](https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-cds-gmp-2019-01) of public health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
  * and Dept of Health map view of [primary health-care facilities and services](https://www.healthestablishments.org.za/)
* A Department of Home Affairs list of [health facilities in South Africa](http://www.dha.gov.za/index.php/notices/1406-list-of-connected-health-facilities-per-province)
* [**Primary Health Care Facilities and Services**](https://www.healthestablishments.org.za/Home/Facility) website 
* [**B-Wise clinic finder**](https://bwisehealth.com/)**:** includes address, operating hours, services offered and a user rating
* **Location of medicine dispensing license holders (pharmacies):** [in a pdf here](http://www.health.gov.za/index.php/2014-08-15-12-57-15/category/513-dispensing-licenses) xxxx \[NDoH link broken], can be copied to a spreadsheet with e.g. [Tabula](https://tabula.technology/). There is an extracted version from 2018 [here](https://data.openup.org.za/sr_Latn/dataset/medicine-dispensing-license-holders-pharmacies-ettm-3r36/resource/f5d60edb-6133-406c-ac55-106f2f9dc180). 
* **List of** [**'Greendoor' pharmacies**](https://icpa.co.za/find-a-pharmacy/) from the Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA) website.
* [**List of health practitioners in South Africa**](https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/i_reg_form). Select 'Surname', enter 'a', select 'Wildcard' then search to get full list.
* [**Registered social workers**](https://www.sacssp.co.za/Public/Find?text=a) 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](https://www.saaswipp.co.za/Public/Find)).
* [**List of chiropractors in South Africa**](https://membership.chiropractic.co.za/Public/Index#/findAChiropractor). Click 'Go' to get the full list
* [**List of allied**](https://ahpcsa.co.za/practitioners/) (Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy ...) health professions practitioners in South Africa
* **Other child, physical and mental health** support groups and service providers for [autism](http://aut2know.co.za/service-providers-and-schools/), [ADHA](http://www.adhasa.co.za/index.php/contact-us/adhasa-branches), [down syndrome](https://www.downsyndrome.org.za/associations/), [epilepsy](http://epilepsy.org.za/new/branches/), [child welfare](http://www.childwelfare.co.za/index.php/contact-us/). And see the SA Federation for Mental Health [Mental Health Services Map](http://www.safmh.org.za/index.php/get-help/mental-health-services-map).
* [**National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) laboratory**](http://www.nhls.ac.za/?page=laboratories\&id=3) locations and contacts
* [**Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list**](https://www.knowledgehub.org.za/elibrary/) is available on the Department of Health Knowledge Hub.
* [**National Department of Health Data Dictionary**](https://dd.dhmis.org/) for facility data
* [**Wazimap**](https://wazimap.co.za/)**:** 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**](https://www.youthexplorer.org.za/) provides point data on health facilities.

## **Medicine and material access, pricing and procurement**

* [**Essential medicine master procurement catalogue**](http://www.health.gov.za/tenders/) is on the tender page under the Master Health Product List tab. Archived 2015 version [here](https://africaopendata.org/dataset/department-of-he).
* [**Tender awards and contracts for pharmaceuticals and other services**](http://www.health.gov.za/tenders/) also on the tenders page.
* See the [**procurement section of the toolkit**](https://opendataza.gitbook.io/toolkit/finance-and-governance-data-resources#budgets-procurement-and-spending) for other sources
* [**WHO Global Price Reporting Mechanism**](https://www.who.int/groups/amds-access-to-medicine-and-diagnostics-services-network/clearinghouse) on TB, HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis medicine
* **Medicine dispensing** [**facilities**](http://www.health.gov.za/index.php/affordable-medicines/category/238-application-forms-for-dispensing) \[NDoH link broken]. There is an extracted version from 2018 [here](https://datahub.io/pi/medicine-dispensing-license-holders-pharmacies-nometa).
* **Medicine pricing registry** [**source site**](http://www.mpr.gov.za/) **and and** [**OpenUp MPR tool**](https://mpr.code4sa.org/)
* **Medscheme** [medicine price list](http://www.medscheme.com/products-and-services/health-risk-management/pharmacy-benefit-management/medicine-price-list/) and [medicine exclusion list](http://www.medscheme.com/products-and-services/health-risk-management/pharmacy-benefit-management/medicine-exclusion-list/)
* [**Medicine stock shortages**](http://www.health.gov.za/affordable-medicines/) as XLSX files
* [**Stockouts.org**](https://stockouts.org/)
* **Latest** [**NAPPI codes list** ](https://www.medikredit.co.za/products-and-services/nappi/nappi-coded-essential-medicines-list-eml/)on [Medikredit](https://www.medikredit.co.za/index.php?option=com_content\&view=article\&id=93\&Itemid=213) site
* [**SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) lists**](https://www.sahpra.org.za/databases-registers/) of over-the-counter (OTC) medicine information, licensed medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers/ distributors, health products and veterinary products.
* **Ideal Clinic** [commodities catalogue](https://www.idealhealthfacility.org.za/App/Document/Download/39)

## Health and healthcare indicators

* Health Systems Trust [**District Health Barometer**](https://www.hst.org.za/publications/Pages/DISTRICT-HEALTH-BAROMETER-201819.aspx) 2018/19 report and data. Also longitudinal [data at SAEON](http://www.sasdi.net/metaview.aspx?uuid=8178e0cb1f178f8aebdd137f2447a539) and [map view](http://196.21.191.55:8091/geoserver/SARVA/wms?service=WMS\&version=1.1.0\&request=GetMap\&layers=SARVA:HST_indicators_2007-2019\&styles=\&bbox=17.0595512,-34.4979286,32.5638161,-22.4524441\&width=768\&height=596\&srs=EPSG:4326\&format=application/openlayers#toggle) xxxx. 
* [**Health Systems Trust indicators**](http://www.hst.org.za/healthindicators) for facilities, services and population
* [**South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016**](http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1854\&PPN=Report%2003-00-09\&SCH=7015) by Stats SA
* [**World Health Organisation**](http://www.who.int/countries/zaf/en/) profile for South Africa
* National Department of Health [**data dictionary/ meta-data repository**](http://dd.dhmis.org/index.html)
* [**NIDS panel study**](http://www.nids.uct.ac.za/nids-data/data-access) to track changes in poverty over 10+ years
* [**Causes of death**](http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1854\&PPN=P0309.3\&SCH=7308) from Stats SA. See [Nesstar](http://nesstar.statssa.gov.za:8282/webview/) for datasets.
* [**Recorded live births**](http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1866\&PPN=P0305\&SCH=6696) from Stats SA
* [**Health Information Systems Program (HISP**](http://www.hisp.org/)) South Africa requires practitioner logins to various systems
* Nursing education and enrollment statistics [**annual**](http://www.sanc.co.za/stats_an.htm) and [**time series**](http://www.sanc.co.za/stats_ts.htm) *\[links not active]*
* [**Hospital survey 2012**](https://data.openup.org.za/dataset?q=hospital+survey+2012) data
* South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ([**SANHANES**](http://curation.hsrc.ac.za/index.php?module=pagesetter\&type=user\&func=hsrcdataset\&ppnumber=XKAHAA\&datasetno=1)**)** survey

## **Medical scheme information**

* [**List of medical schemes**](https://www.medicalschemes.com/MedicalSchemes.aspx) **and** [**medical scheme administrators**](https://www.medicalschemes.com/MedicalSchemeAdministrators.aspx).
* [**Prescribed minimum benefits (PMB) list** ](https://www.medicalschemes.co.za/resources/pmb/)of all conditions covered from [Council for Medical Schemes](http://www.medicalschemes.com/medical_schemes_pmb/index.htm)  PMB page with an [explanation of cover](http://www.medicalschemes.com/medical_schemes_pmb/conditions_covered.htm) and [ICD-10 codes](http://www.medicalschemes.com/medical_schemes_pmb/ICD-10_codes.htm). This includes a list of [chronic diseases](http://www.medicalschemes.com/medical_schemes_pmb/chronic_disease_list.htm). 
* [**List of accredited brokers/ brokerages**](https://www.medicalschemes.com/AccreditationPortal/Search/Index) starting with 'a' search
* [**List of managed care organisations**](https://www.medicalschemes.com/ManagedCareOrganisations.aspx)
* [**2016 ICD-10 codes**](http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2016/en) from WHO

## **Nutrition**

* [**National school nutrition programme (NSNP)**](https://www.education.gov.za/Programmes/NationalSchoolNutritionProgramme.aspx) information including menus and preparation guidelines
* [**SANHANES**](http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/research-outputs/view/6493) survey on nutrition and NCD prevalence
* [**General household survey 2017**](http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1854\&PPN=P0318\&SCH=7348) including access to food, by [children](http://www.statssa.gov.za/?p=8392)
* [**South African Food Data System (SAFOODS)**](http://safoods.mrc.ac.za/index.html) information on food composition
* [**FAO food access data**](http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#country/202) for South Africa

## **Communicable and non-communicable diseases**

* [**National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) M\&E dashboards**](https://cdwmicrostrategy.nhls.ac.za/MicroStrategy/asp/Main.aspx) for HIV, TB and anti-microbial resistance (AMR). Note: click *Guest* login to access
* [**NICD GERMS**](https://www.nicd.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GERMS-SA-AR-2017-final.pdf) annual pdf reports on communicable disease monitoring
* [**GLASS country profile for South Africa** ](http://apps.who.int/gho/tableau-public/tpc-frame.jsp?id=2004)on AMR
* [**Cancer statistics**](https://www.nicd.ac.za/centres/national-cancer-registry/) in pdf reports from the NICD

## Environmental factors 

* **Access to sanitation and water:** E.g. in Limpopo using [Wazimap](https://wazimap.co.za/profiles/province-LIM-limpopo/) you can find ward-level [data](https://wazimap.co.za/data/table/?table=TOILETFACILITIES\&geo_ids=ward-93504001,municipality-LIM354,district-DC35,province-LIM,country-ZA,ward%7Cdistrict-DC35\&primary_geo_id=ward-93504001\&release=2011) 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:** [schools](https://www.education.gov.za/Programmes/EMIS/EMISDownloads.aspx), [police stations](https://data.openup.org.za/dataset?q=POLICE+STATIONS), and Post Offices ([SAPO & RPA](https://data.openup.org.za/dataset?q=Sa+Post+Offices)) for social grant payments
* [**SAAQIS**](https://saaqis.environment.gov.za/) **air quality information system** from the Department of Environmental Affairs
* [**Resource Quality Information Services**](http://www.dwa.gov.za/iwqs/report.aspx) **and** [**WQMN**](https://www.dws.gov.za/niwis2/WQMN) from the Department of Water and Sanitation

## Healthcare advice

* [**B-Wise Health**](https://bwisehealth.com/menu)**:** A mobile-friendly health information tool including a clinic finder and advice on health issues.
* [**She Conquers:**](http://sheconquerssa.co.za/) Support campaign/ community for adolescent girls and young women with links to B-Wise articles. 
* [**MomConnect**](http://www.health.gov.za/momconnect/): An SMS and Whatsapp-based service to access information about pregnancy and child care.
* [**NurseConnect**](http://www.health.gov.za/index.php/mom-connect?id=369): Maternal and newborn care information for nurses and midwives.

## Tools and enablers

* [**Open Data Kit (ODK)**](https://opendatakit.org/)**:** the Open Data Kit community produces free and open-source software for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.
* [**GNU Health**](http://health.gnu.org/): 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**](https://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.