Components of HIS Legislative, regulatory, & planning framework, personnel, financing, logistics support, ICT, coordinating mechanisms Measures, usually core set of indicators (determinants, inputs, outputs, outcomes & health status) Making readily accessible to decision makers, ensure information use Population-based sources (censuses, civil registration, surveys) Institution based data (individual, service & resource records) Others: Occasional surveys, research, & information, CBOs, Covers all aspects of data handling, collection, storage, quality-assurance, flow, processing, compilation & analysis, Data translated to information 6