Cook Islands Presentation to the World Disability Symposium

University of Sydney, Australia 05-06 December 2011

By Nooroa NumangaDirector, Disability IssuesMinistry of Internal affairsGovernment of the Cook Islands

Database Limitation• Identification not Diagnosis• Partially contain comprehensive

information on prevalence, health conditions associated with disability and appropriate resources needed by PWDs

• Limited in recording and identifying types of intervention, rehabilitation services, assistive devices needed by PWDs

• Partially identify relationship between NCDs and disability

Development of New Database Framework

• Adopted International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework

• Provides a base for the development of a common system of defining and classifying disability

• Ensures that data collection in specific areas of application (clinical, statistical, surveys, census, policy, administration) and reports are aligned with international health and disability standards and practices

• Use by service providers to develop appropriate intervention strategies, systems and methods of service provision and assistance

• Provide strong evidence based policy for effective Government decisions & budgetary purposes for PWDs

Database Framework

                   

    Disability Database - Cook Islands

                     

  Forms for Data Entry

                     

                     

            

             

             

             

             

                     

                     

        Links to Reports and Statistics    

                    

                     

                     

                     

                     

                     

                     

                     

                     

                     

                     

                              

Success Factors• Collaboration by all relevant stakeholders

working with ICT database and Statistical data collection to develop a more integrated system for collection of statistical data and information on PWDs

• Streamline the flow of information that will assist national policy-making, program planning and implementation of those policies to give effect to CRPD

Lessons Learned• Value of collaboration between government

ministries and disability focus groups, sharing and exchange of information on disability

• Importance of consolidating information to minimize duplication of efforts and resources

• Comply with internationally accepted norms to protect the human rights & fundamental freedoms and ethical principles in the collection and use of statistics

MIA

MOHMOE

NGOs

OPM NSO

Proposed Network Structure

Keys: MOH – Ministry of Health           MOE – Ministry of Education           OPM – Office of Prime Minister            NSO – National Statistics Office            MIA – Ministry of Internal Affairs            NGOs – Non Government  Organizations                     

Challenges

• National agencies not on share network

• Need to upload database on website• Financial constraint to upload

database on website and lack of human resources to populate database

Meitaki Maata!Thank You!