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National Health Profile 2018
Brief on Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI)
Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), established in
1961
, is the
health intelligence
wing of the Director
General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health & FW, GOI with the vision to have “
A strong Health
Management Information System in entire country
”. This national institution is headed by a SAG level medical
officer with specialization in public health administration of Central Health Services (CHS), supported by officers
from Indian Statistical Services as well as CHS through its field survey and training units.
The Mission of CBHI is “
To strengthen Health Information system in each of the district in the country up to
facility level for evidence based decision making in the Health Sector
”.
The objective of CBHI
1.
To collect, analyze & disseminate Health Sector related data of the country for evidence based policy
decisions, planning and research activities;
2.
To identify & disseminate innovative practices for Health Sector Reforms;
3.
To develop Human resource for scientifically maintaining medical records in both Government & private
medical Institutes in India;
4.
To carry out Need Based Operational Research for Efficient implementation of Health Information System
& Implementation of Family of International Classifications in India;
5.
To sensitize & create a pool of Master Trainers in Health sector for implementation of Family of International
Classification in India;
6.
To collaborate with National & International Institutes for imparting knowledge & skill development and
7.
To function as collaborating centre for WHO FIC in India & SEARO countries.
2.
Organization
(a) The CBHI under the aegis of Dte. GHS, Government of India and headed by a Director, has three divisions
viz. (i) Policy, Training & Coordination, (ii) Information & Evaluation, and (iii) Administration.
(b) It has six Health Information Field Survey Units (FSUs) under the supervision of respective Regional Office of
Health & Family Welfare (ROHFW), GOI located at Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jaipur, Lucknow and
Patna; each headed by a Deputy Director with technical & support staff.
(c)
It conducts various in-service training courses through its six FSUs and four training centres viz. (i) Regional
Health Statistics Training Centre (RHSTC), Mohali (near Chandigarh), Punjab, (ii) Medical Record Department
& Training Centre (MRDTC) of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, (iii) JIPMER, Puducherry, and (iv) Medical
Record Department & Training Centre (MRDTC), Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi.
3.
Major Activities of CBHI
3.1 CBHI collects primary as well as secondary data on various communicable and non-communicable diseases,
human resource in health sector and health infrastructure from various Government organizations/
departments to maintain and disseminate Heath Statistics through its annual publication “National Health