Cook Islands Presentation to the World
Disability Symposium
University of Sydney, Australia
05-06 December 2011
By Nooroa Numanga
Director, Disability Issues
Ministry of Internal affairs
Government 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
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
Proposed Network Structure
MOH
NSO
MOE
MIA
OPM
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
NGOs
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!