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Health

Category KPI Result Performance to Benchmark SDG

Electronic Health 5.82 %
Records

Life Expectancy 75.73 yrs.

Maternal Mortality
Rate 30.94
(per 100 000 live
births)

Physicians
(per 100 000 266.09
inhabitants)
In-Patient Hospital
Beds 690.79
(per 100 000
inhabitants)

Health insurance / 100.00 %
Public Health Coverage

This set of KPIs signifies positive health-related outcomes for Bizerte's residents, except for its high
maternal mortality rate. Although still only half of the Tunisian national figure as of 2015, this is one
KPI that needs to be assessed for immediate improvement. It is recommended that the city starts by
examining its maternal mortality rate, in order to define the distribution and frequency, and determine
the factors involved. These factors should include (but not be limited to): diagnosed cause(s); ease of
access to, and affordability of, medical care; geographic zone; maternal age; and any other relevant
socio-economic factors. Administrative data should be combined with qualitative surveys to gather the
information necessary to inform policies that will help lower this rate in the future.

It is also recommended that Bizerte invests in, or mandates, electronic health record systems at its
medical institutions. Doing so can help policy makers gather useful macro data and high-level service
delivery and availability related insights that could enable more effective investment to improve its
health services.

ITU Recommendations such as ITU-T Y.4408/Y.2075: ‘Capability framework for e-health monitoring
services’ and ITU-T Y.4110/Y.2065: ‘Service and capability requirements for e-health monitoring
services’ can help cities optimize their e-health service provision.

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