Abstract

GOMEZ-ARISTIZABAL, Liliana Y; AVELLA-TOLOSA, Andrea  and  MORALES, Luz A. Observatorio de Discapacidad de ColombiaThe Colombian Observatory of Disability. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2015, vol.33, n.2, pp.277-285. ISSN 0120-386X.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v33n2a14.

The Direction of Epidemiology and Demography (DED) and the Social Promotion Office of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSPS), in compliance with the responsibilities and duties of monitoring, assessing and managing the knowledge in the health sector and as the Director of the National System of Disability (SND), has prioritized the Observatory of Disability of Colombia as a technical instrument for the formulation, development and assessment of the actions of social inclusion for people with disabilities within the framework of the National System of Disability and in compliance with the Convention on the Rights of people with Disabilities. The purpose of this paper is to describe the experience of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in the implementation of the Observatory of Disability of Colombia. The paper describes the required planning, improvement and structuring activities as well as the systematic gathering, analysis and interpretation of data and information on the situation of disability in Colombia.

Keywords : disabled people; information; knowledge; knowledge management; health information manage.

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