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Quality of routine facility data for monitoring priority maternal and newborn indicators in DHIS2: A case study from Gombe State, Nigeria.

PLoS ONE, 2019
INTRODUCTION:Routine health information systems are critical for monitoring service delivery. District Heath Information System, version 2 (DHIS2) is an open source software platform used in more than 60 countries, on which global initiatives ...
Antoinette Alas Bhattacharya, Nasir Umar, Ahmed Audu, Habila Felix, Elizabeth Allen, Joanna R M Schellenberg, Tanya Marchant   +6 more
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Introducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria into registered drug shops in Uganda: lessons learned and policy implications. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a major public health problem in Uganda and the current policy recommends introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria (RDTs) to facilitate effective case management.
Chandler, Clare I, Clarke, Sîan E, Hansen, Kristian S, Hutchinson, Eleanor, Lal, Sham, Magnussen, Pascal, Mbonye, Anthony K   +6 more
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Data Warehouse and BI to catalize information use in health sector for decision making: a case study [PDF]

, 2017
Health sector in most countries including Zanzibar lacks the single repository that integrates health management data produced by multitude of sources. The study proves cost effective but successful implementation of Data Warehouse (DW) plays useful role
Khan, Nawaz, Slum Ally, Selemani
core   +1 more source

Health professionals' experience on District Health Information System (DHIS2) and its utilization at local levels in Gandaki province, Nepal: A qualitative study.

PLOS Global Public Health
DHIS2 is a web-based platform primarily used in developing countries, ensuring reliable data and aiding decentralized decision-making. The Ministry of Health and Population has greatly emphasized using DHIS2 for data entry and reporting. However, studies
Prakash Raj Bhatt, Rabindra Bhandari, Shiksha Adhikari, Nand Ram Gahatraj   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extending and Strengthening Routine DHIS2 Surveillance Systems for COVID-19 Responses in Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, and Uganda

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged countries to protect their populations from this emerging disease. One aspect of that challenge was to rapidly modify national surveillance systems or create new systems that would effectively detect new cases of COVID ...
Carl Kinkade, Scott Russpatrick, Rebecca Potter, Johan Saebo, Michelle Sloan, George Odongo, Tushar Singh, Kathleen Gallagher   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating community-based verbal autopsy into civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS): system-level considerations. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Reliable and representative cause of death (COD) statistics are essential to inform public health policy, respond to emerging health needs, and document progress towards Sustainable Development Goals.
AbouZahr, Carla, Boerma, Ties, Bronson, Gay, Byass, Peter, Chandramohan, Daniel, Cobos Muñoz, Daniel, de Savigny, Don, Firth, Sonja, Jakob, Robert, Lopez, Alan D, Maire, Nicolas, Mitra, Raj, Nichols, Erin, Notzon, Sam, Odhiambo, Frank, Riley, Ian, Sankoh, Osman, Setel, Philip   +17 more
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Assessing the implementation of an electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response System using DHIS2, 2024: Sierra Leone´s experience

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health has transitioned disease surveillance reporting from a paper-based system to an electronic one. The electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (eIDSR) system was developed to enable the early
Bridget Magoba, Joseph Sam Kanu, James Sylvester Squire, Stephen Abdul Regis Sesay, Ian Njeru, Robert Musoke, Charles Njuguna, Victor Caulker, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru   +9 more
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Benchmarking health system performance across states in Nigeria: a systematic analysis of levels and trends in key maternal and child health interventions and outcomes, 2000–2013 [PDF]

, 2015
Results for key maternal and child health indicators from 2000 to 2013, state and national.
Alexandra Wollum, Emmanuela Gakidou, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Nancy Fullman, Roy Burstein   +4 more
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Data for tracking SDGs: challenges in capturing neonatal data from hospitals in Kenya

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Background Target 3.2 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to reduce neonatal mortality. In low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), the District Health Information Software, V.2 (DHIS2) is widely used to help improve ...
George Mbevi, Mike English, Chris Paton, Christiane Hagel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal and child health data quality in health care facilities at the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background The demand for quality maternal and child health (MCH) data is critical for tracking progress towards attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 3.
Obed Uwumbornyi Lasim, Edward Wilson Ansah, Daniel Apaak   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source