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Barriers and facilitators of the effective use of DHIS2 data to improve program planning and monitoring in Uganda: a sequential mixed methods study. [PDF]

Oxf Open Digit Health
Uganda adopted the District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) in 2012 to monitor public health programs. More than a decade later, the factors that facilitate or hinder the adoption and use of DHIS2 have not been well documented.
Kiwanuka SN, Kabwama SN, Namuhani N, Gupta S, Layer E, Mechael P, Gibson DG, Agarwal S.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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

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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Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal [PDF]

, 2017
We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal.
Cissé, Guéladio, Diène, Aminata N., Faye, Ousmane, Ndione, Jacques A., Schindler, Christian, Sy, Ibrahima, Thiam, Sokhna, Utzinger, Jürg, Vounatsou, Penelope, Winkler, Mirko S.   +9 more
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Health data reporting challenges in public health facilities in the age of DHIS2: a mixed-methods study in the Teso sub-region of Uganda. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Background In Uganda, the complete and timely reporting of priority disease data by health centers is critical for detecting outbreaks. However, all levels of health centers face significant reporting challenges, which compromise data fidelity and public
Lawrence MR, Fuller BP, Isabirye HK, Kyozira C, Makumbi I, Bakainaga A, Moore CC, Ssekitoleko R.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Transitioning to a digital TB case-based surveillance system: a mixed-methods study of the DHIS2 TB e-Tracker system. [PDF]

IJTLD Open
SUMMARY BACKGROUND TB surveillance remains critical to disease control. The Gambia transitioned to an electronic, case-based surveillance from monthly aggregate reporting.
Darboe ML, Samateh W, Jaiteh S, Badjie L, Njie L, Jassey B, Bah A, Njie M, Jarjusey S, Houessinon CK, Merle CSC, Veronese V.   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Driving improvements in emerging disease surveillance through locally-relevant capacity strengthening [PDF]

, 2017
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) threaten the health of people, animals, and crops globally, but our ability to predict their occurrence is limited. Current public health capacity and ability to detect and respond to EIDs is typically weakest in low ...
Cleaveland, Sarah, Halliday, Jo E.B., Hampson, Katie, Hanley, Nick, Haydon, Daniel T., Lembo, Tiziana, Sharp, Joanne P.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluating the impact of a community health worker program on non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, family planning and antenatal care in Neno, Malawi : protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: This protocol concerns the implementation and evaluation of an intervention designed to realign the existing cadre of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Neno District, Malawi to better support the care needs of the clients they serve.
Cundale, Katie, Dullie, Luckson, Dunbar , Elizabeth L., Gupta, Ravi, Jumbe, Arnold, Kachimanga, Chiyembekezo, Lilford, Richard, McBain, Ryan, Michaelis, Annie, Nazimera, Lawrence, Nhlema, Basimenye, Taylor, Celia A., Watson, Samuel I., Wroe, Emily B.   +13 more
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District health information system (DHIS2) as integrated antimicrobial resistance surveillance platform: An exploratory qualitative investigation of the one health stakeholders' viewpoints in Ethiopia

Int. J. Medical Informatics, 2023
INTRODUCTION There is an unmet need for One Health (OH) surveillance and reporting systems for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in resource poor settings. District health information system, version 2 (DHIS2), is a globally recognized digital surveillance ...
Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Zeleke Mekonnen, E. K. Rødland, Sundeep Sahay, A. S. Winkler, Christoph Gradmann   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source