# Background The proliferation of siloed community-based reporting systems in developing
countries has been observed to be inadequate in supplying community stakeholders and …

For a long time, the Malawi health sector community level was using paper-based tools.
However, the huge impact of the data generated at the lowest level of the health sector in …

Introduction Information systems for community health have become increasingly
sophisticated and evidence-based in the last decade and they are now the most widely used …

Objective To identify key data sources of health information and describe their availability in
countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region. Methods An analytical …

Background: Accurate and timely information on health intervention coverage, quality, and
equity is the foundation of public health practice. To achieve this, countries have made …

The development of community-based health management information systems in
developing countries is not well documented. This paper reports how a Community-based …

In the early 90s, the Cameroon Ministry of Health implemented a National Health Information
System (NHIS) based on a bottom-up approach of manually collecting and reporting health …

Background: Community-based health information systems (CBISs) can provide critical
insights into how community health systems function, and digitized CBISs may improve the …

Background Weak health information systems (HIS) are a critical challenge to reaching the
health-related Millennium Development Goals because health systems performance cannot …

Background In Kenya, Community Health Committees (CHC) were established to enhance
community participation in health services. Their role is to provide leadership, oversight in …