The adoption of the UN Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) significantly changed the landscape of international development assistance during …

Over the last three decades enormous effort has gone into strengthening public health
information systems (HIS). They are now a key element of health sector reform initiatives, but …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges of transforming South
Africa's health sector through the country's eHealth Strategy and particularly one of its key …

The most fundamental issue for any information system is to produce information that is
relevant to organisational goals. A number of research studies have reported failures in …

This study aimed to determine if implemented donor-funded health related-programs in
Africa were sustained beyond the funding lifecycle and determine their facilitators and …

Summary Background Enterprise Architecture (EA) integrates business and technical
processes in health information systems (HIS). Low‐income and middle‐income countries …

This chapter reviews progress made by the health sector in implementing the eHealth
Strategy 2012-2016, which was approved by the Ministry of Health and published in July …

A health information system (HIS) provides the foundation for the generation of good-quality
data, and is a major building block of the health system. It integrates collection, processing …

To conduct a basic sustainability analysis of health systems, and explore models for
conceptualising and creating sustainable organizations, based upon the experiences of the …

Background Public health practitioners have little guidance around how to plan for the
sustainability of donor sponsored programs after the donor withdraws. The literature is broad …