Improving quality and use of routine health information system data in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review

S Lemma, A Janson, LÅ Persson, D Wickremasinghe… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background A routine health information system is one of the essential components of a
health system. Interventions to improve routine health information system data quality and …

Generating statistics from health facility data: the state of routine health information systems in eastern and southern Africa

A Maïga, SS Jiwani, MK Mutua, TA Porth, CM Taylor… - BMJ Global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Health facility data are a critical source of local and continuous health statistics. Countries
have introduced web-based information systems that facilitate data management, analysis …

Improving health information systems for decision making across five sub-Saharan African countries: Implementation strategies from the African Health Initiative

W Mutale, N Chintu, C Amoroso… - BMC health services …, 2013 - Springer
Background Weak health information systems (HIS) are a critical challenge to reaching the
health-related Millennium Development Goals because health systems performance cannot …

Quality of care: measuring a neglected driver of improved health

Y Akachi, ME Kruk - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The quality of care provided by health systems contributes towards efforts to reach
sustainable development goal 3 on health and well-being. There is growing evidence that …

Strengthening district-based health reporting through the district health management information software system: the Ugandan experience

VM Kiberu, JKB Matovu, F Makumbi, C Kyozira… - BMC medical informatics …, 2014 - Springer
Background Untimely, incomplete and inaccurate data are common challenges in planning,
monitoring and evaluation of health sector performance, and health service delivery in many …

[PDF][PDF] Eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa

P Barron, Y Pillay, T Doherty… - Bulletin of the World …, 2013 - SciELO Public Health
PROBLEM: The World Health Organization has produced clear guidelines for the prevention
of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

DHIS2: the tool to improve health data demand and use in Kenya

J Karuri, P Waiganjo, O Daniel, A Manya - Journal of Health Informatics in …, 2014 - jhidc.org
Abstract Information garnered from health information systems (HIS) is essential for
monitoring health, and for evaluating and improving the delivery of health-care services and …

Using routine health information systems for well-designed health evaluations in low-and middle-income countries

BH Wagenaar, K Sherr, Q Fernandes… - Health policy and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Routine health information systems (RHISs) are in place in nearly every country and provide
routinely collected full-coverage records on all levels of health system service delivery …

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

AA Bhattacharya, N Umar, A Audu, H Felix, E Allen… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Routine health information systems are critical for monitoring service delivery.
District Heath Information System, version 2 (DHIS2) is an open source software platform …

Understanding performance data: health management information system data accuracy in Southern Nations Nationalities and People's Region, Ethiopia

M Endriyas, A Alano, E Mekonnen, S Ayele… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Background Health management information system (HMIS) is a system whereby health
data are recorded, stored, retrieved and processed to improve decision-making. HMIS data …