Ethiopia Embarks on Standardizing Its Electronic Health Management Information System

By Benti Ejeta Ethiopia is revolutionizing its current health management information system by adopting DHIS2—a tool with global acclaim for transforming the way health data is collected, validated, visualized, and analyzed. Ethiopia is rolling out the eagerly awaited comprehensive health data management platform, commonly known as District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2). By launching the […]

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Workshop Ensures Child Health & Nutrition Data is Used for Decision Making

With a focus on strengthening routine monitoring of child health services, USAID and MCSP hosted an Africa Regional Workshop in Johannesburg this September. The four-day workshop – entitled Improving Routine Data for Child Health in National Health Information Systems – was an energetic and productive affair, with more than 90 participants in attendance from 15+ countries. Presentations […]

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Upcoming RHINO Forum: Improving routine health data quality through the Data Quality Review Framework

We invite you to participate in our next RHINO Forum: Improving routine health data quality through the Data Quality Review (DQR) Framework   Date:  Wednesday, September 27 10:00-11:30 AM EST (GMT-4) | 16:00 – 17:30 CAT (GMT+2)   Factors that can affect the quality of health facility data are often rooted in a system issue. […]

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Webinar on Health Information Systems Strengthening Resource Center

Join MEASURE Evaluation on September 6th at 10 AM EDT as they discuss their Health Information Systems Strengthening Resource Center. During this webinar, they will explore: How their efforts to understand what works to strengthen health information systems (HIS) is framed by MEASURE Evaluation’s HIS Strengthening Model; HIS Country Profile Indicators; the HIS Assessment Tool Database; […]

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