Many countries have identified primary health care as an urgent priority, but they lack the data needed to pinpoint weaknesses, understand the causes of weakness and drive improvements.
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DIPH training handbookIt also elaborates on the operationalisation and cyclical implementation of the Data-Informed Platform for Health at the district level. The target audience for this handbook are district health officers, both in administrative and managerial roles within the health systems. Part A of the handbook covers the four core...
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Introducing the Data-Informed Platform for HealthWhat is a Data-Informed Platform for Health? In low-resource settings the use of local data for health system planning and decision-making is often limited. What data there is may be of poor quality and a data sharing culture is lacking. Health administrators often have limited capacity to analyse and use data for...
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DIPH Monitoring Report – Diamond Harbour, West Bengal – Cycle 2: June – November 2016A monitoring report on the second cyc;le of the DIPH prototype phase in the Diamond Habour health district of West Bengal.
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DIPH Monitoring Report – North 24 Parganas, West Bengal – Cycle 1: January – April 2016This report is from the first of three cycles of evaluation reports from the prototype phase of DIPH in three health districts in West Bengal: North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Diamond Harbour.
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DIPH Monitoring Report – South 24 Parganas, West Bengal – Cycle 1: February – July 2016This report is from the first of three cycles of evaluation reports from the prototype phase of DIPH in three health districts in West Bengal: South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Diamond Harbour.
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DIPH Monitoring Report – Diamond Harbour, West Bengal – Cycle 1: March – June 2016This report is from the first of three cycles of evaluation reports from the prototype phase of DIPH in three health districts in West Bengal: Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas.
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Introducing the Data-Informed Platform for HealthWhat is a Data-Informed Platform for Health? In low-resource settings the use of local data for health system planning and decision-making...
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Better measurement for better maternal and newborn health: A new ten million dollar grant for research at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineWhat is IDEAS? IDEAS (Informed DEcisions for ActionS in maternal and newborn health) aims to improve the health and survival of mothers and babies...
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The Pathway to Improved Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes in Gombe State, NigeriaUse of data for maternal and newborn health in Gombe State, Nigeria (Data from February 2016)
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Commentary-District decision-making to strengthen maternal, newborn and child health services in low-income settingsCommentary to accompany a series of four papers on the use of data for district decision-making for health in low-income settings, published in Health Policy and Planning.
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District decision-making for health in low-income settings: a feasibility study of a data-informed platform for health in India, Nigeria and EthiopiaA study of the feasibility of using a data informed platform for health in a district health systems context in five districts of India, Nigeria and Ethiopia.