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Supporting local decision-making

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.

Better data is essential to improve health outcomes, yet routinely available data for the monitoring of progress are often of low quality. Even where rich data sources are available, there can be limited capacity to synthesise, interpret and learn from the data.

IDEAS works to support local decision-making in Nigeria, Ethiopia and India.

In Nigeria, IDEAS has worked with the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency and partners to implement six-monthly Data-driven Learning Workshops designed to continuously examine progress and promote data-informed decision making.

In Ethiopia, building on lessons learned during a prototype phase in West Bengal, India, IDEAS implements the Data-Informed Platform for Health (DIPH). – The DIPH is a structured method combining a toolkit with facilitated discussions and action planning. This involves a five-step cycle running every 3-4 months at district level. Standardized job-aids facilitate linking of input and process data from health and other sectors onto a common data-sharing platform. Government and non-government stakeholders analyse the data, identify challenges and gaps and agree on measures to be taken to resolve issues.

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Data Informed Platform for Health – training handbook

It 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 Health

What 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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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – South 24 Parganas, West Bengal – Cycle 3: November 2016 – March 2017

The third monitoring report of the DIPH prototype phase in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal

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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – Diamond Harbour, West Bengal – Cycle 3: September 2016 – March 2017

The third monitoring report on the DIPH prototype in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal

India Supporting local decision-making Capacity strengthening Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Local data use
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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – North 24 Parganas, West Bengal – Cycle 2: May – September 2016

The monitoring report from the second cycle of the DIPH prototype phase in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.

India Supporting local decision-making Capacity strengthening Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Local data use
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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – South 24 Parganas, West Bengal – Cycle 2: July – November 2016

The second of three monitoring reports for South 24 Parganas, monitoring the prototype phase of the DIPH in West Bengal.

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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – Diamond Harbour, West Bengal – Cycle 2: June – November 2016

A 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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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – North 24 Parganas, West Bengal – Cycle 1: January – April 2016

This 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.

India Supporting local decision-making Capacity strengthening Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Local data use
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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – South 24 Parganas, West Bengal – Cycle 1: February – July 2016

This 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.

India Supporting local decision-making Capacity strengthening Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Local data use
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Data Informed Platform for Health (DIPH) Monitoring Report – Diamond Harbour, West Bengal – Cycle 1: March – June 2016

This 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.

India Supporting local decision-making Capacity strengthening Evidence for policy and practice Implementation projects Local data use
Research brief
Introducing the Data-Informed Platform for Health

What is a Data-Informed Platform for Health? In low-resource settings the use of local data for health system planning and decision-making...

India Supporting local decision-making Capacity strengthening Local data use
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