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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Bringing together district-level data for better maternal and newborn health decisions in West Bengal, IndiaThe DIPH will enable district health stakeholders – local government departments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and private health...
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New hope for newbornsThis number of newborn deaths is due to three main causes: preterm birth complications (1.0 million), childbirth-related conditions (0.7...
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Gates “myths” strike a chord for IDEAS“By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world” Bill Gates, Annual Letter 2014, p 7 Bill Gates is a...
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A content analysis of district level health data in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaA content analysis of the different types of public health data maintained by the Health Department, the Department of Women and Child Development, and the private for profit and not for profit health sectors and the links that exist between them in terms of data sharing.
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Engaging the public & private sectors in data sharing to improve maternal and newborn health in Uttar Pradesh, IndiaThe private for-profit health sector in India delivers around 80% of outpatient treatment and 60% of hospitalisations, and includes more than three quarters of human resources for health. Limited information is shared with public health information systems.