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Routine health management information system data in Ethiopia: consistency, trends and challenges

The paper, authored by analysts from the ORCA project, made use of a WHO data quality review toolkit and compared data from the Health Management...

Ethiopia Improving coverage measurement Local data use Research findings
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Using social media to improve routine data quality metrics

How is this all linked to social media? The study, published in BMJ Open, measured changes in data quality metrics before and after the...

Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Evidence for policy and practice Intervention coverage Local data use Research findings
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Geneva Health Forum

In order to adapt to the constraints imposed by the current global health crisis and to guarantee the safety of all the participants, the Steering...

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“There Is No Link Between Resource Allocation and Use of Local Data”

The study authors show that districts have a decision-making structure, including representatives of all relevant government departments, and...

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The first Data Informed Platform for Health cycle starts in Ethiopia

The DIPH teams in Ethiopia and London are clearly excited, after months of delay and uncertainty the project is starting to take off. New project...

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Improving the quality of routine Health Information System data for better decision-making

The ORCA team analysed existing information from the HMIS and compared this with external sources of information, such as the Demographic and...

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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...

Ethiopia General Supporting local decision-making Local data use
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Monitoring childbirth care in primary health facilities: a validity study in Gombe State, northeastern Nigeria

Antoinette Bhattacharya et al assessed twenty-five childbirth care indicators  to validate health worker documentation and women’s...

Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Evaluation methods Intervention coverage Local data use Research findings
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A conversation about DHIS2

IDEAS team member Krystyna Makowiecka speaks to Antoinette Bhattacharya about the work she has done in Gombe to look at the quality of routine...

Nigeria Improving coverage measurement Supporting local decision-making Evidence for policy and practice Local data use Research findings
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Strengthening the quality of routine MNCH data through learning workshops

Quality routine health data provide useful program monitoring information to identify gaps and take action to improve performance. Under the...

Nigeria Supporting local decision-making Tracking progress Capacity strengthening Evidence for policy and practice Local data use Research findings
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