April 30, 2010

Professionals with responsibility for HIS from Ministries of Health and National Statistics Offices along with international donor representatives and PAHO/WHO advisors attended a technical meeting on April 27, 2010 in Lima, Peru devoted to discuss strategies, best practices and experiences to improve technical cooperation among countries to strengthen HIS and health statistics.

March 30, 2010

We are still getting lots of inquiries about the workshop so we will leave the daily summaries up a little longer until the final Workshop Report comes out.

Workshop Participants Inspired to Advocate for Strong Routine Health Information Systems

March 15, 2010

GUANAJUATO, MEXICO – Friday, March 12, 2010 marked the conclusion of the 4th International Routine Health Information NetwOrk (RHINO) Workshop. Participants completed their routine health information system (RHIS) intervention recommendations to be sent to the Guanajuato Ministry of Health.

The 4th International RHINO Workshop was organized from March 8-12, 2010 in Guanajuato, Mexico by RHINO in collaboration with the Mexican Federal Ministry of Health, Guanajuato State Ministry of Health, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, the Pan American Health Organization, United States Agency for International Development, and MEASURE Evaluation. The main theme of the workshop was to discuss how to measure and improve RHIS performance.

Guanajuato State Designs Interventions to Improve Routine Health Information System

March 12, 2009

GUANAJUATO, MEXICO – Theo Lippeveld, RHINO Board of Directors Chairman presented examples of various types of routine health information systems (RHIS) interventions to begin the fourth day of the 4th International RHINO Workshop. His talk covered technical, organizational, and behavioral interventions. The participants then worked in small groups to prepare recommendations to the Guanajuato Ministry of Health on possible interventions to improve their RHIS.

Experts Discuss Routine Health Information Systems in Guanajuato

March 11, 2010

GUANAJUATO, MEXICO – In their small groups, routine health information systems (RHIS) professionals and health policy makers at the 4th International RHINO Workshop discussed in depth their observations from the previous day's field visits to health clinics in Guanajuato.

Groups noted how well staffed the clinics and facilities were, the high degree of information system ownership, and the availability of data.

RHIS Experts Visit Health Facilities in Guanajuato State

March 10, 2010

GUANAJUATO, MEXICO – Ten groups of routine health information experts participating in the 4th International Routine Health Information NetwOrk (RHINO) Workshop visited 10 separate health facilities in the Mexican state of Guanajuato ranging from general hospitals to community-level facilities.

Accompanied by a representative of the State of Guanajuato Public Health System, the groups received a general overview of the facility’s routine health information management systems, went on tours of the facilities and briefly assessed the current state of routine health information system (RHIS) using the PRISM tools.