Congratulations to Kristin Braa & Jørn Braa on being awarded the 2020 Roux Prize for turning evidence into health impact! This sibling duo developed DHIS2, the largest health information system as a global public good used in 73 countries. Being one of the biggest awards of its kind, the Roux Prize confers US$100,000 for turning […]
Data Use
D4I Webinar: Managing missing values in routinely reported data: One approach from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Data for Impact will be hosting their second webinar in a series disseminating lessons learned and practical motions in using routine and other health data in the monitoring and evaluation process. This month’s hour long will webinar focus on managing missingness in routinely reported data, and will be explored through use of District Health Information […]
Website: Global Health Data
The Palgrave Handbook of Global Health Data Methods for Policy and Practice A group of practitioners and academics have collectively contributed to The Palgrave Handbook of Global Health Data Methods for Policy and Practice. Brief About the Website The goal of this website and accompanied resource is to assist the general public, students, practitioners, policymakers […]
Save the Date: DHIS2 Symposium
The DHIS2 Symposium brings together representatives from global development agencies, governments, and NGOs with a shared vision of using data to drive decision making and impact. It is an opportunity to interact with peers and thought leaders in health systems strengthening, monitoring & evaluation, and analytics. This two-day event will highlight how DHIS2 is being […]
SURVEY: Routine Health Data—Do You Use It?
Help Improve Use of Routine and Other Secondary Data in Evaluation. Data For Impact has curated a short survey to determine which resources could refine the use of routine and secondary health data. The purpose of this survey is to gather information about your experience using routine and other secondary health data for evaluation […]
Data Powered Decisions: How an Ethiopian health center improved its antenatal care
In Tigray, Ethiopia, Tsadekan, a mother who is seven months pregnant with her fifth child, is at the Hawelti Health Center for what should be her third antenatal care (ANC) visit after skipping her second appointment. “I didn’t know that I needed to come back. I thought I only come back [to the health center] […]
MEASURE Evaluation: Creating a Culture of Data Use in Tanzania: Assessing Health Providers’ Capacity to Analyze and Use Family Planning Data
Reposted from MEASURE Evaluation Tanzania has embarked on extensive health planning reforms that require all districts and selected health facilities to collect, process, analyze, and use data for informed decision making. To support these reforms, the Government of Tanzania, in collaboration with development partners, has invested heavily in strengthening its health management information system and […]
Blog: Countries to Strengthen Health Data collection, analysis and use in support of resilient health systems
Originally posted on WHO Africa on September 25, 2019 Kampala, 25 September 2019: It is a public health fact that routine data from health facilities expedites patient management, service utilization and treatment coverage. Data also facilitates planning and management of health services, monitoring performance on primary health care as well as health systems strengthening for Universal […]
2019 OpenHIE Community Meeting in Ethiopia
November 4-8, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Registration for this year’s OpenHIE Community Meeting on November 4-8, 2019 in Addis Ababa is now open on its website: https://ohie.org/ohie19/. OpenHIE Community Meetings provide an opportunity for government officials, implementers, and tech developers to come together to connect and learn from each others’ […]
New tools use span of routine health data
Originally posted on Science Speaks Blog on July 8, 2019 Re-posted from JSI’s The Pump Jim Thomas, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health Alimou Barry, Senior Health Information Systems Advisor, MEASURE Evaluation and John Snow, Inc. When routine data are lacking, or are not used, the results can be lower-quality […]
