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Improving National Health Management Information Systems: Stakeholder Views In Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries, Marie Donaldson
Improving National Health Management Information Systems: Stakeholder Views In Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries, Marie Donaldson
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Background
Reliable, quality health information is the foundation of measurement and decision making in the health sector. Effective health management information systems can help improve the quality and coverage of health services, aid in policy development, support program implementation, and increase the likelihood that a well-trained health work force with the infrastructure and resources needed to provide appropriate health services will be properly distributed and supplied. There is widespread global agreement that data is a powerful tool. Arming Ministry of Health officials with better access to higher quality data that they know how to use can help improve health services …