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Collecting and using health information is an important part of health workers’ jobs. While we have made great strides in moving from paper-based records to digital health information systems, data that both health workers and policy makers need is often scattered across multiple information systems that cannot “talk” to each other. This means that health workers have to spend more time entering and finding data in multiple places and results in an incomplete view of both patient and community health. Read more ›
Using advanced data analytics for more informed COVID-19 vaccination decision making in Malawi
In 2023, CHISU initiated a multi-site research study to assess the health impact (cases and deaths averted), economic impact, and cost-effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination in Malawi and Madagascar using combined statistical, epidemiological, and economic models. The study highlights the role of mathematical models in policy analysis and utility in decision making. Read more ›
On March 30, USAID and CHISU hosted a webinar titled: “Commonalities and Differences in Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Philippines HPHC Tool Health System Assessments.” The webinar was the first in our series that shares learnings from health system assessments using the High Performing Health Care (HPHC) Tool in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Steve Ollis, Program Director for CHISU, moderated the discussion with panelists: Read more ›