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Leveraging Software to Improve Data Visualization at the Institute Of Public Health of Serbia “Dr. Milan

CHISU Results in Action: Leveraging Software to Improve Data Visualization at the Institute Of Public Health of Serbia “Dr. Milan Jovanovic Batut”

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Thanks to CHISU’s support, public health employees in Serbia have acquired new skills and are now trained to independently make new analyses and visualizations of their large volume of data.  Read more ›

CHISU Results in Action: Fostering Cross-Country Learning to Strengthen Health Information Systems in Saint Lucia

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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs (MOH) embarked on a renewed effort to strengthen and expand its use of technology to improve management of COVID-19 data in Saint Lucia.  Read more ›

Data Quality Assurance to Improve Decision Making in Mali

CHISU Results in Action: Data Quality Assurance to Improve Decision Making in Mali

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Mali just developed its first national Data Quality Assurance (DQA) Plan, an initiative that counted on CHISU’s support and included consultations with a wide range of Health Information System stakeholders.  Read more ›

CHISU Results in Action Developing a New Malaria Strategy to Guide Implementation of Malaria Activities in Malawi From 2023 to 2030

CHISU Results in Action: Developing a New Malaria Strategy to Guide Implementation of Malaria Activities in Malawi From 2023 to 2030

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CHISU supports health information systems (HIS) governance as well as improved availability and use of quality health data in Malawi as the country works toward malaria elimination. Read more ›

CHISU Results in Action: Health Information System Assessment Tool Implementation in Two Countries

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With the support of CHISU program, the HIS directorates in Madagascar and Niger planned to conduct an assessment of their HIS with the SOCI tool prior to the planning phase of their new strategic plans.  Read more ›

CHISU Results in Action: Strengthening Subdistrict Facility Malaria Data Validation and Verification Capacity Improves Routine Malaria Data Quality in Sunyani West District

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CHISU supported the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) to build the capacity of subregional staff in six selected regions of Ghana. Read more ›

Building Digital Maturity for Digital Health Transformation in Indonesia

CHISU Results in Action: Building Digital Maturity for Digital Health Transformation in Indonesia

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Indonesia is undergoing a digital transformation of their health system guided by a Digital Health Transformation Roadmap, a four-year blueprint for digitalization developed by the country’s Ministry of Health. Read more ›

Optimizing Health System Resources in Haiti Through the Carte Sanitaire

CHISU Results in Action: Optimizing Health System Resources in Haiti Through the Carte Sanitaire

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Carte Sanitaire—a publicly available web tool for the geolocation of health institutions in Haiti—now provides key information to implementing the country’s Community Health Strategy thanks to CHISU support. Read more ›

Multisectoral Collaboration for Rabies Prevention: The One Health Approach

CHISU Results in Action: Multisectoral Collaboration for Rabies Prevention: The One Health Approach

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CHISU supports Burkina Faso's One Health Executive Secretariat (SE-OH), including through an investigation and comprehensive response to the death of two people from rabies in the Sabou health district in late 2022.  Read more ›

Integrating two epidemiological surveillance and vaccination programs in Mali reduced data entry workload and facilitated searches.

Linking COVID-19 surveillance and vaccination programs with DHIS2 for better patient follow-up

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COVID-19 surveillance and vaccination programs are managed by two different entities of the General Directorate of Health in Mali. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, CHISU proposed integrating both systems to improve data management in the DHIS2 platform. Read more ›

External consistency of the rate of skilled birth attendance between routine and ENAFEM survey data

Results in Action: Implementing Tools and Building Capacity around Data Quality Review in Niger

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Data quality issues have been a major concern for HIS administrators in Niger. To change the situation, the Directorate of Statistics asked CHISU to assist in the implementation of the World Health Organization DQR tools when the program started operations in Niger in 2022. Read more ›

Technical team meeting in September 2022

Results in Action: Helping Improve COVID-19 Surveillance Coordination in Mali

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As part of its policy to strengthen the health information system, Mali aims to ensure the production, analysis, dissemination, and use of up-to-date health information for better evidence-based decision-making. To achieve this objective, the MOH and its partners are working to maximize the use of health sector resources. Read more ›

Satu Sehat launch

Results in Action: Satu Sehat - Indonesia goes Big with Health Information Exchange Platform for the Entire Country

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Satu Sehat, or “One Health,” is a health information exchange platform that serves as a core component to support the exchange of data among health facility information systems, both private and public, as well as other health data management information systems throughout Indonesia, creating a shared health record for all Indonesians. Read more ›

Annual Statistics Report launch

Results in Action: Haiti Launches Annual Reports on Health System Performance

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After a two-year hiatus, the National Health Statistical Reports for 2020 and 2021 were formally launched by the MSPP Evaluation and Planning Unit (UEP) with the support of CHISU on August 10, 2022, in Port-au-Prince. Read more ›

Facilitator presenting at DAIVT workshop.

Results in Action: Creating a Flexible and Responsive Context Enhances Malaria E-Tracker in Ghana

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Ghana has earmarked six districts for malaria pre-elimination and has introduced a malaria DHIMS2 (District Health Information Management System) e-tracker into these districts to capture transactional data and improve the quality of data. Staff in the six selected districts were trained on its use to capture relevant data. Read more ›

Entering vaccination data at a site in the Nongre-Massom health district.

Results in Action: Joint Supervision Enables Agile COVID-19 Response in Burkina Faso

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In Burkina Faso, prior investments to improve the country’s health information systems better prepared the country to respond to emergencies. When COVID-19 hit, the country was able to build on those systems, rather than starting from scratch, and quickly respond to the pandemic. Read more ›

ENDOS figures

Results in Action: Decentralized Reporting at Health Facilities will Lead to Improved Data Quality in Burkina Faso

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Since 2013, Burkina Faso has used DHIS2 for routine data management of the national health information system. DHIS2 is currently deployed throughout the country from the national to district level, with monthly data entry carried out by the manager of the Center for Health Information and Epidemiological Surveillance (CISSE) based at each district. Read more ›

Working group meeting

Results in Action: New eHealth Strategy Promotes Data Use in Serbia

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CHISU supported the implementation of the Health Information Systems Stages of Continuous Improvement (SOCI) assessment in Serbia to establish a baseline for the country's five-year eHealth strategy and identify areas for improvement for the initial two-years. Read more ›

Mr. Zakaria and his cows

Results in Action: The Case of the Dead Cattle and Fish in Burkina Faso

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With CHISU support, human and zoonotic data have been integrated and linked to the information systems of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources, and the Ministry of the Environment Green Economy and Climate Change in Burkina Faso. Read more ›

Interoperability graphic

Results in Action: Ministries Gain Better Insights from Interoperable Data in Burkina Faso

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In 2019, USAID supported the development of a One Health information system in Burkina Faso with MEASURE Evaluation (a USAID funded project), and continued support through the Country Health Information Systems and Data Use (CHISU) program to create a comprehensive and effective response to zoonotic and key human health threats at the community level. Read more ›