Success Stories

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

CHISU Results in Action: Data Quality Assurance to Improve Decision Making in Mali
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 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
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
CHISU supported the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) to build the capacity of subregional staff in six selected regions of Ghana. Read more ›

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results in Action: The Case of the Dead Cattle and Fish in Burkina Faso
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 ›
Results in Action: Ministries Gain Better Insights from Interoperable Data in Burkina Faso
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 ›