Category: BID Learning Network (BLN)
Countries Gather to Share Lessons Learned on Electronic Immunization Registries
Apr 21, 2016
Implementing electronic immunization registries (EIRs) is not an easy process yet several countries have been and continue to be successful in this. In April, the Improving Data Quality for Immunizations (IDQi) project sponsored a regional meeting of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for countries in the Americas and Africa (with representation from Tanzania, Zambia, and The Gambia) to share lessons learned about the development and implementation of various EIRs.
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Celebrating Progress, Looking Forward: the BLN Discussion Meeting
Feb 11, 2016
International development is a collaborative effort, and the BLN Discussion Meeting showed collaboration at work. Held in Arusha, Tanzania from December 7 to 10, the BLN Meeting was a chance for over 60 representatives from fifteen countries and various partner organizations to discuss the challenges and successes of developing and implementing eHealth strategies and data use interventions.
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Reflections from the field: Better data, better health.
Jan 12, 2016
Last month I was in Arusha to participate in the BID Learning Network discussion meeting and visit facilities where the BID Initiative is working to enhance immunization and overall health service delivery through improved data collection, quality, and use.
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Unique Identifiers for Routine Immunizations
Dec 16, 2015
A baby is born. Immediately, that baby’s identity is linked to his or her mother. When the baby goes to the health facility for the first of its vaccinations, the mother’s name and identification papers are critical. Almost every service the baby receives at the health center is connected to the mother because he or she did not receive an official, unique form of identification when born.
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Firsthand Look at Supply & Logistics Management in Dakar
Jun 16, 2015
In 2007, PATH and the World Health Organization (WHO) began a collaborative effort to prioritize supply chain efforts through Project Optimize. Between 2009 and 2012, the Ministry of Health in Senegal engaged Optimize as a way address issues in the supply chain in innovative ways. During the 2015 BLN meeting in Dakar, Senegal, participants had the opportunity to explore and learn about the technologies implemented.
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BLN Dives into Logistics Management Information Systems
Jun 11, 2015
The second BID Initiative Learning Network (BLN) Design Collaborative meeting occurred in Dakar, Senegal, during 26-28 May 2015. Sixteen participants with representation of fifteen sub-Saharan African countries attended the meeting and discussed the design, development and implementation of Logistics Management Information Systems (LMIS) within the African context.
Read MoreBLN Design Collaborative Preview, 25-28 May 2015
May 13, 2015
As a part of these ongoing efforts, the BLN will host a Design Collaborative meeting from 25-28 May, 2015 in Dakar, Senegal. This meeting will bring managers of national immunization programs and logisticians from 15 West, East and Southern African countries to focus on evaluating requirements and systems for logistics data generation and management.
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From Malaria to Immunization Data
Apr 24, 2015
I’ve worked in the field of malaria for close to 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa, which experiences a high burden. My choice of career was based on my personal encounter with malaria and the reality of its devastating effects on society in a developing economy. In 1981, when I was temping with a hospital, a lady with a baby on her back walked into the Outpatient Department. She wanted her baby checked because she was ill and getting worse.
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Global Partnership on Development Data
Apr 17, 2015
Data is a hot topic in the global community, as we saw with the recent New York Times article, and we are inspired by the enthusiasm as we continue moving forward into the next phases of the Better Immunization Data Initiative. Claire Melamed recently authored an article on Global Dashboard, So what could a Global Partnership on Development Data do for us?
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Strength in Numbers: The Power Behind Peer Learning Networks
Mar 16, 2015
The BID Initiative is designed with an embedded peer learning network, the BID Learning Network (BLN). Through this peer support and collaboration, participants are able to learn from the successes and failures in other countries, and build new solutions together so they can make faster progress towards higher immunization rates. Particpants have already and continue to share personal experiences, providing invaluable insight to the BID Initiative efforts and other BLN particpants through our Google Group discussions, webinars and in-person consultation meetings. The following post on the value of peer networks originally appeared on the PATH blog.
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