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Dec 10, 2012

Improving data quality in The African Region

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Global

  • Data quality is one of the 4 IVD priority in AFRO
  • Existence of robust DM system at different level
  • There is more interest on data quality than ever (Opportunity)
  • Good data = good decision, wrong data = wrong decision
  • Need data to monitor goals at all levels (Country, Region, Global)
  • Data management has not enjoyed deserved recognition from EPI Manager on staff allocation (skills)
  • Recommendations from TFI as well as EPI managers’ meetings

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Sep 1, 2012

Defining Functional Requirements for Immunization Information Systems

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Global

This document contains the products of three workgroup sessions to collaboratively and rigorously define a full range of important IIS functions, referred to here as business processes. This detailed documentation for seventeen such business processes is intended to establish best practice for how an IIS should function in an increasingly e‐health world.

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Dec 31, 2013

BID Initiative Tools Developer Summit Report

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In December 2013, the Better Immunization Data (BID) Initiative hosted a Tools Developer Summit at the PATH office in Washington, DC. This meeting brought information and communication technology (ICT) developers together with the BID Initiative team, partners, and donors to explore the challenges in immunization systems in Africa. The participants focused on how ICT could be used to address three key challenges: beneficiary interfacing, patient identification, and supply chain management. Over the course of two days, participants shared their expertise and ideas, and discussed opportunities for ongoing collaboration in order to solve these problems.

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Dec 1, 2014

BLN Design Collaborative Preview, 1st-4th December 2014

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Global, BLN Design Collaborative Preview, 1st-4th December 2014

As a part of these ongoing efforts, the BLN will host a Design Collaborative meeting from the 1st- 4th of December, 2014, in Lusaka Zambia. The meeting will bring together eHealth personnel from Ministries of Health in ten countries in West, East, Central and Southern Africa, to evaluate requirements and systems for immunization data generation and management.

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Aug 28, 2014

Product Vision for the Better Immunization Data (BID) Initiative

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Global

The Product Vision for the Better Immunization Data (BID) Initiative combines a "top down" approach with a "bottom up" view. We begin with the national strategies, incorporating the current context of the users (e.g., the functional architecture) before considering the facility applications (e.g., the technical architecture) that are in use and have gained traction, and how they might tie together. Through a series of seven chapters, you will be led through the steps to organize how your processes and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure can be integrated and standardized to meet a ministry of health's vision and requirements. This document is not intended to be a definitive description of any single country's health enterprise architecture (EA). Rather, it is a starting point; a toolkit that may be adapted by countries, as necessary, to a specific country's needs and reflective of their unique context. Readers are not expected to be experts in ICT or in EA. However, a basic knowledge of eHealth and its role in supporting health care delivery workflows is assumed. The document is written in plain language with background information, illustrations of key points, and examples where it is thought they will be helpful.

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Dec 1, 2010

eHealth in Tanzania- National Strategic Plan

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Tanzania

This eHealth Strategy is intended to lay a solid foundation for making the best possible use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) resources in Tanzania’s Health and Social Welfare sector. This Strategy will modernise and increase the whole sector’s performance. For example, the role of ICT in supporting distance-education, training (both pre-service and in-service) and research, offers tangible benefits given the remoteness of many parts of Tanzania where rural health service facilities are located. Further, eHealth will help trigger a wealth of new opportunities through sector-wide empowerment, collaboration, research and innovation.

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Jan 22, 2008

Understanding Biometrics

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Global

Biometrics refers to the automatic identification of human beings based on their physical and/or behavioural characteristics (Bio = life + Metrics = measurement). These characteristics present some specific properties such as, uniqueness and persistency, making them suitable for this kind of task. Examples of physical characteristics include among others: fingerprints, face, iris, retina, and hand geometry. On the other hand, examples of behavioural characteristics include: signature, voice, keystroke dynamics, etc. The purpose of this book is to serve as an introductory source of information for people interested in Biometrics.

 

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Aug 1, 2012

Improving Data Use in Decision Making: An Intervention to Strengthen Health Systems

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Global

Health systems strengthening has become a top priority of many global and national health agendas as a way to improve health outcomes. With the global health context becoming increasingly complex, national health systems are beginning to move away from a focus on disease-specific health responses to comprehensive strengthening of health systems. This paper will discuss the unique role of health data in strengthening the other five building blocks of health systems; define specific interventions to strengthen the use of data in decision making; and provide a framework for developing, monitoring, and evaluating interventions to improve the use of and demand for data.

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Jun 13, 2014

Improving the Reporting of Immunization Data

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UNICEF Training Module 8: Improving the Reporting of Immunization Data

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