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Oct 22, 2018

BID Regional Program Concept Note

Subjects: eHealth, Immunization Registry, mHealth, Peer Learning, People, Policies
Countries: Global

Over the past five years, the PATH staff based in Africa that made up the BID team have gained significant experience in the implementation of data quality and use interventions to improve immunization service delivery. This includes deep knowledge about the holistic design, introduction, adoption, and scale up and sustainability of digital interventions. BID will leverage this experience, in partnership with the BID Learning Network, to introduce a BID Regional Mentorship program. The BID Regional Mentorship program will support African countries as they work to select, introduce, and implement digital health and change management interventions to improve their routine immunization programs. To learn more about the BID Regional Program, review the concept note.

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Oct 17, 2018

BLN Webinar: Piloting of the e-Tracker App in the DHIS2 in The Gambia

Subjects: DHIS2, eHealth, Immunization Registry, mHealth, Software
Countries: Gambia

The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to view the webinar slides from “Piloting of the e-Tracker App in the DHIS2 in The Gambia.” In 2016, the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of The Gambia received a small grant from the BLN to pilot an Electronic Immunization Registry (EIR) with the main objective of strengthening the data management capacity at central and regional levels in the country.

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Jul 6, 2018

BID Initiative lessons learned encyclopedia

PATH

Subjects: Applications, Barcodes, eHealth, Hardware, Immunization Registry, Packaging, People, Policies, Products, Stock Management, Supportive Supervision, Tools, Training
Countries: Tanzania, Zambia

The BID Initiative took a holistic approach to address immunization data challenges by packaging together information system products, data management policies, and evidence-based practices with people who are empowered to improve decision-making. This document captures the various lessons learned throughout BID, from the design and testing phase through implementation, noting if the lesson was learned in the Tanzania or Zambia implementation (or both). Read the full BID Initiative Lessons Learned Encyclopedia.

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Dec 20, 2017

BLN Webinar: Data Quality and Nominal Electronic Immunization Registries – Lessons Learned from Costa Rica

Subjects: eHealth, Immunization Registry, PAHO, Peer Learning, People, Policies, Practices, Products
Countries: Costa Rica

The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to watch our recent webinar entitled “Data Quality and Nominal Electronic Immunization Registries: Lessons Learned from Costa Rica.” Electronic immunization registries (EIRs) have been in existence in Latin America since the late 1980s with Uruguay and Mexico being among the first countries to implement EIRs in 1987 and 1991, respectively.  Since then, most of Latin America, including Costa Rica, have been working towards implementing national EIRs.  In this webinar, the presenter shares Costa Rica’s experience with implementing the national EIR.

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Feb 13, 2017

BLN Webinar: Data Driven Health Delivery Systems at eHealth Africa

Subjects: eHealth, Packaging, People, Products, Tools
Countries: Global

The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to view a webinar entitled “Data Driven Health Delivery Systems at eHealth Africa.” This webinar provides background and examples of ways in which eHealth Africa (eHA) employs technology and information systems to transform health care delivery.  Our speaker described how eHA has improved immunization systems through the use… >

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Feb 6, 2017

Assessment of mHealth applications for their potential to provide healthcare information for citizens in low resource settings

Subjects: eHealth, mHealth
Countries: Global

This 2017 report provides an update and an extension of the assessment published in 2014. It reviews the criteria and “traffic light” indicators selected for the previous assessment, updates the 2014 assessments of particular healthcare information “apps” in the light of developments since then, and includes assessments of the potential of some additional apps, particularly some that have appeared since 2014. It also outlines the emerging picture on “downstream” issues of user engagement with and impact of these applications.

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Jan 31, 2017

Webinar: The Uganda eIDSR system

Subjects: eHealth, EPI Plan, Immunization Registry, mHealth, Packaging, Peer Learning, People, Software
Countries: Uganda

The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to view a webinar entitled “The Uganda eIDSR System”. During this webinar, colleagues from Uganda share how they have built an information system with their own resources, utilizing a multi-sector approach. They share how they have engaged with different arms of the government and other local partners to build a system that is now attracting interest from external funders.

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Jan 10, 2017

Sustainability of health information systems: a three-country qualitative study in southern Africa

Subjects: eHealth
Countries: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi

Health information systems are central to strong health systems. They assist with patient and program management, quality improvement, disease surveillance, and strategic use of information. Many donors have worked to improve health information systems, particularly by supporting the introduction of electronic health information systems (EHIS), which are considered more responsive and more efficient than older, paper-based systems. As many donor-driven programs are increasing their focus on country ownership, sustainability of these investments is a key concern. This analysis explores the potential sustainability of EHIS investments in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, originally supported by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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Oct 27, 2016

Webinar: VaxTrac Benin Study Visit – Reflections and Lessons Learned

Subjects: eHealth, Immunization Registry, Peer Learning, Software
Countries: Benin

The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to view a webinar entitled “VaxTrac Benin Study Visit: Reflections and Lessons Learned.”

During this webinar, VaxTrac presents on common themes and implementation/scale-up challenges that were identified during the recent BLN Study Visit to Benin conducted between 11th and 16th July 2016. VaxTrac shares some of their relevant end-line evaluation results to show how challenges identified during the Study Visit have since been addressed, in addition to the lessons they have learned in the process of transitioning from an in-country office implementation model to a third-party support model.

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