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Health management information system (HMIS) data quality and associated factors in Massaguet district, Chad
BACKGROUND: Quality data from Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) are important for tracking the effectiveness of malaria control interventions. However, …
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Assessment of quality of routine health information system data and associated factors among departments in public health facilities of Harari region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Despite the improvements in the knowledge and understanding of the role of health information in the global health system, …
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A machine learning classifier approach for identifying the determinants of under-five child undernutrition in Ethiopian administrative zones
BACKGROUND: Undernutrition is the main cause of child death in developing countries. This paper aimed to explore the efficacy of …
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Interoperability opportunities and challenges in linking mhealth applications and eRecord systems: Botswana as an exemplar
BACKGROUND: Significant investments have been made towards the implementation of mHealth applications and eRecord systems globally. However, fragmentation of these …
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Health information systems in developing countries: case of African countries
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, health information system (HIS) is experiencing more and more difficulties to produce quality data. The lack …
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Data and information needs of policymakers for palliative cancer care: a multi-country qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Despite regional efforts to address concerns regarding the burden of advanced cancer in Africa, urgent attention is still required. …
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Drug use pattern using WHO core drug use indicators in public health centers of Dessie, North-East Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Rational drug use requires that patients receive and take medication appropriately. Though the process of diagnosis and pharmaceutical care …
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Bayesian network models with decision tree analysis for management of childhood malaria in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a major cause of death in children under five years old in low- and middle-income countries such …
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One country's journey to interoperability: Tanzania's experience developing and implementing a national health information exchange
BACKGROUND: Robust, flexible, and integrated health information (HIS) systems are essential to achieving national and international goals in health and …
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Development of a novel mobile application, HBB Prompt, with human factors and user-centred design for Helping Babies Breathe skills retention in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is a life-saving program that has helped reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality, but knowledge and …
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Evaluating performance of health care facilities at meeting HIV-indicator reporting requirements in Kenya: an application of K-means clustering algorithm
BACKGROUND: The ability to report complete, accurate and timely data by HIV care providers and other entities is a key …
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Mapping evidence of mobile health technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment support by health workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: The rapid growth of mobile technology has given rise to the development of mobile health (mHealth) applications aimed at …
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Routine health information system utilization for evidence-based decision making in Amhara national regional state, northwest Ethiopia: a multi-level analysis
BACKGROUND: Health Information System is the key to making evidence-based decisions. Ethiopia has been implementing the Health Management Information System …
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Routine health information system in the health facilities in Yaoundé–Cameroon: assessing the gaps for strengthening
BACKGROUND: Management of health data and its use for informed-decision making is a challenging health sector aspect in developing countries. …
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Factors associated with the performance of routine health information system in Yaoundé-Cameroon: a cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) of low-income countries function below the globally expected standard, characterised by the production and …
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Data quality of the routine health management information system at the primary healthcare facility and district levels in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Effective planning for disease prevention and control requires accurate, adequately-analysed, interpreted and communicated data. In recent years, efforts have …
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Data cleaning process for HIV-indicator data extracted from DHIS2 national reporting system: a case study of Kenya
BACKGROUND: The District Health Information Software-2 (DHIS2) is widely used by countries for national-level aggregate reporting of health-data. To best …
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EDDAMAP: efficient data-dependent approach for monitoring asymptomatic patient
BACKGROUND: A pandemic affects healthcare delivery and consequently leads to socioeconomic complications. During a pandemic, a community where there lives …
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Availability, price, and affordability of WHO priority maternal and child health medicine in public health facilities of Dessie, north-East Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Access to health care is a fundamental human right, and the provision of affordable, high-quality, and appropriate medicines for …
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Definitions, components and processes of data harmonisation in healthcare: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Data harmonisation (DH) has emerged amongst health managers, information technology specialists and researchers as an important intervention for routine …