UPDATE (GRADED A+)
These are from among the five broad categories of indicator
Reproductive health, Immunization, Disease prevention and control, Resources utilization, and Data
Quality.
Campbell and Graham (2006) discuss the
Maternal Survival Strategies and HMIS indicators
The Maternal Survival Strategies lays down a framework for achieving the fifth
Millennium Development Goal
OPD
out-patient departments
APH
Antepartum hemorrhage
IPD
In-patient departments
HEW
Health Extension Workers
PPH
Postpartum hemorrhage
Ethiopia
is one of those countries who have made great strides towards reducing the under-5 mortalities based
on Ethiopia Maternal and Child Health Data (2012)
Ethiopia is implementing interventions targeting under 5-year-old children through:
o Universal Immunization Coverage,
o Nutrition program,
o Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses and the Community Case Management of Childhood
Illnesses
o Through Health Development Army to - improve water, sanitation and hygiene- Malaria prevention
through Integrated Household Spraying and distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) (USAID, 2013).
HSS
, health system strengthening
HMIS is a
source of routine data that is necessary for monitoring different aspects of various health programs
implemented in the country.
Data quality is the
overall utility of a dataset(s) as a function of its ability to be processed easily and analyzed for a
database, data warehouse, or data analytics system.
Data cleansing
can be done to raise the quality of available data
Aspect of Data Quality
• Accuracy
• Completeness
• Reliability
• Relevance
• Update status
• Consistency
• Appropriate presentation
• Accessibility
LQAS
Lot Quality Assessment Sampling
Lot Quality Assessment Sampling
is a tool that allows the use of small random samples to distinguish between different groups of data
elements (or Lots) with high and low data quality.
DHIS
District Health Information System
Routine Data Quality Assessment
RDQA
The Routine Data Quality Assessment Tool (RDQA) is a simplified version of the
Data Quality Audit (DQA)
DQA
Data Quality Audit
An Implementation Plan is a