Improving Routine Health Information Systems

Improving Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) Performance and Use of Information for Health System Management is a workshop on comprehensive assessment of data quality and routine health information use with an emphasis on problem-solving. The course meets an urgent need identified in the field for capacity-building in facility-based and community-based RHIS to help professionals use routine information more effectively and efficiently.

The purpose of this training course is to provide rapid transfer of knowledge and skills in RHIS performance strengthening at both the national and sub-national level using the Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM) conceptual framework as the basis for assessing and strengthening RHIS performance.

Field work is an important component of the course. Participants will be introduced to examples of use of RHIS for district health system management. They will also have an opportunity to test the PRISM RHIS strengthening tool in the field.

This training course is designed for government, NGO and staff responsible for management of health services, RHIS and M&E at national- and sub-national levels.

Contact measure_training@unc.edu for more information on the next workshop.