Health Management Information Systems, Data Quality and Data Use
MEASURE Evaluation–Tanzania (MEval–TZ) facilitated data demand and use and strengthened data quality at both national and subnational levels for HIV and malaria.
The project conducted data quality and data use assessments and developed associated strengthening plans. These plans incorporated data and performance review meetings, coinciding with quarterly reporting or the annual planning cycle, with results reported through the DHIS 2 software platform to track performance against targets.
The project focused efforts on select regional and council health management teams (R/CHMTs) as the structures for supportive supervision, enforcing standards, and promoting and sustaining progress. R/CHMTS are government employees who supervise, monitor, and coordinate health service delivery. The team worked with both HIV and malaria managers of the R/CHMT teams.
An overarching goal was to improve the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for social service programs while enhancing local capacity to sustain and use these systems. To this end, the project supported the Health Management Information System (HMIS) Unit of the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children to strengthen the HMIS by institutionalizing the use of DHIS 2 through training and capacity building at the national, regional, and district levels.
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