WORKSHOP ON ISSUES AND INNOVATION IN ROUTINE HEALTH INFORMATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

March 14-16, 2001
Bolger Center for Leadership Development
Potomac, Maryland
Wednesday, March 14

Welcome

Erin Eckert, MEASURE Evaluation
Paul Ehmer, USAID
Orvill Adams, World Health Organization
Jean-Jacques de St. Antoine, World Bank
Ties Boerma, MEASURE Evaluation

Presentation of workshop agenda

Anne LaFond, MEASURE Evaluation

Keynote Presentation: Routine Health Information Systems: The Glue of a Unified Health System

Theo Lippeveld, JSI

Theme 1: The Rationale for Investing in Routine Health Information in Developing Countries

Facilitator: Bob Emrey, USAID

Introduction to the theme

Bob Emrey, USAID

Overview: The Interface Between Routine Health Information, Rapid Assessment, and Survey-Based Information

Peter Sandiford, Institute for Health Sector Development

A Decentralized Information System for Monitoring and Evaluation of MCH/FP Program Performance: Morocco

Mustapha Azelmat, MOH Morocco, and Michael Edwards, JSI

State of the Art in Vital Events Registration

Michel Garenne, Centre Français sur la Population et le Développement (CEPED)

Surveillance: What Is It? How Does It Relate to Routine Information Gathering and Use? Do We Need It?

Peter Nsubuga, Centers for Disease Control

Discussion and summary

Bob Emrey, USAID

Theme 2: The Role of Routine Health Information in Facilitating and Monitoring Health Sector Reform

Facilitator: Jean-Jacques de St. Antoine, World Bank

Introduction to the theme

Jean-Jacques de St. Antoine, World Bank

Overview: Health Information and Health Sector Reform: Improving Decision Making Through Better Information

Ed Bos, World Bank

Using Health Information to Sustain Support for Health Reform in Africa

Julie McLaughlin, World Bank

Health Information and Decision Making at the Community Level: Building and Using Simple Systems

Karima Saleh, World Bank

Health Sector Reform and the Role of Decentralized Information Management and Innovative Design at District Level in South Africa

Arthur Heywood, Equity Project, and Randy Wilson, MSH

Health Sector Reform and Health Information System Development in Cambodia

Khol Khemrary, MOH Cambodia

Discussion and summary

Jean-Jacques de St. Antoine, World Bank

Introduction to working group discussions and working group selection

Reception and Book launch

Design and Implementation of Health Information Systems by Theo Lippeveld, Rainer Sauerborn, and Claude Bodart

HIS Expo

Thursday, March 15

Theme 3: Restructuring and Strengthening Existing Routine Health Information Systems

Facilitator: Orvill Adams, WHO

Introduction to the theme

Orvill Adams, WHO

Overview: Restructuring and Strengthening Existing Routine Health Information Systems: Issues and Ideas

Steve Sapirie, MSH

Theme 3 Subgroups

Co-Facilitators: Stanislaw Orzeszyna, WHO, Bruce B. Campbell, UNFPA and Besrat Hagos, MOH Eritrea

HIS Development in Malawi

Chet Chaulagai and Chris Moyo, MOH Malawi

Community-based Tracking of Adult Mortality and Morbidity: Tanzania

Josibert Rubona, Adult Mortality and Morbidity Project

HIS Assessment and Development in Bhutan

Randy Wilson, MSH

Survey of Completeness and Quality of Death, Birth and Fetal Death Registration by the Civil Registration Bodies and Health Care in Georgia

Marina Shakhnazarova, MOH Georgia

Identifying Information Needs and Defining Indicators in HIS Development in Georgia

Lali Khotenashvili, MOH Georgia

Examples in the Use of Routine Health Information Systems in Europe: Newly Emerging Countries

Arun Nanda, WHO EURO

Demographic Surveillance Systems in Burkina Faso: The Case of Nouna Health Research Centre

Yazoumé Ye, Nouna Health Recherche Centre

The Potential for Using Maternity Registers in Guatemala to Monitor Maternal Health Programs

Amanda Rose, MEASURE Evaluation

The Politics of HIS Restructuring in Pakistan: The Importance of Policy Analysis

Syed Mursalin and Nasim Haque, MOH Pakistan

A Digital Health Information System in Uganda: Plans and Prospects

Robert T. Kambic, JHU School of Public Health and Eddie Mukuyoo, MOH Uganda

Reforming Routine Information Systems to Strengthen Local Management in Decentralized Health Systems: The National Immunization Program in Ukraine

Anton Luchitsky, PATH

Establishment of an Information Culture: Achievements and Challenges in Zambia

Mary Church and Alex Simwanza, Zambia Integrated Health Programme, Charles Kachaka, MOH Zambia

Working groups

Friday, March 16

Working group presentations and discussion

Facilitators: Orvill Adams, WHO and Theo Lippeveld, JSI

Adoption of the Workshop Statement on Future Investment in Routine Health Information Systems in Developing Countries and Countries in Transition

Orvill Adams, WHO
Theo Lippeveld, JSI

Closing Remarks

Theo Lippeveld, JSI
Robert Emrey, USAID
Orvill Adams, WHO

Adjourn