RHINO Papers and Presentations

The papers and presentations from the RHINO workshop are listed below. Abstracts of the papers are also available and are in HTML. The papers and presentations are in PDF format, which requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Some papers are drafts and others are still being written. Updates will be made regularly. Questions or concerns can be addressed to Sarah Martin (sarah_martin@jsi.com).

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

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

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

Theme 3:
Restructuring and Strengthening Existing Routine Health Information Systems

Working Groups

Title	Presenter	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Opening Remarks	Orvill Adams
Key Note Presentation: Routine Health Information Systems: The Glue of a Unified Health System	Theo Lippeveld		PDF 485KB	PDF 50KB

Theme 1: The Rationale for Investing in Routine Health Information in Developing Countries Facilitator: Bob Emrey, USAID
Title	Presenter	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Introduction to the Theme	Bob Emrey		PDF 9KB
Overview: 1. The Interface Between Routine Health Information, Rapid Assessment, and Survey-Based Information	Peter Sandiford, Institute for Health Sector Reform	HTML	PDF 30KB
2. A Decentralized Information System for Monitoring and Evaluation of MCH/FP Program Performance: Morocco	Mustafa Azelmat, MOH Morocco, and Michael Edwards, JSI	HTML	PDF 70 KB	PDF 110 KB
3. State of the Art in Vital Events Registration	Michel Garenne, Centre Français Sur La Population Et Le Développement (CEPED)	HTML	PDF 45KB	PDF 160KB
4. Surveillance: What Is It? How Does It Relate to Routine Information Gathering and Use? Do We Need It?	Peter Nsubuga, CDC	HTML	PDF 400KB	In progress

Theme 2: The Role of Routine Health Information in Facilitating and Monitoring Health Sector Reform Facilitator: Jean-Jacques De St. Antoine, World Bank
Title	Presenter	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Introduction to the Theme	Jean-Jacques de St. Antoine, World Bank
Overview: 1. Health Information and Health Sector Reform: Improving Decision Making through Better Information	Ed Bos, World Bank		PDF 175KB	In Process
2. Using Health Information to Sustain Support for Health Reform in Africa	Julie McLaughlin, World Bank		PDF 55KB	PDF 10KB
3. Health Information and Decision Making at the Community Level: Building and Using Simple Systems	Karima Saleh, World Bank	HTML	PDF 80KB	In process
4. 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	HTML	PDF 150KB	PDF 140KB
5. Health Sector Reform and Health Information System Development in Cambodia	Khol Khemrary, MOH Cambodia	HTML		PDF 20KB

Theme 3: Restructuring and Strengthening Existing Routine Health Information Systems Facilitator: Orvill Adams, WHO
Title	Presenter	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
Overview: Restructuring and Strengthening Existing Routine Health Information Systems: Issues and Ideas	Steve Sapirie, MSH	HTML	PDF 15KB	PDF 15KB

Theme 3A Facilitator: Stan Orzeszyna, WHO
Title	Presenter	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
1. HIS Development in Malawi	Chet Chaulagai and Chris Moyo, MOH, Malawi	HTML	PDF 550KB	PDF 150KB
2. HIS Assessment and Development in Bhutan	Randy Wilson, MSH	HTML	PDF 450KB	PDF 350KB
3. Identifying Information Needs and Defining Indicators in HIS Development in Georgia	Lali Khotenashvili, MOH Georgia	HTML	PDF 450KB	In progress
4. Demographic Surveillance Systems in Burkina Faso: The Case of Nouna Health Research Centre	Yazoumé Ye, Nouna Health Recherche Centre	HTML	PDF 745KB	PDF 70KB
5. The Politics of HIS Restructuring in Pakistan: The Importance of Policy Analysis	Syed Mursalin and Nasim Haque, MOH Pakistan	HTML	PDF 160KB	PDF 30KB
6. Reforming Routine Information Systems to Strengthen Local Management in Decentralized Health Systems: The National Immunization Program in Ukraine	Anton Luchitsky, Path	HTML	PDF 20KB	PDF 15KB

Theme 3B Facilitators: Bruce Campbell and Besrat Hagos
Title	Presenter	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
1. Community-Based Tracking of Adult Mortality and Morbidity: Tanzania	Josibert Rubona, Adult Mortality and Morbidity Project	HTML	PDF 10KB	PDF 55KB
2. 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		PDF 280KB	In progress
3. Examples in the Use of Routine Health Information Systems in Europe: Newly Emerging Countries	Arun Nanda, WHO Euro	HTML	E-mail Sarah Martin	PDF 15KB
4. The Potential for Using Maternity Registers in Guatemala to Monitor Maternal Health Programs	Amanda Rose, Measure Evaluation	HTML	PDF 180KB
5. A Digital Health Information System in Uganda: Plans and Prospects	Robert T. Kambic, JHU School of Public Health and Eddie Mukuyoo, MOH Uganda	HTML	PDF 20KB	PDF 190KB
6. Establishment of an Information Culture: Achievements and Challenges in Zambia	Mary Church and Alex Simwanza, Zambia Integrated Health Programme; Charles Kachaka, MOH Zambia	HTML	PDF 30KB	PDF 30KB

	Presenter	Abstract	Presentation	Paper
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; Robert Emrey, USAID; Orvill Adams, WHO

RHINO Papers and Presentations

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