Namibia recently completed a Data Centre in the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), reaching another milestone in the country’s plan for HRIS strengthening. The new Data Centre will enhance the security, reliability and availability of the Ministry’s HR Information Management System (HRIMS). This system tracks health professionals working in the public sector and [...]
The critical need for strong information systems to manage and deliver better data about national health resources is widely acknowledged by development agencies, donors, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and USAID. Others have attempted to provide human resource information systems (HRIS) for developing countries, with little success. Understanding these failures has informed the [...]
In January, an evaluation was performed in Uganda to assess the Capacity Project’s HRIS strengthening work thus far. A team of evaluators conducted qualitative interviews with over 20 key informants involved in improving the country’s HRIS at the central and district level, including representatives from Capacity Project Uganda, the Health Workforce Advisory Board (HWAB), the [...]
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