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HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 285-297Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/hir.12240
Keywords
Africa, west; data management; information systems; informatics, health; public health
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- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) [GHA-A-00-08-00003-00]
- MEASURE Evaluation [AID-OAA-L-14-00004]
- Department for International Development [CNTR200708080/PO4048]
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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Background Nigeria's national health information system (HIS) data sources are grouped into institutional and population based data that traverse many government institutions. Communication and collaboration between these institutions are limited, fraught with fragmentation and challenges national HIS functionality. Objectives Review process and outcomes The objective of this paper was to share insights from and the implications of a recent review of Nigeria's HIS policy in 2014 that resulted in its substantial revision. We also highlight some subsequent enactments. In 2013, Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Health launched an inter-ministerial and multi-departmental review of the National Health Management Information System policy of 2006. The review was guided by World Health Organization's 'Framework and Standards for Country Health Information Systems'. The key finding was a lack of governance mechanisms in the execution of the policy, including an absent data management governance process. The review also found a multiplicity of duplicative, parallel reporting tools and platforms. Conclusion Recommendations for HIS Policy revisions were proposed to and implemented by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The revised HIS policy now provides for a strong framework for the leadership and governance of the HIS with early results.
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