Varo Android application for systematic capture and transmission of data from 30DTR loggers
Dear Technet community, I wanted to provide everyone with an update regarding available information resources on the Varo Android app as well as a separate software tool called Pogo LT that
Requesting survey feedback about digital platforms for mitigating COVID-19 and vaccination campaigns
Dear All, USAID is partnering with Digital Square to assess how governments and investors can harness existing d
New Training on the Visibility for Vaccines (ViVa) Platform
The Visibility for Vaccines (ViVa) platform is a stock visibility dashboard that visualizes the pipeline of current stocks, vaccine orders as well as forecasts. It enables country governments to be
Request for feedback and launch of new BID analytics portfolio to define the value of electronic immunization registries
The BID Initiative is launching a new scope of work that examines common immunization program barriers and the ways in whi
Re-framing how we think about decision-making: 3 lessons from healthcare workers and managers in Kenya
You are invited to join an upcoming webinar: Re-framing how we think about decision-making: 3 lessons from healthcare workers and managers in Kenya June 18, 2020, 9
Factors influencing the introduction and adoption of electronic immunization registries in Tanzania and Zambia: A mixed-methods study from PATH
As technology has become cheaper and more accessible, countries are adopting digital health interventions to improve the provision of and demand for health services. These interventions are complex
The costs of electronic immunization registries: New PATH journal article calculates cost of digital systems
For an annual cost of between US$3.30 to $3.81 per child under the age of one, health workers in Tanzania can benefit from the better data and time savings made possible by an electronic immunizati
Webinar on developing effective data visualizations
The aim of this webinar is to encourage and support effective communication of data related to vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccines and immunization. The presenters will provide suggestions and i
February 27 webinar on Decision Support Systems in Public Health Supply Chains
Dear Colleagues, Digital Square is pleased to invite you to a webinar on Thursday, February 27 at 9AM Eastern U.S. time (see your timezone here:
Với sự phát triển bùng nổ của công nghệ thông tin, kết nối internet và nhiều phần mềm, hệ thống thông tin điện tử ra đời hỗ trợ loại bỏ khoảng cách về địa lý, không gian, tăng cường ...
- Author: Vietnamese: PATH, Chương trình Tiêm chủng mở rộng Quốc gia
- Category: Data
- Type: Document
Triển khai Hệ thống đăng ký tiêm chủng điện tử tại các cơ sở y tế trên thế giới cải thiện chất lượng chương trình tiêm chủng thông qua việc cải thiện chất lượng số liệu, bao gồm tăng...
- Author: Vietnamese: PATH, Chương trình Tiêm chủng mở rộng Quốc gia
- Category: Data
- Type: Document
The implementation of EIRs in healthcare settings around the world has been shown to improve immunization program performance through data accuracy and timeliness, leading to better planning and evaluation from a project management standpoint. This...
- Author: PATH, Vietnam National Expanded Program on Immunization (NEPI)
- Category: Data
- Type: Document
- Organisations: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Cette brève étude de cas illustre les mesures mises en place par l'Inde pour tirer parti de ses solutions de données numériques existantes dans le cadre de sa campagne de vaccination contre la Covid-19. Elle décrit les solutions adoptées par...
- Author: Government of India
- Category: Data
- Type: Report
- Country: India
This short case study illustrates how India successfully leveraged its existing digital data solutions as part of its COVID-19 vaccination response. It outlines the solutions used by the country and the resultant impact, benefits, challenges, and...
- Author: Government of India
- Category: Data
- Type: Report
- Country: India
India: Description de la plateforme électronique de vaccination contre la COVID-19 pour l’enregistrement et la déclaration ,India: Description de la plateforme électronique de vaccination contre la COVID-19 pour l’enregistrement et la...
- Author: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
- Category: Vaccines & delivery devices
- Type: Document
- Country: India
India_Description of the COVID-19 vaccination electronic platform for registration and reporting
- Author: Ministry of Health
- Category: Data
- Type: Presentation
- Country: India
Cette session est la deuxième session de notre série de webinaires sur les Stratégies d'optimisation de la distribution des vaccins contre la COVID-19. Description: Cette session explorera la vérification et la traçabilité des vaccins...
- Author: Anita Sands, Edouard Munyangaju, Enric Jané, Max Kabalisa
- Category: Programme management
- Type: Video
This session will explore the verification and traceability of COVID-19 vaccines. There will be a review of the current efforts and perspectives on labeling of vaccines, followed by a presentation of TRVST, an multi-stakeholder initiative to provide...
- Author: Anita Sands, Edouard Munyangaju, Enric Jané, Lisa Hedman, Max Kabalisa
- Category: Programme management
- Type: Video
This is a first in a series of mini 30-minute webinars with JSI and Sonder Design Collective sharing their initial findings from The Vaccine Data Discovery Research in Kenya. This Human-Centered Design study is a joint effort between the two...
- Author: Isaac Mugoya, Emilia Klimiuk, Sarah Hassanen, Wendy Prosser, JSI, Sonder Design Collective
- Category: Service delivery
- Type: Webinar
This webinar is a third in a series of mini 30-minute webinars sharing their initial findings from the Vx Data Insights research in Kenya. This Human-Centered Design study is a joint effort between the two organizations and the Ministry of Health in...
- Author: Isaac Mugoya, Emilia Klimiuk, Sarah Hassanen, Wendy Prosser, JSI, Sonder Design Collective
- Category: Service delivery
- Type: Webinar
- Country: Kenya
Throughout the decade-long evolution of the EIR in Vietnam, PATH has played the role of a catalyst to accelerate coordination and bridge the gap between the two sectors. The IDEAL Vietnam project (Introducing Digital Immunization information...
- Author: Dang Thi Thanh Huyen, Dao Dinh Sang, Nguyen Tuyet Nga, Nguyen Xuan Cam Tu, PATH Vietnam
- Category: Data
- Type: Webinar
- Country: Viet Nam
Since Covid-19 vaccines have been rolled out at record speed in most countries, immunization programmes have had to quickly adapt or develop monitoring systems and tools. While digital systems have played an important role in this, most countries...
- Author: Sonder Design Collective
- Category: Data
- Type: Webinar
Reaching zero-dose children (infants who receive no routine vaccinations) is a global strategic priority. We studied zero-dose children in India over 24 years to clarify aggregate trends and the contribution of large-scale social, economic, and...
- Author: Mira Johri, Sunil Rajpal, S V Subramanian
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
- Country: India
This introductory presentation explores how to prepare for an eLMIS deployment and outlines the essential steps in choosing, procuring, and implementing a robust eLMIS in a pharmaceutical supply chain.
- Author: Chris Wright, TechNet-21
- Category: Supply chain & logistics
- Type: Presentation
The Digital Principles Maturity Matrix is an interactive tool to better align proposal evaluation with the Principles for Digital Development throughout all phases of the project lifecycle. By creating a living, dynamic rubric of detailed statements...
- Author: Principles for Digital Development
- Category: Supply chain & logistics
- Type: Tool
This report describes global progress toward meeting World Health Organization (WHO) indicators on minimal country capacity for vaccine safety surveillance and coordina- tion of AEFI reporting between countries’ EPI and NRAs.
- Author: Omar Salman, Katherine Topf, Rebecca Chandler, Laura Conklin MD1
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
Lessons learned from Vietnam Electronic Immunization Registry deployment
- Author: PATH Vietnam
- Category: Data
- Type: Presentation
- Country: Viet Nam
This document aims to provide countries, donors and implementing partners with early insights into how to better ensure DRT scale-ups achieve high-quality adoption, keep to timelines, and contribute to the long-term sustainability of the data review...
- Author: Clinton Heath Access Initiative
- Category: Supply chain & logistics
- Type: Guidance
In this presentation, JSI and Sonder Design Collective will take you through their learnings about the two modes of decision-making in the Kenyan health system. Through key insights and illustrative examples, they will describe the 2 decision-making...
- Author: Sonder Design Collective, JSI
- Category: Service delivery
- Type: Presentation
- Country: Kenya
This is a first in a series of mini 30-minute webinars with JSI and Sonder Design Collective sharing their initial findings from The Vaccine Data Discovery Research in Kenya. This Human-Centered Design study is a joint effort between the two...
- Author: JSI, Sonder Design Collective
- Category: Service delivery
- Type: Presentation
- Country: Kenya
Vietnam's experience in the three key stages of EIR implementation (design, development and deployment) is explored to extract facilitators, barriers, and lessons learned for global and local audiences.
- Author: PATH, Chương trình Tiêm chủng mở rộng Quốc gia Vietnamese: PATH, Chương trình Tiêm chủng mở rộng Quốc gia
- Category: Data
- Type: Guidance
- Country: Viet Nam
- Organisations: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PATH
The BID Learning Network (BLN)/Gavi Data Quality and Use (DQU) Collaborative convened a meeting between July 24-26, 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia. It was attended by 25 participants, including immunization data managers from Burkina Faso, Cameroon,...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Presentation
- Country: Cameroon
- Organisations: PATH
The BID Learning Network (BLN)/Gavi Data Quality and Use (DQU) Collaborative convened a meeting between July 24-26, 2019 in Lusaka, Zambia. It was attended by 25 participants, including immunization data managers from Burkina Faso, Cameroon,...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Presentation
- Country: Burkina Faso
- Organisations: PATH
Between 2013 and 2018, BID designed, developed, and introduced an electronic immunization registry in three regions in Tanzania and one province in Zambia. The Initiative’s financial records were used to account for the financial costs of...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
Since 2016, the Government of Tanzania has been implementing TImR, an integrated Electronic Immunization registry-logistics management information system (EIR-LMIS) that includes stock notifications. Working in close partnership with the Government...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
- Country: United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
The governments of Tanzania and Zambia identified key data-related challenges affecting immunization service delivery including identifying children due for vaccines, time-consuming data entry processes, and inadequate resources. To address these...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
As health experts, governments, and policymakers around the world harmonize their goals to improve health outcomes through the use of better data and digital tools, the importance of partnerships with key technology stakeholders has become...
- Author: BID Initiative, General Department of Preventive Medicine, National Expanded Program on Immunization, PATH, Viettel
- Category: Data
- Type: Report
- Country: Viet Nam
- Organisations: PATH
Global and national stakeholders have acknowledged that routine immunization programs face significant challenges related to the collection, availability, and use of data for planning, management, and improvement of program performance. To address...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
As part of the work the BID Initiative undertook starting in 2013 to improve countries’ collection, quality, and use of immunization data, PATH partnered with countries to identify the critical requirements for an electronic immunization registry...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
Preventable disease, emerging infectious disease, extreme weather-related disasters due to urbanization and environmental degradation, and complications of pregnancy and childbirth still claim far too many lives and challenge the ability of health...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Report
- Organisations: PATH
Led by PATH, in partnership with the governments of Tanzania and Zambia, the BID Initiative is grounded in the belief that better data, plus better decisions, will lead to better health outcomes. BID was designed to create an environment in which...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Report
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
The BID Learning Network invites you to view a webinar presentation on The Immunization Data: Evidence for Action (IDEA) Review. IDEA is a global synthesis of existing evidence aimed at increasing the use of high-quality data to improve immunization...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Organisations: PATH
The BID Learning Network invites you to view a webinar presentation on The Data Use Partnership. The use of reliable information from a well-designed health information system is critical for: decision-making during disease outbreaks; enhancing...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
Just as medical doctors take the Hippocratic Oath as they graduate into their profession, so do many engineers solemnly promise to carry out work to the highest quality, recognizing that any errors may put lives at stake. Given this sharing of...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
- Organisations: PATH
mPowering’s ORB platform recently launched to help promote the sharing and re-use of openly licensed health worker training content. This webinar provides an introduction to the platform and why it’s needed; the presenters provide an overview of...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Organisations: PATH
This webinar focuses on the practical aspects of managing the cold chain for a vaccination program in an environment that is less than ideal. The presenter highlights the successes, challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities as they have...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Zambia
- Organisations: PATH
This webinar focused on the practical aspects of rolling out a nationwide web-based district health information system (DHIMS2) in Ghana. The presenters highlighted the opportunities and challenges as they have encountered them in Ghana, and...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Ghana
- Organisations: PATH
The Better Immunization Data Learning Network (BLN) recently hosted a webinar entitled “Introduction and Formation of User Advisory Groups (UAG) in Arusha”. This webinar focused on the engagement of groups that are composed of users at different...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
This brief describes the lessons learned by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), JSI and VillageReach through developing and implementing different types of data review teams across multiple health programs in a number of countries.
- Author: CHAI, JSI, VillageReach
- Category: Supply chain & logistics
- Type: Case study
Building a culture of data use requires a shift across the entire health system, where consistent use and analyses of data result in decisions that improve service delivery. These tools can be used to facilitate the process of building a data use...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Tool
- Organisations: PATH
These tools can be used to coordinate the timing and activities of the introduction and implementation of the data quality and data use interventions. These tools offer guidance on how to manage and resolve issues, and to assess how well those who...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Tool
- Organisations: PATH
This set of tools may be used for planning the introduction of a new intervention or activities prior to implementation of the intervention. These tools can help you to understand the landscape for immunization service delivery (or other areas of...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Tool
- Organisations: PATH
This webinar focused on building an LMIS for vaccine supply in Nigeria with an aim to acquiring a simple but impactful system. The speakers shared the stepwise approach they undertook and how they redesigned their system, adopting automation where...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Nigeria
- Organisations: PATH
The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you to view the webinar slides from “Piloting of the e-Tracker App in the DHIS2 in The Gambia.” In 2016, the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of The Gambia received a small grant from the BLN to...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Gambia
- Organisations: PATH
Since 2014, the BLN has been bringing African countries together through peer learning, to identify and share tested solutions related to data collection, quality, and use. Designed as part of the BID Initiative, the BLN aims to empower countries to...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Organisations: PATH
Vaccine coverage is routinely used as a performance indicator for immunization programs both at local and global levels. For many national immunization programs, there are challenges with accurately estimating vaccination coverage based on available...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Journal article
- Organisations: PATH
Digital health interventions have rapidly expanded our ability to record health data, which can lead to improved health systems and better decision-making. In this lightning talk from the Global Digital Health Forum 2018, Jessica Shearer, Acting...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
The BID Learning Network (BLN) invites you view a webinar presentation on “Building Capacity in Immunization Data Quality and Use through Mentorship: Introducing the BID Regional Mentors.” In its initial phase, between 2013 and 2018, the BID...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Training
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH
L’histoire de l’initiative BID illustre la valeur de la planification collaborative sous la conduite des pays, celle du leadership et de l’appropriation, de la conception centrée sur l’utilisateur et de l’apprentissage et adaptation...
- Author: BID Initiative
- Category: Data
- Type: Report
- Country: Zambia, United Republic Of Tanzania
- Organisations: PATH