Journal article

The costs of developing, deploying and maintaining electronic immunisation registries in Tanzania and Zambia

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 designing and developing the EIRs, BID staff time, expenditures for rolling out the EIR systems and the related suite of interventions to health facilities, and recurrent costs. Total financial costs, cost per facility and cost per child were calculated in 2018 US$. By documenting the costs associated with introducing an EIR, BID hopes to help other countries introduce more affordable platforms for their own health landscapes

Authors

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2019

Publisher

PATH, BID Initiative, BMJ Global Health

Journal

BMJ Global Health 2019

Type

Journal article

Categories

  • Data

Countries

  • United Republic Of Tanzania
  • Zambia

Organisations

  • PATH

Tags

  • BID
  • Dashboard
  • Data quality
  • Data reporting
  • Electronic health records
  • Immunization information systems
  • Registries

WHO Regions

  • African Region

Topic references

BID_knowledge_management

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BID Initiative Briefs: Recommendations and Lessons Learned | Peer LearningBID Initiative2017ReportEnglish
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BID Initiative Briefs: Recommendations and Lessons Learned | Software Development CycleBID Initiative2017ReportEnglish
BID Initiative Briefs: Recommendations and Lessons Learned | SustainabilityBID Initiative2017ReportEnglish
BLN Webinar | Immunization Data: Evidence for Action (IDEA) ReviewBID Initiative2020TrainingEnglish
Defining and Building a Data Use CultureBID Initiative2017GuidanceEnglish
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From fragile to resilient health systems: A journey to self-relianceBID Initiative2019ReportEnglish
Measurement, sustainability, and scale of data quality and data use interventionsBID Initiative2017PresentationEnglish
MMS Bulletin #148: The challenges of implementing a data use cultureBID Initiative2018Journal articleEnglish
Mobile network operator partnerships in action for health: A Vietnam case study on mobile network operator and ministry of health engagement for electronic immunization registry applicationBID Initiative, PATH, Vietnam Ministry of Health, General Department of Preventive Medicine, Vietnam National Expanded Program on Immunization (NEPI), ViettelReportEnglish
Redefining vaccination coverage and timeliness measures using electronic immunization registry data in low- and middle-income countriesBID InitiativeJournal articleEnglish
The challenges of implementing a data use cultureBID Initiative2018Journal articleEnglish
The costs of developing, deploying and maintaining electronic immunisation registries in Tanzania and ZambiaBID Initiative2019Journal articleEnglish
The impact of an integrated electronic immunization registry and logistics management information system (EIR-eLMIS) on vaccine availability in three regions in Tanzania: A pre-post and time-series analysisBID Initiative2019Journal articleEnglish
Three waves of data use among health workers: The experience of the Better Immunization Data Initiative in Tanzania and ZambiaBID Initiative2019Journal articleEnglish

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