Review of Public Administration and Management

Damalie Nakanjako

Publications

• Research Article
  Health Management Information System (HMIS); Whose Data is it Anyway? Contextual Challenges
  Author(s): Richard Muhindo, Edith Nakku Joloba and Damalie NakanjakoRichard Muhindo, Edith Nakku Joloba and Damalie Nakanjako
  
  In 1997 the Ministry of Health instituted the national HMIS in response to global and national call for greater accountability and results-based management. The goal being to provide timely reliable health information that would inform decision making in the sector to aid provision of better health care services to the people of Uganda. However, there are already concerns about the functionality of the system characterized by late and inadequate reporting. The purpose of this paper was to make a critical analysis of the contextual challenges to HMIS and propose a framework that would improve the collection of timely reliable data at all levels in the system. After critical analysis of the existing literature, reports and presentation at various MOH workshops and review meeting, and interactive informal talks with some personnel at the Ministry, this paper asserts that failure to use H.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2315-7844.1000190

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