Last Updated: 29/02/2024

Institutionalising upSCALE into the Ministry of Health through stronger data ownership and data informed decision making for community health programmes

Objectives

The aim of the project is to address challenges related to the use of community health information systems (CHIS) and mobile applications by Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Mozambique.

Principal Institution

Malaria Consortium, United Kingdom

Partner Investigators

Balthazar Candrinho

Rationale and Abstract

Community Health Workers (CHWs), known as Agentes Polivalentes Elementares (APEs) in Mozambique are essential and critical to deliver clinical and outreach services to remote communities in low- and middle-income countries to reach Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Community health information systems (CHIS) and mobile applications have been increasingly deployed to support CHW services. Largely implemented by partners, these tools can create community data silos that rarely feed into the District Health Information System (DHIS2) of the Ministry of Health (MISAU) or other health management information systems.

Thematic Categories

Service Delivery
Surveillance

Date

Jan 2023 — Jun 2024

Total Project Funding

$1.61M

Project Site

Mozambique

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