Health information systems in developing countries: case of African countries
| Autor: | Edgard Brice Ngoungou, Aimé Patrice Koumamba, Gayo Diallo, Ulrick Bisvigou |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Bordeaux population health (BPH), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Bordeaux (UB), Université des Sciences de la Santé [Libreville, Gabon], Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale (NET), Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-CHU Limoges-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Limoges (UNILIM), Malbec, Odile, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut d'Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale-CHU Limoges-Institut Génomique, Environnement, Immunité, Santé, Thérapeutique (GEIST), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Université de Limoges (UNILIM) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Information management
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Performance Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics Scopus R858-859.7 Developing country Health Informatics Health informatics Health data 03 medical and health sciences Health Information Systems 0302 clinical medicine Political science Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Developing Countries Governance business.industry 030503 health policy & services Corporate governance Health Policy 1. No poverty Public relations Computer Science Applications Data Accuracy [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] Conceptual framework Data quality 0305 other medical science business Inclusion (education) Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, BioMed Central, 2021, 21 (1), pp.232. ⟨10.1186/s12911-021-01597-5⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1472-6947 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12911-021-01597-5⟩ |
| Popis: | Background In developing countries, health information system (HIS) is experiencing more and more difficulties to produce quality data. The lack of reliable health related information makes it difficult to develop effective health policies. In order to understand the organization of HIS in African countries, we undertook a literature review. Methods Our study was conducted using the PubMed and Scopus bibliographic search engines. The inclusion criteria were: (i) all articles published between 2005 and 2019, (ii) articles including in their title the keywords "health", "information", "systems", "system", "africa", "developing countries", "santé", "pays en développement", "Afrique", (iii) articles that are written in English or French, (iv) which deals with organizational and technical issues about HIS in African countries. Results Fourteen retrieved articles out of 2492 were included in the study, of which 13 (92.9%) were qualitative. All of them dealt with issues related to HIS in 12 African countries. All 12 countries (100.0%) had opted for a data warehouse approach to improve their HIS. This approach, supported by the DHIS2 system, has enabled providing reliable data. However, 11 out of the 12 countries (92.0%) frameworks were aligned with funding donors’ strategies and lacked any national strategy. Conclusion This study suggests that the lack of a national health information management strategy will always be a threat to HIS performance in African countries. Ideally, rigorous upstream thinking to strengthen HIS governance should be undertaken by defining and proposing a coherent conceptual framework to analyze and guide the development and integration of digital applications into HIS over the long term. |
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