1. DHI.System & GIS in MZ Routine health & semi- permanent data on a GISmap

2. GIS for Health: The relevance  Data communication. Maps display existing data in a format which is easly comprehensible to decision makers, health practitioners, laypersons, and the media alike  Data analysis. Calculating the population in a radius around a health unit can only be done using GIS and the results of statistical analyses can be displayed in a map format  Decision support. The ability of displaying both HIS indicators and the results of data analyses make GIS useful tool for decision support: Maps easily reveal inequitis in the allocation of resources, the performance of health services, and health outcomes  Links to other sectors. Maps are a generic platform for displaying information from all sectors: Oportunity to share data from different sectors and foster exchange and communication In developing countries maps are often outdated, omitting new villages, roads, health units, or are simply incorrect situating villages wrongly.

3. The Map of Mozambique

4. The Health Units Distribuition

5. The GIS project aim  Improving the health status of the communities in Mozambique  Better inform the management and decision making  Representing the routine health and semi- permanet data on a GISmap and/or  Enabling the GIS functionality on the District Health Information System

6. The DHIS as Such 4. Report generator and pivot table fed by datamart 3. Export to Datamart Datamart Pivot table Standard and User- defined Reports Database ASCII text files 2. Export captured data to next level 1. Routine health data entry/edit

7. Routine health data Organizational units Data elements Indicators (health and performance) Infrastructure Human resources Semi-permanent data Census data Population size per village: Census data or projection of census data Survey data Data from IS of other sectors: Education, agriculture, finances, etc. The DataBase Content

8. Tools & Dev. strategy  Database technology: Access, MySQL  Web Page: HoTMetal Pro, FrontPage,HTML  GIS Tools: ArcGIS, ArcIMS  Other tools: ????MS-Visio, Spreadsheet, word processors  Development strategy: Learning and Prototyping

9. GIS Tools

10. GIS Tools (Cont.)

11. Access to GIS technology  Licenses (at least temporary) to use GIS technology home: No enough WS for all students, time pressure, deadlines  GIS technologies not available/accessible back home/during the field work to support the learning and development of GIS application, prototyping, testing,