1. Nabaggala Ruth Monitoring and Evaluation Officer UPMB 21 September 2010 1

2.  Uganda Health Information System (HIS) Started in 1985 with the objective of collecting morbidity data for selected communicable and non-communicable diseases. Reviewed d in 1992 to include management data. Reviewed in 2001, 2005 and recent review 2010 about completion. 2

3.  It’s a routine monitoring system that helps in health data collection and evaluation  It collects information from public and PNFP health facilities  Guideline and tools have been developed to functionalize the system National HMIS manual, HU databases, registers, forms etc. These are reviewed every after 5 years 3

4. 4 UPMB National UPMB Secretariat Dioceses (DHC) Health Facilities (Records Assistants, I/Cs)

5. 5 MINISTRY OF HEALTH Central Data Bank Health facilities Health sub District District Community based organizations Sentinel sites UPMB Notifiable diseases

6.  Weekly surveillance  105 (Out Patient form)  106 (Quarterly form)  108 (In patient) 6

7.  107 (Annual form)  Physical inventory  Equipment inventory  Staff listing  Staffing summary  HSSP indicators 7

8.  Daily registration (Patient registers)  Weekly (Epidemiological Surveillance report every Monday of the following week)  Monthly (7 th of every following month)  Quarterly (14 th October, January, April and July)  Annually (7 th August) 8

9.  Health sub district  District (District report)  UPMB (UPMB annual report)  Ministry of Health (Annual Health sector performance report) 9

10.  UPMB with support from Capacity Project developed the HMIS online reporting system.  The health unit personnel who directly interface with HMIS were identified and trained in how to use the online reporting system. The HMIS online reporting system is hosted on the UPMB website. 10

11.  The routine HMIS data is compiled by the health centre in-charges/records assistants and DHCs are expected to enter this data in the system on the UPMB website.  The analysis part is been developed to enable health facilities analyze some data, see their performance and improve accordingly. 11

12.  It will enable UPMB to know the health unit monthly activities.  To establish the trends of different diagnoses.  The health facilities will be able to analyze their data and use it to write monthly reports.  Use the analyzed information for planning purposes in order to improve the delivery of health services and mobilizing resources.  It is useless to collect data you will not be able to use. 12

13.  High staff turn over  Limited HMIS skills  Incomplete reports  Late reporting  No reporting 13

14.  THANKS 14