Strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and building sustainable health information systems in resource limited countries: Lessons learned from an M&E task-shifting initiative in Botswana

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mpofu, Mulamuli ^a   Semo, Bazghina Werq ^a,b   Grignon, Jessica ^a,b   Lebelonyane, Refeletswe ^c   Ludick, Steven ^d   Matshediso, Ellah ^d,e   Sento, Baraedi ^a   Ledikwe, Jenny H ^a,b  

^a Botswana International Training and Education Center for Health (I TECH)   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^d Government of Botswana   (Botswana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Data quality; Health information systems; Monitoring and evaluation; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BOTSWANA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84907976046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1032     Document Type: Article

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