Health Information System

Paul De Caluwe, Jean-Pierre De Lamalle, Isaline Greindl, Frédérick Lecharlier, Alain Wodon, Jean-Pierre D'Altilia

Description

The health information systems of developing countries have made significant progress these last years. Nowadays, the challenge they are facing is that of their use and the acknowledgement of their usefulness by all health-systems players. Indicators at the national level would be of interest if health information systems are effectively operational.

Sujets

• Médecine
• Santé

Informations

• Publié par: L'Harmattan
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 184
• EAN13: 9782296448018
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Health Information System

© L'H ARMATTAN , 2010 5-7, rue de l'École-Polytechnique ; 75005 Paris http://www.librairieharmattan.com [e-mail] [e-mail] ISBN : 978-2-296-13240-5 EAN : 9782296132405

Health Information System nd 2 edition L’H ARMATTAN

HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM The following people contributed to this document (in alphabetical order): Jean-Pierre d’Altilia Paul De Caluwé Jean-Pierre de Lamalle Isaline Greindl Frédérick Lecharlier Alain Wodon The following contributed to the first edition that appeared in September, 1996 (in alphabetical order) with the collaboration of AEDES and MSF-Belgium Jean-Pierre d’Altilia Jean-Pierre de Lamalle Murielle Deguerry Myriam Henkens Pascal Meeus Vincent Vercruysse Alain Wodon AEDES 34 rue Joseph II 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] www.aedes.be

Foreword The first edition of this book, which appeared in 1996, was well received, for it tried to impart practical elements derived from the field experiences of its various authors. Eight years on, it has become necessary to adapt the first version by taking into consideration developments in information systems in the developing countries, the health situation (the AIDS epidemic, for example and the updating of reference data) and the kind of health information asked for by donors and governments. This second edition should, we hope, meet these new demands. Our intention in this book is to retain avery operationalapproach, without academic pretensions, by providing those people involved in a health information system with the latest references and practical support in their daily tasks.

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ABBREVIATIONS AEDES European Agency for Development and Health ALS Average Length of Stay AMC Average Monthly Consumption AMI Absolute Maternal Indication ANC Ante-Natal Consultation ARI Acute Respiratory Infection ARV Anti-retrovirals BCG Calmette-Guérin Bacillus CDC Centre for Disease Control CI Confidence Interval CMR Crude Mortality Rate CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid DOTS Directly Observed Treatment Short-course DPT Diphtheria-Polio-Tetanus EPI Extended Program of Immunisation FHS Foetal Heart Sounds GIS Geographic Information System HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus KB Koch's Bacillus MCTP Mother-Child Transmission Prevention MOO Major Obstetrical Operation MSF Médecins Sans Frontières NC New Case NCON Non-covered Obstetrical Needs NHIS National Health Information System NHIMS National Health Information & Management System OC Old Case PLWA Person Living With Aids RP Risk Pregnancy STD Sexually Transmitted Disease TD Thick Drop UNHCR UN High Commissioner for Refugees VCS Voluntary Counselling and Screening WCA Women of Child-bearing Age WFP World Food Program WHO World Health Organisation WPY Women Protection Year

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