Community-driven data revolution is feasible in developing countries: experiences from an integrated health information and surveillance system in Kenya

Authors

Anthony Ngugi, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Gijs Walraven, Aga Khan Development Network, Switzerland
James Orwa, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Adelaide Lusambili, Aga Khan UniversityFollow
Maureen Kimani, Ministry of Health, Kenya
Stanley Luchters, Aga Khan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Report

Department

Population Health (East Africa)

Abstract

Over the period of the Millennium Development Goals (2000-15), it became clear that there was a pressing need and an increasing capacity for a ‘data revolution’ to inform the global health development agenda. In most developing countries, data on key indicators were collected through laborious and retrospective surveys that were as much as five years out-of-date, or through passive reporting systems that relied on routinely generated health facility data. Gaps in the primary data were filled by modelled estimates, which often relied on inadequate assumptions.

Publication (Name of Journal)

Journal of Global Health Reports

Recommended Citation

Ngugi, A., Walraven, G., Orwa, J., Lusambili, A., Kimani, M., Luchters, S. (2021). Community-driven data revolution is feasible in developing countries: experiences from an integrated health information and surveillance system in Kenya. Journal of Global Health Reports, 5(e2021074), 1-8.
Available at: https://ecommons.aku.edu/eastafrica_fhs_mc_popul_health/100

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