Neonatal indicator data in Tanzania District Health Information System: evaluation of availability and quality of selected newborn indicators, 2015-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) indicators are essential in monitoring neonatal healthcare coverage and quality. The District Health Information System (DHIS2), an open-source platform in over 80 countries, supports health data collection and analysis, enabling progress tracking at national and subnational levels. This study evaluates the availability and quality of maternal and newborn health indicators, explicitly focusing on ENAP indicators within Tanzania's DHIS2.

Methods

Using the EN-MINI tool, we assessed data availability for 20 ENAP indicators by analysing their numerators and denominators in Tanzania's DHIS2 (2015-2022) across all healthcare levels. World Health Organization's (WHO) data quality framework was adapted to examine four dimensions: (a) a

SUBMITTER: Shabani J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11755859 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature