Child immunization data quality in Rwanda: an assessment of routine health information system data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Documentation and reporting of routine data by health workers is the backbone of the childhood immunization program. Immunization data from health management information systems (HMIS) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are often incomplete and unreliable. In Rwanda, the immunization e-Tracker, an individual-level health management information system (HMIS) built on DHIS2 open-source software, has been implemented and scaled nationwide since 2019. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of the routine HMIS immunization data over time.

Method

Data were derived from four HMIS sources for January to December 2020 from 24 health facilities from four districts: health facility registers (paper-based), district aggregated reports (paper-based), national

SUBMITTER: Uwera T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11980159 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature