Did an Intervention Programme Aimed at Strengthening the Maternal and Child Health Services in Nigeria Improve the Completeness of Routine Health Data Within the Health Management Information System?

ABSTRACT:

Background

During 2012-2015, the Federal Government of Nigeria launched the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, a health system strengthening (HSS) programme with a Maternal and Child Health component (Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme [SURE-P]/MCH), which was monitored using the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) data reporting tools. Good quality data is essential for health policy and planning decisions yet, little is known on whether and how broad health systems strengthening programmes affect quality of data. This paper explores the effects of the SURE-P/MCH on completeness of MCH data in the National HMIS.

Methods

This mixed-methods study was undertaken in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria. A standardized proforma was used to collect f

SUBMITTER: Uzochukwu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808167 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature