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Mozambique Health Information Network (MHIN)

last updated Dec 18, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Academy for Educational Development (AED), MISAU, Ministry of Science and Technology (Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia, MCT)
Legal Status: 
Public-private partnership
Year Launched: 
2006
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
All income levels

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Government
Funders: 
AED SATELLIFE, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Technology

Technology Used: 
PDA/Tablet, Global Positioning System (GPS)
Technology Purpose: 
Improving Data Management › Data Collection
Summary: 

The project proposes the introduction of handheld computers at a district level in the Lebombo Strategic Development Initiative (LSDI) Malaria Program area in Mozambique.

Key program components: 

District health personnel will receive a short training course on the use of the handheld computers and customized data collection tools to be developed by SATELLIFE (SL) for both routine and survey data. These data collection tools will be designed so as to minimize end-user skill requirements and to maximize the speed of data capture. The handheld computers will be equipped to use cell phone connectivity to a modem in the LSDI office to increase data transmission speed and lead to a more streamlined, functional information management system that can react rapidly to indicated evidenced-based changes to implementation. The use of geographic positioning systems (GPS) with the handheld computers will allow mapping of malaria control activities, which, over the long term, will enhance better resource allocation. If successful, the use of handheld computers in Mozambique can be expanded nationally and also adapted to bring similar benefits to other components of the health service.

This is a proposal to build the Mozambique Health Information Network (MHIN). The method proposed includes the use of low-cost handheld computers and to employ the existing cellular telephone system for the collection of health management information data and, in return, the dissemination of health and medical information through the network relevant to frontline health workers. It will be piloted in five districts in three provinces: Alto Molocue, in Zambezia province; Monapo and Moma in Nampula province, and Chiure and Quissanga in Cabo Delgalo province, with control sites in each province.

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