DHIS definition
Examples of DHIS in a sentence
We will strengthen the District Health Information System (DHIS) and progressively design and implement an appropriate Electronic Health Record for the country.
We will also strengthen our oversight over sub-national levels through the use of levers such as supervisory visits and incorporating the DHIS requirements into manager’s performance agreements at all levels.
Monitoring patients newly initiated on ART and patients retained in care is to be conducted using the DHIS and 3-Tiered ART Monitoring System platforms.
PFIP implementation monitoring indicators are expected to be aligned with those NSP priority indicators captured in the DHIS and other routine reporting structures as well as through current PEPFAR reporting systems.
We will also strengthen our oversight over ub-national levels through the use of levers such as supervisory visits and incorporating the DHIS requirements into manager’s performance agreements at all levels.
PEPFAR is expected also to work to strengthen the use of the district health information system (DHIS) and reduce the need for parallel reporting systems to the extent possible.
During the reporting period, improvements were recorded in DHIS data reporting rates with 73.5% (25 of 34) of supported facilities reporting SAPR-RADET using the Lafia Management Information System (LAMIS), as compared to the 12% (4 of 34) utilization rate recorded in the previous quarter.
The data source will be the Extended Programme on Immunization (EPI) / District Health Information System (DHIS).
This is to ensure that these facilities have the requisite capacity to directly enter data into DHIS, are accountable for the data quality, and utilize data in decision making.
In addition, the data should be captured into DHIS at the lowest level possible (preferably at community level facilities), whilst there should be a paper trail or source of data in the form of patient files and registers for audit and litigation purposes.