In February, after six years of working with the Ministry of Health (MOH), regional health bureaus (RHBs), universities, and partners to implement the MOH’s Information Revolution (IR), the Ethiopia...
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Catalyzing Change: Scaling up an Information Use Culture across Ethiopia’s Health System
Since 2017, the Ethiopia Data Use Partnership (DUP) has been an active partner in the implementation of the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Information Revolution (IR), a national strategic initiative to...
The Transformation from Data-Dismissive Attitudes to Data-Driven Practices at a Primary Health Care Unit in Ethiopia
On October 29, 2022, Jamel Ahmed, head of Lera Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) in the West Azernet Berbere District of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ (SNNP) Region of Ethiopia,...
Restoring Information System Functionality in War-Affected Health Institutions
After war broke out in northern Uganda in November 2020, Ethiopia Data Use Partnership (DUP) responded to the Government of Ethiopia’s call to rebuild health information systems infrastructure.
Ethiopia Data Use Partnership Staff Author Several Articles in a New Global Health: Science and Practice Supplement
Several articles from the Ethiopia Data Use Partnership were recently featured in Global Health: Science and Practice journal.
Building an eHealth Architecture to Streamline Exchange and Investment in Ethiopia’s Health Information System
Ethiopia Data Use Partnership and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health developed a national eHealth architecture (eHA) framework that outlines and governs existing and planned business processes, data management systems, and technologies.
Retrieving and Using Legacy Health Data to Make Evidence-Based Decisions in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region
Ethiopia’s health information management tools and practices have evolved as the health environment shifts and technology advances. One example was the standardization of the routine health...
Non-monetary Incentives Cultivate Data Use Culture in Ethiopia’s Zewditu Memorial Hospital
In 2019, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MOH) and Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau selected the nearly 100-year-old Zewditu Memorial Hospital as a learning site for the implementation...
Supporting Health Information System Recovery in Ethiopia’s War-Affected Areas
The Ethiopia Data Use Partnership (DUP), a joint initiative of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. to transform the country’s health data management...
Ethiopia’s Experience: Empowering and improving the use of quality data for evidence-based decisions through capacity building and mentorship
Mr. Gizachew Gishu is head of the Hawella health center, one of the four health centers in the Hawella district of the Sidama region in Ethiopia. During his tenure at the health center, he grappled...