Stories
March 15, 2022
Using Digital Tools to Track and Trace Health Commodities
Health commodities are essential components of well-functioning health systems. Governments must supply their citizenry with the right amount of these...
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March 14, 2022
Developing Resilient Digital Health Systems: Lessons from Ethiopia’s post-conflict situation
Conflict has substantial direct and indirect effects on the proper functioning of national health information systems, as well as the...
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March 10, 2022
Good Leadership for Successful Health Information Systems in Ethiopia
Leadership is critical to creating an enabling environment for health information system (HIS) strengthening. At the woreda level in Ethiopia, this...
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March 7, 2022
Health Information System Youth Enterprise: Our First-Year Journey
A year ago, my friends and I, then fresh graduates, were busy deciding our next steps. We were interested in...
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December 11, 2021
Leadership for Successful Electronic Medical Record Implementation: A lesson learned at a health facility in Ethiopia
It has been a couple of months since the Ministry of Health (MOH) turned its attention towards improving point of...
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December 10, 2021
Lessons from the COVID-19 Surveillance and Tracking System to Accelerate the Use of Digital Tools for Vaccination Programs
Ethiopia is the fifth most COVID-19-affected country in Africa and reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the east Africa...
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October 10, 2021
Making a Case for Shifting Focus and Investment to Transform Health Services Delivery
Ethiopia is digitizing its various health information systems to improve collection, aggregation, and use of quality routine health information at all...
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September 22, 2021
Digitizing Community Health Information Systems: What’s next to improve health service delivery at the community level in Ethiopia?
What was the goal? The electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) is a high-priority initiative, demonstrating the Ethiopian Ministry of...
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No Reinventing the Wheel when Digitizing Health Programs: How Uganda and Ethiopia are Learning from Eachother to Strengthen Malaria Responses in Both Countries
“Our work has become easier and faster due to the use of these systems, and patients no longer have to
May 8, 2023
Pioneering a Paperless Journey at the Community Level: The Case of Daro Health Post (HP)
Daro HP is one of the HPs in Anchar woreda in the West Hararghe Zone of Oromia Region. It is
May 8, 2023
Electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) Boosts Data Quality and Improves Services in Oromia Region
The electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) is one of the information revolution reforms prioritized by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health
September 6, 2022