Overview
Given the heterogeneity of NTDs, information pathways and data management practices supporting programmes to eradicate, eliminate and control these diseases have tended to be equally diverse. This situation has created an uneven, complex information pathway beset by duplication and dispersion of effort, inefficiencies and missed opportunities.
The WHO-led development of the RHIS provides a unique opportunity to address several of these challenges and harness investments in systems by several stakeholders to strengthen national health information systems. In response, the Global NTD Programme has collaborated with the corporate WHO RHIS toolkit initiative by developing programme-specific guidance.
The NTD component of the RHIS toolkit comprises this general guidance document, several disease-specific documents, and an area-specific document on logistics information management systems for medicines and health products.
This general guidance document provides an overarching description of the NTD indicators required to monitor programme progress in alignment with the road map and its related strategic companion documents including the monitoring and evaluation framework (“the M&E Framework”).
Its main purpose is to provide high-level concepts for NTD programme design for data management and use for health information system managers wherever NTD data are aggregated, through the hierarchy of administrative levels.
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Routine health information system and health facility data for neglected tropical diseases
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https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240107076
