Health Information System: Morbidity and Mortality Statistics; 1993

ABSTRACT

"Throughout 1993; morbidity statistics were received from 33 out of 39 districts and mortality statistics were received from only 30 out of 97 hospitals. Although these figures indicate a slight improvement in the response to reporting as compared to that of 1992; the response is still very low. Besides; a lot of data was characterised by gaps and incompleteness with only 60of the units reporting regularly throughout the year. Despite the high coverage in the training of the districts and health unit staffs; little importance has therefore been attached to the use of the data at most levels of health care delivery in planning and managing the health services. Against this dismissal situation; the Health Planning Unit has embarked on an exercise to receive the current Health Information System including other possible health information with a view to integrating them into one Health MIS by integrating the total number of forms and expanding the role of HIS from a meer ""disease surveillance"" to collection of entire health care information and ensuring this information is put to proper use while planning and managing helath services at all levels of health care service delivery."