Improving completeness, accuracy & timeliness of HIV voluntary counseling & testing client data in Malawi using touchscreen computers.

A real-time data collection system can mitigate problems of data completeness, accuracy and timeliness often experienced using paper-based data collection and subsequent data entry. The Client Management Information System developed for the Malawi AIDS Counseling and Resource Organization employs touchscreen computers to collect client information during voluntary counseling and testing sessions. A user-friendly interface allows counselors with low levels of computer literacy to electronically capture client data in real-time without compromising the quality of counseling.

Epidemiology training manual for health personnel

This manual is intended to assist health centre personnel to appreciate the use of information in order to improve health services at their level. To improve the health of the community it is essential to understand why diseases arise and to do this it is necessary to study the distribution and determinants of disease in the population. The manual is designed into seven modules which can be used independently as need arises