Information generating process
Data Collection
Data Transmission
Data Processing
Data Analysis
Information for use in
decision making
Info-needs / indicators
Management
Resources
Organizational rules
HIS in Developing Countries
lack of NHIS policy framework and its application to plans, projects and actions.
Relative NHIS weak structure and limited resources.
Limited NHIS performance with poor and limited availability of accurate, complete and timely information
HIS in Developing Countries
Limited skilled staff and training for information and technology management.
Fragmented and even overlapped specific information systems with lack of integration of specific and sub-national systems within a national HIS network.
Lack of coordination and communication between the stakeholders (offices, institutions, sectors) that should be involved in the production and sharing of information.
Lack of appropriate finance.
Subsystems of Health Information System
A health information system can be considered to consist of several separate subsystems:
Disease surveillance and outbreak notification.
Data generated through household surveys.
Registration of vital events and censuses (births, deaths and causes of death).
