HMN Weekly highlights

• Message from the Health Metrics Network Acting Executive Secretary
  1 March 2011
• HMN streamlines to focus on recording vital events and tracking progress towards stronger health information systems
  18 October 2010
• HMN evaluates GTZ partner project in Aceh, Indonesia
  30 July 2010
• Global Fund Round 10 application deadline less than a month away
  23 July 2010
• Growing Momentum for the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
  16 July 2010
• HMN Board approves Network's new biennial strategy 2010-11
  7 July 2010
• HMN releases Biennial Report 2008-2009
  24 June 2010
• New HMN report on impact of HIS improvements on health now available
  18 June 2010
• Capacity, infrastructure and coordination weaknesses top the list of HIS challenges facing countries
  11 June 2010
• Global Fund Round 10 provides funding opportunities for country HIS strengthening
  4 June 2010
• Twenty-three countries represented at landmark health information workshop in Alexandria
  28 May 2010
• Better country data needed to assess progress towards health MDG targets
  21 May 2010
• New: May 2010 issue of HMN Newsletter Focus
  14 May 2010
• Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Strengthening of Health Information Systems launched in Lima, Peru
  7 May 2010
• Enabling HIS Integration and Data Interoperability - a pilot case in Sierra Leone
  30 April 2010
• Geneva Health Forum 2010 spotlights transformational impact of new technologies on access and use of health information
  23 April 2010
• Global Fund awards US$ 105 million for National HIS Strengthening
  16 April 2010
• Readers request more HMN Weekly Highlights on HIS tools and country progress
  9 April 2010
• RHINO workshop on performance of routine health information systems
  1 April 2010
• Strengthening the National Health Information System in Trinidad and Tobago
  26 March 2010
• Zambia introduces League Tables to improve Data Completeness
  19 March 2010
• Rolling-out a new Health Information System: Challenges and Progress in Ethiopia
  5 March 2010
• Tracking Tool offers potential to help countries and donors monitor HIS improvements
  26 February 2010
• Sierra Leone’s DHIS offers platform for national and international partners to harmonize health reporting and indicators
  19 February 2010
• New HMN study looks at impact of health workforce crisis on HIS
  12 February 2010
• Health Information ‘tribes’ unite behind Bangkok Call to Action
  5 February 2010
• GHIF 2010 update 4 - Health Information Systems: Panacea or Pipedream ?
  29 January 2010
• GHIF 2010 update 3 - Forum leaders call for responsible action from the global community to improve country health information systems
  28 January 2010
• GHIF 2010 update 2 - Keynote speaker Professor Anne Mills receives Prince Mahidol Award 2009
  27 January 2010
• GHIF 2010 update 1 - Global Health Information Forum underway this week in Bangkok
  26 January 2010
• World Bank Sends Strong Signal in Support of HIS Strengthening
  22 January 2010
• New Year's Message from Dr. Sally Stansfield, HMN Executive Secretary
  15 January 2010
• Report of first HMN Evaluation helps shape future direction
  11 December 2009
• WHO brings together Health Information Experts from more than 40 countries
  4 December 2009
• Partners develop new tool to help countries track HIS improvements
  27 November 2009
• Global Fund Board affirms importance of links with health systems partnerships
  20 November 2009
• Health information systems play a role in improving women's health
  13 November 2009
• HMN Framework in Brief: New Summary Leaflets Available
  6 November 2009
• Berlin conference puts e-Health in the developing world in the spotlight
  30 October 2009
• Best Practice Guidelines for e-Health Services and Products revised at Kigali Policy Meeting
  23 October 2009
• Framework, Network and Country Results key to HMN’s future direction
  16 October 2009
• Implementation of Ethiopian HMIS features at Health Sector Review Meeting
  9 October 2009
• Country and global experts shape guidance to improve data quality‬
  25 September 2009
• Sierra Leone pioneers Health Information Bulletin to highlight data trends from DHIS
  18 September 2009
• Key role for ICT in building Caribbean Health Information Systems
  11 September 2009
• Investing in Informatics: The 7th Annual Public Health Information Network Conference
  4 September 2009
• HMN awarded Rockefeller Foundation grant to evaluate São Paulo health information system
  28 August 2009
• Belize's Health Information System (BHIS) provides Lessons Learned to Caribbean Countries
  21 August 2009
• Owning the Facts: Leadership Forum on country-led strategies for HIS Strengthening
  14 August 2009
• Funding for HIS on the agenda at Asia Pacific workshop in Bangkok
  31 July 2009
• Health Development Partners show support for Sierra Leone’s District Health Information System
  24 July 2009
• Launch of the Global Health Information Network (TGHIN) provides new platform for interaction on HIS
  17 July 2009
• Latin America Intercountry Workshop: Another Step Towards a Unified Health Information System
  10 July 2009
• HIS subaccount framework to be piloted in Ethiopia
  26 June 2009
• Sierra Leone focuses on improving data use and quality
  19 June 2009
• Establishing the Demographic and Health Surveillance System (DHSS) in Zambia
  12 June 2009
• National statistical institutions play key role in improving systems for civil registration and vital statistics
  5 June 2009
• Country HIS Success Stories featured at Global Health Council Conference
  29 May 2009
• 2010 Global Health Information Forum: putting HIS at the centre of Health Agendas
  22 May 2009
• PEPFAR sees key role for health information in tackling global burden of disease
  15 May 2009
• The HMN Assessment Tool - The First Step to HIS Strengthening
  9 May 2009