eSIP-Saúde: Mozambique’s novel approach for a sustainable human resources for health information system

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• Alternative Title:
  Hum Resour Health
• Personal Author:
  Waters, Keith P. ; Mazivila, Moises Ernesto ; Dgedge, Martinho ; Necochea, Edgar ; Manharlal, Devan ; Zuber, Alexandra ; de Faria Leão, Beatriz ; Bossemeyer, Debora ; Vergara, Alfredo E.
• Description:
  Introduction
  
  Over the past decade, governments and international partners have responded to calls for health workforce data with ambitious investments in human resources information systems (HRIS). However, documentation of country experiences in the use of HRIS to improve strategic planning and management has been lacking. The purpose of this case presentation is to document for the first time Mozambique’s novel approach to HRIS, sharing key success factors and contributing to the scant global knowledge base on HRIS.
  
  Case presentation
  
  Core components of the system are a Government of Mozambique (GOM) registry covering all workers in the GOM payroll and a “health extension” which adds health-sector-specific data to the GOM registry. Separate databases for pre-service and in-service training are integrated through a business intelligence tool. The first aim of the HRIS was to identify the following: who and where are Mozambique’s health workers? As of July 2015, 95 % of countrywide health workforce deployment information was populated in the HRIS, allowing the identification of health professionals’ physical working location and their pay point.
  
  Conclusion
  
  The Mozambican system is an important example of an HRIS built on a local platform with local staff. Notable models of strategic data use demonstrate that the system is empowering the MOH to improve health services delivery, health workforce allocation, and management. Combined with committed country leadership and ownership of the program, this suggests strong chances of sustainability and real impact on public health equity and quality.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Case Study Data Use Deployment Health Workforce Registry HIV/AIDS Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Retirement Staffing
• Source:
  Hum Resour Health. 14.
• Pubmed ID:
  27814734
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5097348
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U2G PS001542/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHS/United States
• Name as Subject:
  United States. President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
• Volume:
  14
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a0c7465a8d294affcf9407f398b1e75905c4e7adcfc9f727f58c0301c534a8d9c88c9ca65da6c512c64a3859cd75a2ed959daf94c317719c2101987c80fa6b2
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