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A hands-on workshop in Kigali strengthened RBC and MOH staff’s ability to obtain, manage, analyze and report mortality and surveillance data which will improve disease trend monitoring and public health communication.
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The National Health Research Authority (NHRA) in Zambia institutionalized the D2P program and conducted a workshop to establish plans to advance five policies that were developed during previous D2P trainings. Notably, two policies focused on folic acid fortification and improved access to life-saving equipment for maternal mortality prevention are moving toward policy implementation
Learn MoreBloomberg Philanthropies | Data for Health Initiative
Today, approximately half of all deaths in the world go unrecorded; accordingly, health policy decisions are often based on inadequate information. Data for Health, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and The Gates Foundation, partners with countries to improve public health data and use of data for policymaking.
Collaborating institutions in the Initiative are: Vital Strategies, CDC Foundation, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Pan American Health Organization, U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific, U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Howard University, The Pacific Community, and the World Health Organization.
