Burkina Faso: The Ministry of Health and USAID launch Data.FI, a new project to improve the response to covid-19

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, Dr. Estelle Dabiré/Dembélé chaired the opening of the workshop on Monday, January 23, 2023 in Loumbila to analyze the situation of data management tools covid-19: collection, allocation, use. A workshop that also served as a framework for the official launch of the project "Data For Implementation Burkina Faso (Data.FI)". A project funded by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and USAID.

The Data For Implementation (Data.FI) project is being implemented in 21 countries around the world. It is a project that aims to strengthen the health information system, improve data quality, support evidence-based decision making, and support the use of data in the field of health care.It is a project that aims to strengthen the health information system, improve data quality, support evidence-based decision making, and support the use of data in the field of HIV and AIDS. As Dany Malaba, who represented the USAID Health Team Director at the workshop, pointed out, "data issues remain a criticalThe data issue remains a critical one if we are to succeed in our future planning and if we are to succeed in effective and efficient decision making."

In Burkina Faso, the Data.FI project will be implemented from July 2022 to July 2023. It aims to support the intensification of data use to improve the performance of the health information system. Improved performance is based on data collection, analysis, and evidence-based decision making to accelerate the response to covid-19.

According to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, Dr. Estelle Dabiré/Dembélé, the workshop, which opened on January 23, 2023, will allow theAccording to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, Dr. Estelle Dabiré/Dembélé, the workshop, which opened on January 23, 2023, will allow the Department of Health to have an overview of the covid-19 data management and decision support tools at the national level. "Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have had to put in place tools to collect information, analyze it and make decisions. These tools have multiplied because many actors are interested in the management of covid-19. The pandemic is not yet over and with our partners, we continue to collect information, analyze it and look for solutions to keep it under control and prevent this type of pandemic from hindering development in Burkina Faso. There have been many management tools to control covid-19. The Data.FI project would like to support us as a technical partner to review these tools. We will first review all the existing tools and see how we can harmonize and align them for better use and better decision making," explained the Secretary General.

According to Dr. Dabiré, the workshop will allow us to identify the next steps to take up the challenges of managing and using covid-19 data on the one hand, and on the other hand, to identify the needs of the population.The workshop will allow us to identify the next steps to address the challenges of managing and using covid-19 data on the one hand, and on the other hand to strengthen the health system in an integrated manner through the improvement of the covid-19 management system.

Source: lefaso.net