General principles - analysis and use of health facility data

Overview

This module provides an overview of the analysis curriculum, its objectives and structure and key principles that are relevant for all managers and analysts of health facility data. By the end of this module, participants will be able to:

• Understand the objectives and structure of the curriculum for the analysis of routine health facility data;
• Examine core indicators, based on international standards, recommended for collection through routine health information systems;
• Have a basic understanding of key data quality checks;
• Examine quality of population estimates/denominators and learn how to calculate alternate denominators;
• Have a basic understanding of key analytical concepts;
• Learn key principles for presentation and communication of data.