Public health information, surveillance solutions and systems (phis?) project which is a consortium of apin public health initiatives, RTI and ucsf-healthqual - health information system (his) plays a…

Public health information, surveillance solutions and systems (phis?) project which is a consortium of apin public health initiatives, RTI and ucsf-healthqual - health information system (his) plays a pivotal role in program result based accountability and success. Achieving epidemic control and attaining unaids 95:95:95 fast track strategy goals 3 in nigeria will require a strong and well-coordinated his that will support program accountability and decision making. There is need to overhaul and strengthen the his for IT to respond adequately and in timely manner for HIV program accountability and decision-making. Apin, a front liner in the implementation of electronic medical records in nigeria, will work in consortium with healthqual-ucsf and RTI, to expand, improve and strengthen existing his systems and frameworks; coordinate CQI initiatives; conduct program evaluation, surveillance and surveys to support pepfar prevention and treatment programs and strengthen laboratory services capacities for HIV program improvement. Specifically, consolidated health information reporting and management systems (chirms) will galvanize existing in-country resources for improved coordination of HIV surveillance activities, system capacity building, conduct of formative baseline assessment on HIV surveillance system, bridge identified gaps using a learning collaborative approach with stakeholders and facilitate development of country multiyear surveillance, evaluation and surveys that address key evaluation questions along HIV cascade of care. Our consortium will consolidate on the existing quality improvement activities and strengthen stakeholders? Capacity to set-up quality improvement programs at the national level, state level, IP-level and at the health facilities. We will roll out lgas improvement networks, based on a hub-and-spoke model using participatory learning approach. We will mainstream existing NDR and nmrs platforms through development of new modules that support interoperability with lims and commodity management, and data exchange across the different his platforms. Chirms will provide program suppo RT to fmoh to develop national DQA that will be synchronized into web-based platforms for analysis. We will raise a pool of his TOT across the various his fields and support the set-up of governance bodies for his at national, state and facility levels. Chirms will conduct laboratory services availability and readiness assessment; cost analysis and effectiveness assessment; and equipment functionality, utility and impact across selected PCR and gene-expert laboratories. Laboratory quality assurance will be upheld through development of framework and accreditation processes. We support national coordinating body to conduct impact evaluation of national integrated sample referral network program and develop improvement plans. Our proposed interventions will help strengthen the national health information and surveillance system to respond to the HIV program need.