June 2021 — To address persistently low rates for antenatal visits and delivery at facilities with skilled birth attendance among women in six subcounties in Kenya, the Afya Uzazi project developed an integrated activity that merged high-frequency monitoring and data use for intensified community and client engagement. The “surge” initiative used weekly staff data reviews to…
May 2019 — This brief summarizes findings from the Education Equity Research Initiative’s review of low-cost screening instruments that are currently being used or have the potential to be used in low- and middle-income countries to identify children with disabilities. It covers screening instruments that could be applied at the individual level for identification or…
April 2021 — FHI 360 looks back at the National Institute for Work and Learning’s activities in 2020, which marks a half century of our involvement in preparing different segments of the U.S. population – including the most marginalized – for critical work and learning experiences. Staying not just relevant, but leading changes in the…
This factsheet offers a high-level overview of the current work of FHI 360’s Market Development and Product Introduction (MDPI) initiative. It provides a brief introduction to FHI 360’s MDPI expertise across the organization and establishes the broader goal of the MDPI initiative. The fact sheet also maps MDPI capabilities to products and therapeutic areas and…
March 2021 — This brochure is an overview of FHI 360’s management of the Vietnam program of the Global Better Health Programme, which is part of the Prosperity Fund led by the U.K. government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to strengthen health systems. Objectives for Vietnam include strategies for noncommunicable diseases, health education and training,…
The brief identifies a standard for exchanging data between health care systems, specifically fast health care interoperability resources (FHIR) and its features. The document also indicates how FHIR works, benefits of this system specifically to Vietnam and what is currently happening to evaluate software to enhance the country’s electronic health information.
This brief looks at the challenges of establishing a common terminology for electronic health records across several systems. It highlights SNOMED CT as the technology that can provide uniformity and a large vocabulary of terms. The brief explains the benefits of this technology and the current situation in Vietnam regarding electronics records.