Considerations for the development and implementation of electronic immunization registries in Africa

While paper-based immunization registries are the prevalent form of documenting individual-level immunization service delivery in Africa, some countries are interested in transitioning to electronic immunization registries (EIRs) which have the potential to transform immunization data into useable i...

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Autores principales: Namageyo-Funa, Apophia, Samuel, Anita, Bloland, Peter, Macneil, Adam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30344865
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.81.11951
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author Namageyo-Funa, Apophia
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description While paper-based immunization registries are the prevalent form of documenting individual-level immunization service delivery in Africa, some countries are interested in transitioning to electronic immunization registries (EIRs) which have the potential to transform immunization data into useable information for decision making to optimize the performance of immunization programs. This report discusses opportunities and challenges in the adoption of EIRs in the African continent.
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spelling pubmed-61912512018-10-19 Considerations for the development and implementation of electronic immunization registries in Africa Namageyo-Funa, Apophia Samuel, Anita Bloland, Peter Macneil, Adam Pan Afr Med J Commentary While paper-based immunization registries are the prevalent form of documenting individual-level immunization service delivery in Africa, some countries are interested in transitioning to electronic immunization registries (EIRs) which have the potential to transform immunization data into useable information for decision making to optimize the performance of immunization programs. This report discusses opportunities and challenges in the adoption of EIRs in the African continent. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6191251/ /pubmed/30344865 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.81.11951 Text en © Apophia Namageyo-Funa et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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