Making Data Useful: The VIMS Story in Tanzania

Making Data Useful: The VIMS Story in Tanzania

Background In 2015, the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) review team observed low data quality, parallel reporting systems, low capacity and incentive to collect and use data for performance improvement among key obstacles in monitoring and improving...

Skilled for the Process: IT Learning Packages

Skilled for the Process: IT Learning Packages

“Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill”, in the words of Tony Buzan*. Skills bear the core of every knowledge gained beyond knowing, and this is what defines the art of actuality. At inSupply Health, our art has been building skills beyond the scope of...

Data Use Culture and Value

Data Use Culture and Value

Introduction Data culture is a collective behaviour and beliefs of people who value, practice and encourage the use of data to inform actions and improve decision making. Increasingly, countries in Sub Saharan Africa, including Tanzania and Kenya, have been...