世界银行-孟加拉国加强卫生系统的卫生信息系统评估：政策简报（英）-7页

PublicDisclosureAuthorizedPolicyBrief:PublicDisclosureAuthorizedHealthInformationSystemsAssessmentforPublicDisclosureAuthorizedHealthSystemsStrengtheninginBangladesh1PublicDisclosureAuthorizedImeAsangansi,RiannaMohammed-Roberts,MaksudulHannan,MattHulse,AsibNasimJune2021BackgroundOverthelasttwodecades,Bangladeshhasmadesignificantprogressinimprovingitsroutinehealthinformationsystems(HIS).ThegoaloftheBangladeshHISistoprovideaccurateandtimelyhealthdatarequiredforeffectivedecisionmaking.TheHISthusplaysacrucialroleinstrategicplanningandisanessentialcomponentofsoundprogramdevelopment,implementation,andmonitoring,uponwhichimprovedhealthoutcomesdepend.Indeed,Bangladeshhasrecordednotableprogressacrossarangeofhealthoutcomes,especiallythematernalandchildhealthoutcomesoverthelasttwodecades.However,theCOVID-19pandemiccouldderailprogress.DecadesofprogressindevelopingthehealthsystemaswellastheHIScouldpotentiallybeaffected.GeneratingadequateevidencefromaproperlyfunctioningHISisimportantinguidingthecountry’scontinuouseffortstomitigateagainstadverseeffectsandsustainingprogress.Inthiscontext,understandingtheimpactofCOVID-19onessentialhealthandnutritionservices(EHNS)includingthedataonkeyindicatorsatthenationalandsub-nationallevels(regionalanddistrict-wise)isaprerequisiteforevidence-basedpolicymaking.Againstthisbackdrop,anHISasse...