Abstract

Information Technology for Development Volume 4 Number 4 . © 1989 Oxford University Press. Management Information Support for District Health Systems Based on Primary Health Care Duane L. Smith World Health Organization Holger Hansen University of Connecticut School of Medicine Mehtab S. Karim The Aga Khan University Faculty of Health Science The Context of A major aim of the workshop was the improvement of Information Support information support for management of health care to Operational programmes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Management for the health system. Attention was directed primarily towards the information systems needed for operational Primary Health Care management of primary health care, rather than to information needs for strategic planning and monitoring at the national level, which has been well addressed in a variety of other publications.1 As a part of the efforts of the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen the implementation of primary health care, based on the principles agreed on by most nations at Alma Ata in 1978, WHO has recently been placing increasing emphasis on the development and strengthening of 'district health systems based on primary health care'. This workshop found the concept of the district health system exceedingly helpful