Participation in the information system adaptation process in the public sector in Mozambique

Abstract

In the 1980s, efforts to reform health information systems (HIS) to systematically collect, analyze, and report data for improved management in developing countries were undertaken by national program managers of vertically structured programs. "This was due to foreign assistance to the health sector being typically focused on the programs rather than the entire health system" (Sauerborn and Lippeveld 2000, p.6). Many countries decided to attack the problems of HIS at its roots through integrated initiatives. Countries like Cameroon (Sauerborn 1991), Chad (Lippeveld et al. 1992), Tanzania, (Rubona 2001), Mozambique (Mwaluko et al. 1996), and Pakistan (Mujahid 2002) focused on routine HIS for primary level care facilities.