Ethiopia's experience of Health Information System (HIS)

Abstract

Health information system (HIS) is one of the most important components and an integral part of a functioning health system (1-3). It is essential to generate information for planning, monitoring, and evaluation of public health initiatives and programs (4). Weak health HIS, on the other hand, are a major roadblock to reaching the health-related sustainable development Goals (SDGs) because performance of health systems cannot be properly reviewed or monitored if HIS data is missing, incorrect, or delayed (5,6).