Challenges of Sustainability of Health Information Systems in Developing Countries: Comparative Case Studies of Mozambique and Tanzania


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Kimaro HC, Nhampossa JL

Series/Journal Title:

Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries

Volume:

1

Issue:

1

Pages:

10

Description:

Given that IT projects may take a long time to be fully institutionalized, sufficient resources are required to build the local capacity to support and sustain the project after the withdrawal of donors. Inadequate donor support often contributes to weakening rather than strengthening human resource capacity and effective system design, since it emphasizes the technology itself at the expense of the needs of the users. These factors contribute to the design and implemntation of unsustainable health information systems in developing countries. [from abstract]

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Geographic Focus

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