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This document outlines the DHIS2 Climate and Health pilot project in Ethiopia, which aims to improve the country’s capacity to collect, analyze, and respond to climate-sensitive health data, specifically focusing on malaria. The project utilizes the existing DHIS2 platform for data management.
Key aspects include:
- Background: Strengthening data use for evidence-based decision-making regarding public health impacts of climate change.
- Current Use Case: Malaria, with a focus on suitability, stratification, and prediction. Adama Woreda is mentioned as a pilot site.
- Opportunities: The unique context of malaria trends, the influence of elevation on vector-borne diseases, ongoing malaria mapping, unexpected peaks in cases, and the Ethiopian Ministry of Health’s willingness to collaborate.
- Challenges: Data availability, quality, and completeness; lack of routine reporting for intervention data in HMIS; current malaria outbreaks; and technical issues related to intervention data, population data frequency, installation, and calendar.
- Conclusion: The project aims to effectively monitor, manage, and mitigate the impact of climate change on health in Ethiopia, particularly vector-borne diseases, through enhanced predictions and stratification using existing health data and the DHIS2 platform.