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This paper presents current practices used by village health workers, traditional birth attendants, health facility workers and district health managers in collection, recording, storing and transferring birth information in the health information system. Envisioned potentials of using mobile application as a tool for data recording, transferring and strengthening the weak support structure have been foreseen to bring improvements in the flow of birth information in the Health Information System.
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Ngoma, C., Chawani, M.S., Herstad, J. (2011). Adaptation of Mobile Application to Improve Flow of Birth Information from the Community to the District Level. In: Popescu-Zeletin, R., Rai, I.A., Jonas, K., Villafiorita, A. (eds) E-Infrastuctures and E-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2010. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 64. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23828-4_8
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