Health to Tanzanians living in Tanzania

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) through National Health Policy places a great emphasis on a well performing Health Information Systems (HIS). That is why the government is in favor with this new approach of managing Health Management Information System (HMIS) as program hoping that this will promote Efficiency in all aspects of the system the supply of quality information on timely bases for different users this will enhance the whole process of strengthening HIS The HI&R staff will improve their skills good working relationship with different partners. Demand for health information is currently highly influenced by the health sector reforms which focus on decentralization. That is health systems are managed more closely to the level of service delivery by the people in their respective localities. This shift in functions between the central and peripheral levels generates new information needs and calls for an in-depth restructuring of information systems, with changing data collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination requirements. Health sector reforms also present major challenges to the need for standardization and quality of information, which will need to be addressed by the central level. Other factors which are promoting demand introduction to budget support, implementation of local and international policy strategies etc. Unfortunately, sound information is rarely available in low income developing countries like Tanzania due to under-investment. As a result of this health information systems have evolved in an erratic, piecemeal way, fashioned by administrative, economic, legal or donor pressures. This has resulted in fragmentation of health information systems. Health information systems are further fragmented by disease-focused programs demands which often relate to donor requirements and international initiatives directed to specific areas such as malaria, HIV/AIDS or tuberculosis.