On July 16, the Uganda Ministry of Health’s Resource Center held an event to launch Vision 2012—a framework for developing and implementing a national health information system (NHIS).

The event introduced several e-health systems encompassed by the NHIS, including the Ministry’s human resources information system (HRIS) and knowledge management portal, both supported by the Capacity Project. The day began with a screening of the Project’s video about HRIS strengthening in Uganda, followed by presentations and demonstrations of the systems and a question-and-answer session. Over 100 people attended, including the minister of health and the minister of information communication technology.

The Ministry of Health ran a three-page advertisement about the event in The New Vision, Uganda’s national newspaper, devoting large sections to the knowledge management portal—a digital library containing 450 health publications pertinent to Uganda—and the HRIS. The HRIS section highlighted how the country is using the Project’s iHRIS Qualify and iHRIS Manage software to improve access to health workforce information. The minister of health stated, "The main purpose of the NHIS is to support evidence-based decision-making and transparency."

August 2009