Tag Archives: Haryana

Routine Data Quality Assessments in Haryana, India: Rounds 1 & 2 Summary Report

Resource Type: Report Authors: Kauser, Alia, Jordan Tuchman, Anthony Leegwater, VJ Rao and Amit Phogat Published: August 2017 Resource Description: This report is a summary of the routine data quality assessment (RDQA)  in Haryana, India. The results generated through its application has demonstrated that administering routine data assessments in the state can facilitate improvements in data quality. […]

Presenting the Innovative Haryana Health GIS Solution at the 2017 ICT4D Conference

HFG India was invited to present at the ninth annual Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Conference on its innovative geographic information system (GIS) for improving the use of health data for decision-making. The annual conference brings together thought leaders from across the world to discuss and deliberate on technological innovations for the development sector. The […]

Haryana Health GIS: Leveraging Technology to Strengthen Evidence-based Decision Making in Public Health

This brief describes the partnership between the Government of Haryana and the HFG project to enhance the quality and use of data to improve the public health system’s practice and performance. The need is imperative for Haryana, which paradoxically continues to lag on child and maternal health indicators despite being a fast-growing, economically strong state […]

Data Quality Assessment Pilot Highlights Focus on Improving HMIS Data Quality and Use in India

Dr. Vishnu Kant Srivastava leads the Statistics Division at India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). Having managed statistical initiatives at different departments and levels of the government, Dr. Srivastava recognizes the value of quality data for effective decision making. He spoke with USAID’s Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project on the findings of […]

Conducting Haryana’s First State Level Health Accounts – Interview with Dr. Vikas Sharma

Interview with Dr. Vikas Sharma, Consultant – Public Health Planning, Haryana State Health Resource Centre. Dr. Vikas Sharma led the effort on Haryana state’s 2014/15 Health Accounts. Dr. Sharma found the state’s maiden Health Accounts exercise both exacting and exhilarating. We caught up with him at the dissemination event organized to share the Haryana Health […]

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Health Accounts Findings Sharpen Focus on UHC in Haryana, India

Strengthening public health systems and health services delivery is a major priority for the state of Haryana in India. Despite its status as one of India’s richest states, Haryana has poor performance on several key child and maternal health indicators—in part due to limited access to health care. Effective decision-making and evidence-based strategies about how […]

Haryana 2014/15 State Health Accounts: Main Report

This report presents the findings and policy implications of Haryana’s first Health Accounts (HA) estimation, for fiscal year April 2014 through March 2015. The estimation was conducted using the most recent Systems of Health Accounts (SHA) framework, which was updated in 2011. HA capture spending from all sources: central- and state-level governments, non-governmental organizations, external […]

Haryana 2014/15 State Health Accounts: Key Results

This Brochure provides an overview of the key results of the findings and policy implications of Haryana’s first Health Accounts (HA) estimation, for fiscal year April 2014 through March 2015. The estimation was conducted using the most recent Systems of Health Accounts (SHA) framework, which was updated in 2011. HA capture spending from all sources: […]

Haryana 2014/15 State Health Accounts: Methodological Report

This Methodological Report provides an overview of the System of Health Accounts (SHA) 2011 framework as used for Haryana State’s 2014/15 Health Accounts (HA) estimation. It documents the data collection approaches and results, analytical steps taken, and assumptions made. It is intended for HA practitioners and researchers who wish to understand how the estimations were […]

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Haryana Health Officials Praise New Geographic Information System

In India, Haryana state has taken an important step toward improving the quality and use of its health data. The new Haryana Health Geographic Information System application is designed to enhance the analytical capabilities of the state’s health monitoring and evaluation staff. Two staff at the National Health Mission in Haryana praised the changes they’ve […]

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