Description of Session
MEASURE Evaluation has developed a One Health electronic platform in Burkina Faso, in partnership with three ministries, to track, prevent, and respond to zoonotic and epizootic disease outbreaks. Using DHIS 2 tracker, the platform does not aim to focus on data aggregation, but instead translate notified events into measurable indicators. The system allows for data from all levels of the health system to be integrated and analyzed, including data from the laboratories (sample transportation and testing), and for all players to be connected. Since this work is a collaboration between 3 ministries (Health, Livestock and Fisheries, and Environment), three DHIS 2 instances had to be created to allow them to control their own content and parameters. A fourth database was also developed with the role of automatically analyzing the data entered into the three other databases. Each ministry has actively participated in the technical development of their own platform by creating dedicated IT teams to build the platform with guidance and technical assistance from MEASURE Evaluation. The three ministerial IT teams oversee maintenance and sustainability of their respective platforms. The fourth database is managed by the technical secretariat of the One Health coordination platform with support from the One Health focal points at the three ministries. While data entry was typically done at the district level in the BF health system, One Health data is now entered at the community level by facility staff on tablets. MEASURE Evaluation is conducting a series of trainings on the One Health electronic platform to train and equip all end users. Currently, the One Health electronic platform tracks 52 human, 14 animal, and 7 environmental diseases and is interoperable with ENDOS, Burkina’s HMIS. Efforts are currently being directed at making the One Health platform interoperable with the laboratory sample information system.
