𝐖𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐔𝐬𝐞
On May 7, 2025, the Wogera Woreda Health Office, in collaboration with the Center for Digital Health and Implementation Science (CDHi) at the University of Gondar (UoG), celebrated Data and Digital Health Week through a vibrant event that brought together health facility heads, health information experts, and all officers from the woreda office.
Under the theme “Information-Based Decision-Making for a Strong Primary Health Care Unit,” the program emphasized the critical role of data in enhancing health system performance.
After the woreda health office head officially opened the event, plan, monitoring and evaluation department coordinator presenting the monthly performance report. This was followed by a reflective discussion with the head and deputy head of the woreda health office to:
• Review monthly achievements
• Assess data quality
• Problem identification, prioritization and designing strategize for improving those challenges and setting directions to achieve remaining targets of the budget year in the next two months.
To drive performance, the woreda health office introduced accountability, and recognition system to rank the health facilities based on their performance. High-performing health institutions were recognized, while those with lower scores were encouraged to adopt best practices from their peers.
Key focus areas for next period included:
- Vaccination Coverage: Institutions were tasked with identifying unvaccinated children and implementing targeted interventions at the cluster level.
- Measles Campaign Preparation: Health centers were briefed on campaign tasks and urged to closely monitor progress.
- Enhancing Data Use Practices: Health centers should strengthen performance monitoring functionality at case team level, community and facility level.
- Celebrate Data and Digital Health Week: All HFs should cascade and celebrate the event with their staff including health extension workers.
- Action Plan Development: All facilities were instructed to prepare and implement actionable plans aligned with the final quarter’s goals.
The event concluded with a strong, shared commitment to data-driven action and continuous collaboration across all units.
