High quality health information system for improved health system

Abstract

Dependable and trustworthy information is the underpinning of decision-making at all levels of a health system. It is indispensable for health system policy development and implementation, early warning, health research, human resources
development, health education and training, service delivery, patient and health facility management and financing. The ultimate purpose of collecting and analyzing health data is to improve the health systems by enabling more informed decisions. Similarly, some of the articles in the current issue address questions such whether antiretroviral treatment reduces HIV/AIDS related mortality (1, 2) and what are the predictors of early neonatal mortality (3), questions that must be answered with facts, rather than opinions and judgments.