Botswana: HIS Indicators
As of August 2019, we had located 24 of the 30 indicators for Botswana. Please see the table below for more details on each indicator.
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National health strategy |
Health sector M&E plan** |
HIS strategic plan |
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Country has set of core health indicators** |
Country has master facility list** |
Population census within the last 10 years |
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Availability of national health surveys
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Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths) |
Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data |
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Country has national statistics office |
National health statistics report (annual)** |
Country has website for health statistics with latest data available ** |
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DQA conducted on prioritized indicators aligned with most recent health sector strategy |
Percentage of facilities represented in HMIS information |
Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF |
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Availability of standards/guidelines for RHIS data collection, reporting, and analysis |
Existence of policies, laws, and regulations mandating public and private health facilities/ providers to report indicators determined by the national HIS** |
Presence of procedures to verify the quality of data (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) reported
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RHIS data collection forms allow for disaggregation by gender |
At least one national health account completed in last 5 years
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National database with health workers by district and main cadres updated within last 2 years †† |
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Annual data on availability of tracer medicines and commodities in public and private health facilities |
e-health strategy
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Completeness of disease surveillance reporting |
** Outdated
†† Available, but last update unknown
The table below presents more information on each indicator. Indicator definitions can be found here: http://www.measureevaluation.org/his-strengthening-resource-center/health-information-systems-his-country-profile-indicators
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Indicators |
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Title/Notes |
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1. National health strategy |
Current (2010–2020) |
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2. Health sector M&E plan |
Not current (2014–2017) |
In-country contact |
National Health Monitoring and Evaluation Plan |
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3. HIS policy |
Not available |
In-country contact |
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4. HIS strategic plan |
Current (2016–2020) |
In-country contact |
The eHealth Strategy of Botswana 2016–2020 |
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5. Country has set of core health indicators |
Not current (2014–2017) |
In-country contact |
Located core indicators on page 21, figure 5 of the 2014-2017 National Health M&E plan. |
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6. National HIS coordinating body |
Not available |
In-country contact |
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7. Country has master facility list |
Not current (2016–2018) Not available online |
In-country contact |
The MFL is effective until March 2018. |
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8. Conducted HMN assessment |
Not completed |
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9. Population census within the last 10 years |
Yes (2011) |
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10. Availability of national health surveys |
MICS2 (2000) DHS (1988) |
Data and reports can be found in links provided. |
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11. Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths) |
Incomplete – 40.2 for live births and 8.4% for deaths |
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12. Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data |
Yes, national deployment of DHIS |
In-country contact |
Botswana has three types of electronic health systems used to collect health data: the Integrated Patient Management System(IPMS), used in hospitals only to collect patient diagnostic information; the Patient Management System, used in clinics with the maternity sector; and the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2), used for aggregating health data from all facilities within the country. |
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13. Country has national statistics office |
Yes |
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14. National health statistics report (annual) |
Not current (2016) |
In-country contact
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Republic of Botswana Health Statistics Report 2009. |
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15. Country has website for health statistics with latest data available |
Yes, undated and has no recent health report |
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16. DQA conducted on prioritized indicators aligned with most recent health sector strategy |
Yes (2016) |
In-country contact |
DQAs are conducted on ad-hoc bases by individual programmes: Ad-hoc DQAs conducted in 2016 – HIV (ARV provision), TB, Malaria, Sexual Reproductive Health including STI, ANC) |
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17. PRISM assessment conducted in any regions/districts |
Not conducted |
Country is not listed at link. |
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18. Percentage of facilities represented in HMIS information |
100% (2016-2018) Not available online |
In-country contact |
2016 – 2018 Master Facility List 100% of public health facilities report through DHIS2. All hospitals are on centralized IPMS. Other public facilities use a stand-alone system |
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19. Proportion (facility, district, national) offices using data for setting targets and monitoring |
Unknown |
In-country contact |
Data is mostly used at district and national level for planning. |
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20. Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF |
WHO/UNICEF estimate = 97%; Official government estimate = 93% |
See page 12 of WHO/UNICEF estimates of immunization coverage: 2018 revision. |
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21. Number of institutional deliveries available by district, and published within 12 months of preceding year |
Unknown |
In-country contact |
Latest published in 2014 |
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22. Existence of policies, laws, and regulations mandating public and private health facilities/ providers to report indicators determined by the national HIS |
Yes, but not current (2014) Not available online |
In-country contact |
National Health Data Management Policy |
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23.Availability of standards/guidelines for RHIS data collection, reporting, and analysis |
Yes, but not available online |
In-country contact |
Data Quality Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs)s and Routine Data Quality Audit (RDQA) SOPs, 2014 Botswana RDQA User Manual, 2012 National Health M&E Plan, 2012 – 2019 |
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24.Presence of procedures to verify the quality of data (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) reported |
Yes |
In-country contact |
Data Quality SOPs and RDQA SOPs, 2014 DHIS2 data validation platform. |
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25.RHIS data collection forms allow for disaggregation by gender |
Yes |
In-country contact |
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26. At least one national health account completed in last 5 years |
Current (2013-2014)
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In-country contact |
National Health Accounts is current for fiscal year 2013/14 |
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27. National database with health workers by district and main cadres updated within last 2 years |
Yes, but last update unknown |
In-country contact |
The Ministry of Health uses ORACLE. (Waiting for last update information) |
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28. Annual data on availability of tracer medicines and commodities in public and private health facilities |
Yes (partially), only for public facilities |
In-country contact |
Tracer medicine and commodities compiled weekly by Central Medical Stores for public facilities only |
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29. e-health strategy |
Available |
In-country contact |
The eHealth strategy is completed but not officially launched. |
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30. Completeness of disease surveillance reporting |
Current (2017) Proportion of facilities submitting surveillance reports on time to the district level for week 35: 78.6%. Number of districts with a completeness of 100% for week 22: 09 of 28 (32.1%) |
Botswana Integrated Disease Surveillance & Response (Week 35 – week ending 02/09/2017) Botswana has two main streams of Disease Surveillance Reporting: - The Botswana Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) yearly from 100% of the districts over 35-week period. - Botswana Second Generation HIV/AIDS Surveillance is received from 100% of the districts. The last was published in 2009 and 2015/2016 draft was compiled but not yet released. |
