The correct link to access Improving Data Use in Decision Making: An
Intervention to Strengthen Health Systems is http://goo.gl/50vHC. Apologies
for any confusion this may have caused.

*Improving Data Use in Decision Making: An Intervention to Strengthen
Health Systems* <http://goo.gl/50vHC>
The World Health Organization’s framework for health systems strengthening
identifies six attributes of a health system: a health workforce; health
services; health financing; governance and leadership; medical products,
vaccines, and technologies; and health information. While each building
block of the WHO framework is important, quality and timely data from
health information systems are the foundation of the health system and
inform decision making in each of the other five building blocks of the
health system. This paper discusses the unique role of health data in
strengthening the other five building blocks of health systems and defines
specific interventions to strengthen the use of data in decision making. It
also provides a framework for developing, monitoring, and evaluating
interventions to improve the use of and demand for data. The overall aim of
the paper is to articulate specific interventions that can improve the
demand for and use of data in decision making so that improvements in the
other health building blocks can be realized.

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> *Publications*
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> *Improving Data Use in Decision Making: An Intervention to Strengthen
> Health Systems* <http://goo.gl/50vHC>
> The World Health Organization’s framework for health systems strengthening
> identifies six attributes of a health system: a health workforce; health
> services; health financing; governance and leadership; medical products,
> vaccines, and technologies; and health information. While each building
> block of the WHO framework is important, quality and timely data from
> health information systems are the foundation of the health system and
> inform decision making in each of the other five building blocks of the
> health system. This paper discusses the unique role of health data in
> strengthening the other five building blocks of health systems and defines
> specific interventions to strengthen the use of data in decision making. It
> also provides a framework for developing, monitoring, and evaluating
> interventions to improve the use of and demand for data. The overall aim of
> the paper is to articulate specific interventions that can improve the
> demand for and use of data in decision making so that improvements in the
> other health building blocks can be realized.
>
> *Women’s Empowerment and Choice of Contraceptive Methods in Selected
> African Countries*<http://goo.gl/W7qwy>
> It is generally believed that women's lack of decision-making power may
> restrict their use of modern contraceptives. However, few studies have
> examined the different dimensions of women's empowerment and contraceptive
> use in African countries. This study uses data from the latest round of
> Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2006 and 2008 in Namibia,
> Zambia, Ghana and Uganda to identify associations between empowerment
> dimensions and contraceptive method use.
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> *Review of the Evidence: Linkages between Livelihood, Food Security,
> Economic Strengthening, and HIV-Related Outcomes *<http://goo.gl/KyURj>
> This paper assesses the linkages between poverty, livelihood, food
> security, economic strengthening, and HIV/AIDS-related outcomes through a
> literature review. It is intended to inform a logic model for FHI 360’s
> Livelihood and Food Security Technical Assistance (LIFT) project by
> determining the extent to which household food security and livelihood
> status are associated with HIV/AIDS-related outcomes; examining the
> evidence related to the impact of a variety of food security, livelihoods
> and economic strengthening interventions on HIV/AIDS-related outcomes; and
> identifying gaps in the evidence. This review of the state of the evidence
> and identification of gaps will feed into the development of LIFT’s
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necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the U.S. government. MEASURE
Evaluation is the USAID Global Health Bureau's primary vehicle for
supporting improvements in monitoring and evaluation in population, health
and nutrition worldwide.

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