Table 3 Included data collection systems
Data collection system | Description | Countries where serves to capture MNCH individual data | Number of pregnant women/deliveries registered | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Research network | Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry | The Global Network’s Maternal Newborn Health Registry (MNHR) is a prospective, population-based registry of pregnancies at the Global Network sites. It started in 2008, enrolls and follows up on pregnant women and their newborns up to 42 days postpartum. | It captures data in six countries, including sites in Pakistan; Kenya; Zambia ; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Guatemala; and two in India. | 370,000 mother and their infants have been enrolled so far |
International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and their Health | INDEPTH is a network of independent Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) sites that carry out longitudinal research. The INDEPTH Network Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Working Group (MNCH-WG) coordinate the surveillance of pregnancies and outcome tracking. | Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; Cote d’Ivoire; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; India; Indonesia; Kenya; Malawi; Malaysia; Mozambique; Nigeria; Senegal; South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda; Vietnam | 97,499 Estimated number of total births over five years (2012-2017) captured within the HDSS (only in 5 sites: Bandim; Matlab; Kintampo; Dabat; Igangamayuge) | |
Electronical medical record | Perinatal Informatic System | Perinatal Informatic System (“SIP”, by the acronym in Spanish: Sistema Informático Perinatal) by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is a perinatal clinical record that Ministries of health and maternity services (public and private) have adopted. | Cuba; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Dominician Republic; Mexico; Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela | Not Available |
Pregnancy Exposure Registry & Birth Defects Surveillance | PER/BDS is an electronic medical record system designed to collect data on pregnancy exposures during routine care. | South Africa | 42,300 estimated deliveries per year in Gauteng and in Western Cape | |
SmartCare | SmartCare is a portable, integrated and electronical medical system developed by Zambia's Ministry of Health | Zambia | Not Available | |
Custom Software platform | District Health Information Software 2 tracker | DHIS2 is a customize platform typically used as national health information system. Tracker module allows to collect pregnant and babies data and track longitudinally the progress of a patients over time. | Bangladesh; Liberia; West Bank and Gaza; South Africa | Not Available |
Open Medical Record System | OpenMRS is a software platform and a reference application which enables the design of a customized medical records system with no programming knowledge. | Uganda; Malawi; Rwanda; Lesotho; Kenya; Haiti | Not Available | |
Open Smart Register Platform | It is a mobile-first platform, built to enable data-driven decision making at all levels of the health system with the following health modules: Reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health, childhood immunizations, tuberculosis, nutrition, malaria and early childhood development. | Indonesia; Pakistán | Not Available |