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By Rhys Williams (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine).<\/div>\n
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This blog is cross posted on the IDEAS website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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An IDEAS supplement<\/a> in the Journal of Health Policy and Planning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Information systems and health planning are relatively neglected areas of health policy and system research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Collecting high quality routine information and using this information to plan and evaluate health services is critical for health system strengthening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Key message #1<\/strong><\/p>\n

To optimise the use of public resources in mixed health systems, it is vital to understand the activities of all the actors that are involved in producing health, bringing a vision of health that is aligned with a social determinants perspective and with multi-sectoral targets such as the sustainable development goals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The research team, including staff from IDEAS, were originally interested in developing measures of implementation strength<\/a> in each district, and in how these might be used to evaluate programmes across several districts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n