A ministry is enriched by the varied backgrounds of its leadership. Yet these different vectors of experience can make it difficult to develop a shared sense of best practices for approaching data use in decision making. Our work in Data Centered Leadership creates a common foundation for using data, making decisions and promoting a data culture within a ministry or other high level public health function area.
The Data Impact Program offers an intensive two-day workshop for Decision Makers that focuses on tangible skills for interpreting data.
Using a country’s data reports as the basis for the workshop, we work with Decision Makers to:
After participation in this training, leaders are prepared to integrate data into the judgments that they must make in their leadership roles and identify and respond to gaps in data availability and delivery. This training also creates the foundation for a strong and lasting data culture within an organization.
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Bloomberg Philanthropies | Data for Health Initiative
The Initiative, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies is providing technical assistance to 20 low- and middle-income countries worldwide to improve public health data systems. The Data Impact Program, focusing on data use, is one of three Initiative components; the other two components focus on data collection and quality: improving civil registration and vital statistics systems and developing new tools for noncommunicable disease risk factor surveillance. Collaborating institutions in the Initiative are: Vital Strategies, CDC Foundation, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the World Health Organization.
