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Inaccessibility and low maintenance of medical data archive in low-middle income countries: Mystery behind public health statistics and measures.
Abdul-Rahman, Toufik; Ghosh, Shankhaneel; Lukman, Lawal; Bamigbade, Gafar B; Oladipo, Oluwaseyifunmi V; Amarachi, Ogbonna R; Olanrewaju, Omotayo F; Toluwalashe, Soyemi; Awuah, Wireko A; Aborode, Adbdullahi T; Lizano-Jubert, Ileana; Audah, Kholis A; Teslyk, T P.
Afiliação
  • Abdul-Rahman T; Medical Institute, Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine. Electronic address: drakelin24@gmail.com.
  • Ghosh S; Institute of medical sciences and SUM Hospital, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, India.
  • Lukman L; Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
  • Bamigbade GB; Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Oladipo OV; Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
  • Amarachi OR; State AIDS and STI Control Program, Ministry of Health, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
  • Olanrewaju OF; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nsukka, Nigeria.
  • Toluwalashe S; Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care, Lagos state University College of Medicine, Nigeria.
  • Awuah WA; Medical Institute, Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine.
  • Aborode AT; Healthy Africans Platform, Research and Development, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Lizano-Jubert I; Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac Campus Norte, Huixquilucan, Mexico.
  • Audah KA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Swiss German University, Tangerang 15143, Indonesia.
  • Teslyk TP; Medical Institute, Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine.
J Infect Public Health ; 16(10): 1556-1561, 2023 Oct.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37566992
INTRODUCTION: Africa bears the largest burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases globally, yet it contributes only about 1 % of global research output, partly because of inaccessibility and low maintenance of medical data. Data is widely recognized as a crucial tool for improvement of population health. Despite the introduction of electronic health data systems in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) to improve data quality, some LMICs still lack an efficient system to collect and archive data. This study aims to examine the underlying causes of data archive inaccessibility and poor maintenance in LMICS, and to highlight sustainable mitigation measures. METHOD: Authors conducted a comprehensive search on PubMed, Google scholar, organization websites using the search string "data archive" or "medical data" or "public health statistics" AND "challenges" AND "maintenance" AND "Low Middle Income Countries" or "LMIC". to Identify relevant studies and reports to be included in our review. All articles related data archive in low and middle income countries were considered without restrictions due to scarcity of data. RESULT: Medical data archives in LMICs face challenges impacting data quality. Insufficient training, organizational constraints, and limited infrastructure hinder archive maintenance. To improve, support for public datasets, digital literacy, and technology infrastructure is needed. Standardization, cloud solutions, and advanced technologies can enhance data management, while capacity building and training programs are crucial. CONCLUSION: The creation and maintenance of data archives to facilitate the storage of retrospective datasets is critical to create reliable and consistent data to better equip the development of resilient health systems and surveillance of diseases in LMICs.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Saúde Pública / Países em Desenvolvimento Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Saúde Pública / Países em Desenvolvimento Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article