Ministries of health, district health teams and implementing partners collect huge volumes of routine data, yet decisions on stock, staffing and outreach are often made without it because figures arrive late, conflict or cannot be trusted. Over five days you learn to build monitoring systems that clinicians, managers and donors can rely on. Sessions cover results frameworks and logic models for health interventions, indicator selection using WHO core health indicators, indicator reference sheets, HMIS reporting tools, data flows from community health units to national level, and DHIS2 configuration for data entry, validation rules and dashboards.
Data quality gets equal attention: routine data quality assessments, the WHO Data Quality Review approach, completeness and timeliness checks, and verification against facility registers. You also practise analysing trends, coverage and service readiness, then presenting findings in review meetings. Monitoring and evaluation officers, health records and information officers, programme managers for HIV, TB, malaria, maternal and child health and immunisation, and partner staff reporting to Global Fund or bilateral donors will benefit. Afterwards you can audit an existing monitoring system and lead its improvement. It runs in the classroom, online or in-house, leading to a CPD-accredited certificate.
Strong health programmes depend on knowing, month by month, whether services are reaching the people who need them. Routine health information systems, surveillance and programme reporting are meant to answer that question, but in many settings they are fragmented across vertical programmes, burdened by duplicate registers and undermined by gaps in completeness and accuracy. Donors increasingly tie funding to verified results, and health managers are expected to explain performance with evidence rather than estimates.
The Health Program Monitoring Systems Training Course works through the components of a functioning monitoring system in a logical sequence. It opens with results chains and performance frameworks, moves to indicator definition, targets and disaggregation, and then examines data sources including facility registers, HMIS summary forms, electronic medical records, community health information systems and periodic surveys such as SARA. Participants then study data management in DHIS2, data quality assurance and analysis for decision-making, finishing with dissemination, data review meetings and a plan for strengthening their own system.
Each day mixes concise technical input with practical work on realistic health datasets and reporting tools. Participants configure indicators, run quality checks on sample facility data and build simple dashboards, so the methods they take home have already been tried on the kind of data they manage.
Participants completing the course will be able to:
Participants return to work with:
Sessions move quickly from concept to practice, using:
Day 1: Foundations of Health Programme Monitoring
Day 2: Indicators, Targets and Data Sources
Day 3: Health Information Systems and DHIS2
Day 4: Data Quality Assurance
Day 5: Analysis, Data Use and System Strengthening
The programme suits health sector staff who generate, manage or use programme data, such as:
Participants who attend every session and complete the indicator, DHIS2 and data quality exercises are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Health Program Monitoring Systems programme, you'll be able to develop a results framework and logic model linking health inputs and activities to outcomes, select and define indicators with clear numerators, denominators, data sources and disaggregation, map data flows from community and facility level to district and national reporting, and configure datasets, validation rules and dashboards in dhis2. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme suits health sector staff who generate, manage or use programme data, such as: Monitoring and evaluation officers in ministries of health and health NGOs, Health records and information officers, District and county health management team members, HIV, TB, malaria and immunisation programme managers, Reproductive, maternal and child health coordinators, Data managers and DHIS2 administrators, Strategic information staff in donor-funded health projects, and Hospital quality improvement and performance officers.
Health Program Monitoring Systems Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Health Program Monitoring Systems Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Health Program Monitoring Systems starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Health Program Monitoring Systems Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Health Program Monitoring Systems Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Health Program Monitoring Systems Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Health Program Monitoring Systems Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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