Strategic Use of Data and Evidence in Global Health Programs and Systems

Catalog description

This course prepares students to design and lead strategies to increase the use of data and evidence in health program design and implementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It provides students with analytical framing and in-depth understanding of drivers and barriers related to use of data and evidence through critique of real-world case examples and individual and group activities. Students will explore system-level influences on data use (e.g., digital health transformation) and will practice applying data generation and use techniques for tailoring interventions and improving program performance and equity and design a strategy or intervention to strengthen data use at the national, district or community level in an LMIC health system.