Country learning highlights

What countries changed, what worked, and what others can adapt — practical lessons from strengthening National Health Intelligence Systems.

Rwanda

A national observatory that answers policy questions

How the observatory team reorganised around ministerial priorities — routine briefs, a question backlog, and analytics sprints tied to budget cycles.

Ghana

Closing the birth–death registration gap

District-level completeness dashboards and community reporting incentives lifted death registration; lessons for CRVS teams across the region.

Kenya

Data-sharing agreements that actually get signed

A template stack for inter-agency health data sharing — governance boards, tiered access, and audit trails ministries accepted.