Poster 1

Assessing routine health information system performance during the tenth outbreak of ebola virus disease (2018- 2020) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a qualitative study in North Kivu (8)

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has implemented reforms of its national routine health information system (RHIS) to improve timeliness, completeness, and use of quality data. Like other components of the health system, the RHIS can be affected by outbreaks, including Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), and undermine efforts to strengthen RHIS. We assessed the functioning of the RHIS during the tenth EVD outbreak which affected the Nord Kivu province between 2018 and 2020 to identify opportunities for improvement.

Gabriel Kyomba¹, Guillaume Kiyombo1, Karen Grépin², Serge Mayaka¹

1Ecole de Santé Publique, Université de Kinshasa, ²School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong