The Strategic Information Improvement in Mozambique (SIIM) fellowship program was designed to address critical health systems gaps in the collection, management, and use of malaria data for decision-making.

A critical component of any health information system is the people who collect, manage, and analyze health data.  The SIIM fellowship program [2014-2018] focused on building the capacity of Mozambique’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) workforce. The project supported 42 SIIM Fellows who received training in strategic information (SI) and M&E principles and were placed in 8-month internships at government and international health agencies.

One team worked to strengthen the quality of routinely reported malaria data at the health facility, district, and provincial levels and its use for decision making at regular district-level stakeholder engagement meetings. Stakeholder meetings increased collaboration between national, provincial, district, and municipal health system staff, provided opportunities to share best practices and lessons learned, and strengthened leadership and strategic information competencies at the facility level.  This was highlighted by increases of more than 10 percentage points in data availability and concordance in both Sofala and Manica provinces in one year.

Ultimately, the program was able to bolster SI/M&E skillsets, while substantially improving the systems that track and inform policy on major health system priorities, such as HIV and malaria, in Sofala and Manica provinces.

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