From: Establishing a health information workforce: innovation for low- and middle-income countries
 | Training topic | Date | Description | Average pre-test score | Average post-test score |
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1 | Health information management systems (HIMS) | Oct 2007 | 5-day training to improve awareness, understanding, and technical skills of the M&E Officers in relation to the creation, acquisition, processing, dissemination, and use of quality health data | N/A | N/A |
2 | M&E workshop | Nov 2007 | 5-day training to develop and strengthen the capacity of the M&E Officers to monitor and evaluate HIV/AIDS programs. The workshop covered five main areas: general M&E information, M&E frameworks, indicators and data sources, evaluation, and utilization of M&E information | N/A | N/A |
3 | National HIV/AIDS programs | Apr 2008 | 6-day training providing an overview of national health programs administered throughout the country (e.g., HIV treatment, sexually transmitted infections, TB, HIV testing and counseling, etc.). | 62.5 | 74.4** |
4 | Data management and utilization | Sep-Oct 2008 | 5-day training on collecting, managing, analyzing, and interpreting health-care data using DHIS and e-BHRIMS | 46.8 | 70.0** |
5 | Data analysis, report writing, and dissemination | Mar 2009 | 5-day training on analyzing and disseminating M&E data, enhancing data quality, program planning, and program implementation at the district-level | 64.0 | 78.0* |