The National Data Management Center for Health (NDMC), under the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), is responsible to archive health related data. Distinctively, the center shoulders the responsibility of processing and managing researches on community health. Besides, the center is known to apply robust data analytic techniques to apply synthesis evidence. That, on its part, has been an input to ensure evidence utilization for decision making by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and other relevant stakeholders at all levels. NDMC has collaborative partnership with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, and has established a unit studying and documenting burden of disease at a national level.
This case teams measures the national and sub-national burden of diseases, and tracks the progress and achievements of health in Ethiopia. The team applies methods and procedures used by the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) to provide possible estimates.
The role of this case team is to sort out sources of data with their respective data types. Hence, the task of the team is engaged with analyzing retrospective and prospective data types that the center requires to process
This case team establishes a database for retrospective and prospective data types on identified research areas. It works with the data analytics team to archive and store data with standard formats.
Evidence synthesis and translation is a team formed with the purpose of filtering, interpreting, adapting, contextualizing, disseminating and communicating evidences for the purpose of decision making.