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Development and use of a master health facility list: Haiti's experience during the 2010 earthquake response

Alyson Rose-Wood, Nathan Heard, Roody Thermidor, Jessica Chan, Fanor Joseph, Gerald Lerebours, Antonio Zugaldia, Kimberly Konkel, Michael Edwards, Bill Lang and Carmen-Rosa Torres
Global Health: Science and Practice August 2014, 2(3):357-365; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00029
Alyson Rose-Wood
aU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Global Affairs, Washington, DC., USA
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  • For correspondence: alyson.rosewood@gmail.com
Nathan Heard
bU.S. Department of State, Humanitarian Information Unit, Washington, DC., USA
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Roody Thermidor
cMinistère de la Santé Publique et de la Population, Unité de Planification et d'Evaluation, Port-au-Prince., Haiti
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Jessica Chan
dPan American Health Organization, Emergency Operations Center, Washington, DC., USA
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Fanor Joseph
eMEASURE Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC., USA
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Gerald Lerebours
eMEASURE Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC., USA
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Antonio Zugaldia
dPan American Health Organization, Emergency Operations Center, Washington, DC., USA
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Kimberly Konkel
fU.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Washington, DC., USA
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Michael Edwards
eMEASURE Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC., USA
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Bill Lang
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Carmen-Rosa Torres
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    Table 1. Organizational Participation in the Haiti Health Facilities Work Group by Category (N = 56)
    Haitian GovernmentNGOs and Private Consultants
     Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la PopulationArkemie
    U.S. GovernmentAssociation of Haitian Physicians Abroad, Florida Chapter
     Department of Defense (DOD)Baertracks
     Department of EducationChristian Connections for International Health
     Department of Health and Human ServicesChristian Medical and Dental Associations
     Department of Homeland SecurityCitizen Command Center Database Team, Citizen Action Team
     Department of StateCommunibuild Technologies
     Peace CorpsCrisisCommons
     United States Southern Command (DOD)DirectRelief
     U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentEvotech, Inc.
    Multilateral OrganizationsFortiusOne, Inc.
     Geo-Operations Unit, United NationsGlobal Health Action
     International Organization for Migration (IOM)aHaitian Mental Health Network
     Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United NationsHaiti Village Health
     World Health Organization/Pan American Health OrganizationHumanitarian Medical Aid Direct Relief
     United Nations Development ProgrammeICF International
     World Health Organization headquartersIMA World Health
    AcademiaInSteDD
     Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins UniversityInterAction
     Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard UniversityLogistics for Health
     Emory UniversityMEASURE Evaluation
     The George Washington UniversityMedical Mission Exchange
     Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts UniversityOpenStreetMap
     Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyProject Medishare for Haiti
     Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia UniversityReliefWeb
    FoundationsSahana Software Foundation
     Clinton FoundationShoreland, Inc.
     Google FoundationSynergist Technology Group, Inc.
    Thermopylae Sciences + Technology
    Ushahidi
    World Cares Center
    World Concern
    • ↵a Although IOM is not part of the UN system, it works very closely with the UN specialized agencies and is part of UN Country Teams around the world.

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    Table 2. Evolution of the Haiti Master Health Facility List
    VersionDateHostEdits/AdditionsComments
    Pre-earthquakeBefore 2010The HSIS list was available online through the HSIS website.Last updated in 2009.No entity served as a repository for an MHFL. The HSIS became the basis for the MHFL, but it was incomplete; it did not cover the non-public sector and had variable reporting from the 750 public health facilities in it.
    1January 29, 2010PAHOInformation on health facilities from the HSIS was merged with other lists creating a total of +/- 1,260 records. The 2009 HSIS health facility list included the following fields: rank (a number assigned to the facility according to when it was created in the commune); name of the department, district, and commune where the facility is located; name of the facility; category (e.g., dispensary, hospital); and type (public, private, or mixed).Information sources included: HSIS, MESI, USAID, PAHO, PEPFAR, UNOCHA, the Sahana Foundation, MINUSTAH, and Ushahidi.
    2February 9, 2010PAHO7 new health facilities were added.
    3February 12, 2010PAHONew fields were added for damage and operational status information; 39 new health facilities were added (including field hospitals); and 41 duplicate records were removed.
    4February 16, 2010PAHO63 new health facilities were added; 19 duplicate records were removed; and metadata was updated.
    5February 26, 2010PAHOHealthC_IDs (unique identification codes) were added to facilities that previously lacked one.All HealthC_IDs from version 4 remained unchanged, but changes were made to the algorithm used to generate new unique identifiers in the metadata (Supplementary Appendix).
    6March 11, 2010PAHORegion, commune, and department IDs in the MHFL were matched to the MSPP_2010 list; official facility names were added; inaccurate values for the various codes used by the MSPP were corrected; geocodes of numerous MSPP sites were corrected; and about 20 duplicate records were removed. This version included all 2010 MSPP health facilities.New information received post-earthquake from MEASURE Evaluation on behalf of the Haitian MSPP was incorporated into the new MHFL.
    7March 18, 2010PAHO. Stewardship transferred to Shoreland, Inc., in April 2010, and version 7 was republished on Shoreland's Travax system.1750 duplicates were removed and more than 80 new health facilities were added. CATEGORIE, TYPE, and SANTE_ID fields were updated with the latest information from the MSPP.When the list was republished on the Travax site,17 a field for cholera treatment centers was added.
    Liste des Institutions SanitairesSummer 2011MSPPHealth facilities and field hospitals can now be uniquely identified. Data are updated and validated through self-reporting from facilities and data collection efforts by the MSPP and partners. Some duplicates and data quality issues remain. The list does not include information on mobile clinics (those that are still operational).The MSPP incorporated the MHFL for a key input to its routine health information system. The MHFL forms the basis of the Liste des Institutions Sanitaires19 and is integrated into the MSPP's service delivery and infrastructure database.20,21 It is used on an ongoing basis to measure health service coverage.
    • Abbreviations: HSIS, Haiti Health Information System (Système d'Information Sanitaire d'Haïti); MESI, Electronic Monitoring, Evaluation and Surveillance Interface for HIV-infected patients; MHFL, master health facility list; MINUSTAH, United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti; MSPP, Haitian Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population); PAHO, Pan American Health Organization; PEPFAR, U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; UNOCHA, United Nations/Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; USAID, U.S. Agency for International Development.

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    Rose-Wood et al. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-14-00029. This Supplementary Appendix includes the variables contained in the codebook for the Master Health Facility List in Haiti.

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