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National Assessment of Data Quality and Associated Systems-Level Factors in Malawi

Richael O'Hagan, Melissa A Marx, Karen E Finnegan, Patrick Naphini, Kumbukani Ng'ambi, Kingsley Laija, Emily Wilson, Lois Park, Sautso Wachepa, Joseph Smith, Lewis Gombwa, Amos Misomali, Tiope Mleme and Simeon Yosefe
Global Health: Science and Practice September 2017, 5(3):367-381; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00177
Richael O'Hagan
aDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Melissa A Marx
aDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Karen E Finnegan
aDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Patrick Naphini
bCentral Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
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Kumbukani Ng'ambi
cMinistry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Lilongwe, Malawi.
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Kingsley Laija
dNational Statistical Office, Zomba, Malawi.
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Emily Wilson
aDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Lois Park
aDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Sautso Wachepa
dNational Statistical Office, Zomba, Malawi.
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Joseph Smith
dNational Statistical Office, Zomba, Malawi.
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Lewis Gombwa
dNational Statistical Office, Zomba, Malawi.
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Amos Misomali
aDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Tiope Mleme
dNational Statistical Office, Zomba, Malawi.
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Simeon Yosefe
bCentral Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
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vol. 5 no. 3 367-381
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00177
PubMed 
28963173

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Global Health: Science and Practice
Online ISSN 
2169-575X
History 
  • Received: May 9, 2017
  • Accepted: July 18, 2017
  • Published online September 28, 2017.

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© O'Hagan et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00177

Author Information

  1. Richael O'Hagana,
  2. Melissa A Marxa⇑,
  3. Karen E Finnegana,
  4. Patrick Naphinib,
  5. Kumbukani Ng'ambic,
  6. Kingsley Laijad,
  7. Emily Wilsona,
  8. Lois Parka,
  9. Sautso Wachepad,
  10. Joseph Smithd,
  11. Lewis Gombwad,
  12. Amos Misomalia,
  13. Tiope Mlemed,
  14. Simeon Yosefeb
  1. aDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  2. bCentral Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
  3. cMinistry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Lilongwe, Malawi.
  4. dNational Statistical Office, Zomba, Malawi.
  1. Correspondence to Melissa A Marx (mmarx{at}jhu.edu).
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