In the era of digitalization, it is important that all health facilities even in the very low- resource settings maintain digital health records in full scale. Clinic’s historic datasets can be a valuable resource for guiding clinical decisions, epidemiological analyses, public health planning and policy making. In the context of maternal-neonatal health, reliable documentation of adverse events of special interest (AESI) in pregnancy is essential for the safe introduction and surveillance of newer maternal vaccines.
This multi-country study, recently published in AJOG, assessed the consistency and completeness of routine clinic data across six LMICS: The Gambia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
GlohMed investigated Nepal’s background scenario and found significant gaps in data recording across most ANC & PNC clinics, raising concerns about the accuracy of national/ provincial burden estimates of maternal-perinatal outcomes.
One of the co-authors stated – “our findings clearly show: routine data systems need urgent investment if maternal immunization is to be monitored safely where it matters most.”
Full text of the paper is available here: 10.1016/j.xagr.2026.100696