With USAID’s support, MEASURE Evaluation has revised the Performance of Routine Information Systems Management (PRISM) tools to help countries identify gaps in their routine health information system.
Author Archives: Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology in UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. He has served as MEASURE Evaluation’s Deputy Director for HIV and Infectious Diseases since 2010. He is also a Carolina Population Center (CPC) Faculty Fellow.
Thomas has over 30 years of experience in public health and has worked in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Since arriving at UNC in 1989, he has been the principal investigator of more than 22 research projects and a co-investigator of several others. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, two books, and seven book chapters. He was also the principal author of the public health code of ethics and an ethics advisor to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Thomas earned his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition Science from University of California, Davis.Fighting TB Starts with Data
The state of available data on TB prevalence, programs, and their results differs from place to place. To ensure that data are reliable, all health information systems and studies need means of assessing and ensuring data quality.