HeRAMS

Health Resources Availability Mapping System
General information
AbbreviationHeRAMS
TypeMonitoring program
FieldEmergency medicine, Public Health
Organization
OrganizerWHO
Co-organizer (s)Local Ministries of Health
Locations and dates
Sudan2008 — 2011
Mali2013
Philippines2014
CAR2014, 2016
Syria2014, 2015
Fiji2016
Nigeria2016
Yemen2016
Iraq2017
Ukraine2017 — 2018

HeRAMS (Health Resources Availability Mapping System) is an electronic system for monitoring medical resources, a WHO tool for standardizing and assessing the availability of medical services, mostly used for emergency response.[1][2] This method to date has mostly been implemented as cross-sectional surveys, but should instead be used as a real-time monitoring system.[3] Acute and protracted crises have grave immediate and long-term effects on population health and health systems, which is particularly evident in low-income countries. Assessing the availability of health services is essential in understanding the disrupted health systems' capacities and weaknesses. HeRAMS enables health sector stakeholders to make managerial decisions and to implement effective planning in the field of health care in time, especially crucial during humanitarian emergencies or healthcare optimization.[1][4] These decisions save lives and reduce suffering, especially in response to emergencies. Health sector evaluations assessing the effectiveness and applicability of HeRAMS were conducted in Sudan,[4][5][6] Mali,[7] Philippines,[8] Central African Republic,[9][10] Syria,[11] Fiji,[12][1][13] Nigeria,[14] Yemen,[15][2] Iraq[16] and Ukraine.[17][18]

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  5. ^ "HeRAMS Sudan: Annual report 2013" (PDF). WHO. Retrieved 31 December 2017.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Sudan: Health Resources Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS)". OCHA. July 4, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  7. ^ "HeRAMS Mali – executive summary" (PDF). WHO. December 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
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  9. ^ "RCA-WHO- Rapport de l'enquête HeRAMS 2016". OCHA. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  10. ^ "Central African Republic Special Information Brief 9 Months after L3 Declaration - 15 September 2014". OCHA. September 15, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  11. ^ "Syrian Arab Republic. HeRAMS". WHO. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  12. ^ "Saving lives in Fiji with our Standby Partners". WHO. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
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  15. ^ "Survey reveals extent of damage to Yemen's health system". OCHA. November 6, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
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  17. ^ "Monitoring of medical resources under the HeRAMS Ukraine program". Selydove city council. December 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  18. ^ "Work of employees of the Department of Health of the Regional State Administration for 10 months of 2017" (in Ukrainian). Department of Health of Donetsk Regional State Administration. 6 December 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2018.