Every Register Counts

Every Register Counts is a national campaign to restore dignity and discipline to the humblest instrument in the health system: the register. The campaign was born from an observation the association’s mentors make in facility after facility — the register is the most-used and least-cared-for tool in health care. Torn pages, missing columns, entries squeezed into margins, books stored where rain and sunlight reach them: each small neglect erodes the record of care a patient will one day depend on, and the evidence a health system needs to learn.The campaign’s message is a single sentence, repeated until it becomes culture: the register is part of patient care. When a child’s vaccination history is legible, the child is protected from unnecessary re-vaccination and dangerous gaps. When a maternity register is complete, the next shift inherits knowledge that can save a life. When a laboratory register reconciles with the tally sheet, the national malaria figures approach the truth. The campaign frames register quality not as administrative compliance but as clinical ethics — the duty to remember correctly.Practical action follows the message. The campaign distributes register care kits — covers, shelf guidance, pencil cases and closing-check routines — through county health departments. It promotes the "two-minute closing check": a brief end-of-shift ritual where the day’s entries are reviewed for completeness while memory is fresh. It celebrates facilities with exemplary registers through the association’s awards programme, and its before-and-after case studies have become core teaching material in the training curriculum.Health workers can join by auditing their own registers this week using the campaign’s one-page checklist; county offices can request bulk register care kits; and managers can adopt the closing-check routine in every unit they supervise. Because a health system that remembers well, plans well — and every register counts.Every Register Counts is part of the South Sudan Health Informatics Association’s digital health advocacy campaigns — work that sits at the heart of the association’s mission to strengthen the health information foundations of the national health system. The campaign is delivered with county health departments, community networks and partner agencies, and its progress is measured against the association’s published indicators.The association’s approach combines three elements that its field evidence shows matter most: certified people, disciplined routines and practical tools. Its training programme certifies health workers in data collection, quality assurance and data use; its mentorship network embeds those skills in county practice through supportive supervision; and its published standards and guidelines give every facility a common professional language for recording, checking and acting on information.Members and partners are encouraged to engage directly with this work. Members can join the mentorship network, contribute to the knowledge base, and enrol in certified courses at preferential rates. Institutional partners can explore collaboration windows through the partnership pages, and county health departments can request mentorship support through the association’s programme offices. Progress across all association programmes is reported openly through the transparency and accountability pages, in keeping with the publication discipline the association asks of the health system itself.For further information, updates and participation opportunities, follow the association’s News Centre, browse the training catalogue and mentorship programmes, or contact the secretariat directly through the Contact Us page. The association’s offices across South Sudan are listed with their contacts on the Our Offices page, and its current strategic plan, annual reports and policies are available for public download in the transparency section of this website.The South Sudan Health Informatics Association is the national professional association for health informatics, established to advance the collection, quality, protection and use of health information across the country. Through its certified training programme, county mentorship network, published standards, research pipeline and public campaigns, the association works with the Ministry of Health, county health departments, universities, United Nations agencies and community networks so that every health decision in South Sudan can rest on information that is accurate, timely and trusted. Membership is open to health information professionals, clinicians, students and institutions, and every membership category, benefit and fee is described in the membership section of this website.

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