Postgraduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo

Logistic Management Information System
Provision of basic health care is one of the primary responsibilities of the government with
Maternal and Child Health constituting an important component of the health care system. Sri
Lanka has achieved many successes in the field of Maternal and Child Health during the past
few decades.
The current Logistic Management Information System (LMIS) for the Maternal and Child
Health services in Sri Lanka is mainly paper-based and proves to be labor intensive. As a
result, paper based data often not helpful for central management decision making because
they are incomplete, inaccurate and untimely. There is a need for introducing a web based
logistic management system in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the
current LMIS.
There are very few generalized LMIS software available in the market and they are not
freely available. This project focused on the Free and Open Source Systems. District Health
Information System (DHIS) is free and open source software system recommended by the
World Health Organization. DHIS modular architecture is of great advantage as it enables
customization. Therefore, the proposed system was developed by DHIS2 software.
This system can now be implemented. When implemented it brings in the potential benefits
of minimising the paper based components, streamlining the process and increasing
communication between various levels of the supply chain, and improving the management
of the entire operation.
Dr. Rajaluckshmy Anaclitus Culas
rajiculas@yahoo.com
Supervisor:
Dr. Mrs. Chithramalee de Silva
MBBS, MSc, MD
Member, Specialty Board in Biomedical Informatics
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