Data Centralization is a database designed to support decision-making at Ifakara Health Institute. It is refreshed and can contain massive amounts of data. When the database is organized for a department or function, it is often called a "data mart" rather than data centralization.

The data in a data centre is typically historical and static in nature. Data marts also contain numerous summary levels. It is structured to support a variety of elaborate analytical queries on large amounts of data that can require extensive searching.

IHI is introducing its own data centre which will help the Institute to collect all data to one central point which will be easily manageable and help in using data for decision support on different project. In addition, through this data centre the user has the ability to access some of the data and different information about institutes projects like portfolios reports, lists of publications, research, projects, students who have scholarships through IHI?s projects and much more.

The data centralization initiave only displays information about archived data. For any individual or organization interested in any of the centralized data set, should contact IHI through the Data Central team (dc@ihi.or.tz). The Data Central team will communicate with projects leaders and IHI administration about the request. Before data is made available, individuals or organizations requesting for data set will be required to sign a data transfer agreement with IHI.