Kofi-Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT/Advanced Information Technology Institute
Accra, Ghana. 20 – 24 September 2010.
The Connectathon will be held in parallel with the training sessions 22-24 September. Applications expected include:
- Monitoring (DHIS2, CRIS3, CRIS PEPFAR)
- Clinical (OpenMRS)
- Lab (OpenELIS)
- Human Resources (iHRIS)
- Logistics (OpenLMIS)
Goals:
- Build capacity of Ministry of Health staff in the West African (ECOWAS) region related to current and planned implementation of HIS software.
- Build a network of Ministries of Health, their staff, implementers, researchers, developers in the region and beyond to facilitate sharing of experiences and knowledge for HIS strengthening.
- Expand on the functionality of HIS software by facilitiating user feedback and discussion with developers.
- Establish a regional education and research network for health informatics.
Specific Objectives:
- Review the architecture of Open Source applications in use or intended to be used in the computerisation of health information systems (HIS) in the region.
- Train IT professionals on the installation, use and maintenance of Open Source Software in use in HIS in the region.
- Create a network of IT experts for development and maintenance of Open Source HIS applications in the region.
- Make appropriate recommendations on the integration or inter-operability of HIS applications for the region.
- Make proposals for the establishment of training programmes (in-service and pre-service) in Open Source applications for integrated HIS in the region.
For more information contact:
Patrick Whitaker
whitakerp@who.intJohan Saebo
saeboj@who.int
