Webpages tagged with «DHIS2»

Suitable for DIGHEL, Design, and DIGØK students, this topic explores the use, and effects, of AI in a global knowledge ecosystem around Health Information Systems. It focuses on the many ways people learn about the DHIS2 open source platforms to solve their specific needs and looks at both opportunities and challenges with AI in this process. Several sub-topics are possible.

Climate changes pose "the biggest health threat facing humanity." Let us help empower decision-makers to address it through AI.

Ethiopia started implementing a community health information system from 2013. It is used by the Health Extension Workers in the country, who carries out basic medical services to the rural population. They work in a small health post with some equipment, vaccines and medicines, and they visit households to care for patients and promote healthy behaviour, including water and sanitation.

Each health extension worker collaborates with around 10 volunteer community workers, each elected in their own village to assist the health extension worker.

The health extension workers were equipped with the digital information system eCHIS 6-8 years ago, where households are registered.

There are 31 million girls of primary school age not in school. Seventeen million of these girls will probably never attend school in their lifetimes. Many of the pupils that do attend school are still not learning due to lack of resources such as food, water, chairs, books, paper, and pencils. 

Do you want to help improve education data use with innovative mobile solutions and Apps to facilitate evidence-based decision-making and better utilization of scarce education resources in low income countries?