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Integrating GIS into eHealth Initiatives in Africa

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INTEGRATING GIS INTO eHEALTH INITIATIVES IN AFRICA

Chairs:  Robert Ford, CGIS-NUR/Rwanda and Chaitali Sinha, IDRC

Cape Town, South Africa, September 17th, 2009

 

Workshop Objectives:

 

1)    To learn about GIS and more generally about how geospatial data collection, analysis and representation could be used strategically and appropriately to enhance the research planning, implementation and communication processes in eHealth initiatives.

2)    To share the outcomes, challenges and opportunities from specific case studies of GIS applied in health initiatives in resource constrained settings.

3)    To initiate a discussion about how members of the OASIS II network could tap into GIS concepts, tools and resources for the purposes of their research. 

 

Key Questions: 

 

a.     What are the USE-CASES (applications) for which geospatial data, analytic tools, APIs, visualizations or other products/webservices are/were most useful in adding value to clinical, outreach, public health, research, and other related community-development applications?

b.     Who are/were the most important USERS for which the geospatial applications, analytic tools, data, webservices, visualizations were most relevant?

c.     What are/were the most significant issues/problems/constraints in making GIS work to full advantage within site-specific clinical, community, and regional/national settings, etc:

 

  • Technical, e.g. software, hardware, instrumentation, connectivity, integration of systems, architecture and design, geodatabases, analytic tools, APIs, etc.
  • Logistics, e.g. travel, communications, scheduling, coordination, etc.
  • Human capacity, e.g. training, availability of personnel, etc.
  • Data & Webservices, e.g. access, availability, quality-control, appropriateness, validity, reliability, timeliness, etc
  • Cost/funding sustainability issues
  • Institutional, e.g.  legal, administrative, policy constraints, privacy, etc. 

 

d.    What are the next steps and needs that must be addressed in order to better integrate GIS tools, data, visualizations, webservices into OpenMRS, CommCARE, OpenROSA, OpenJAVA, (assuming you believe it is needed, etc)

 

Robert Ford's Technical Report : FINAL_eHealth_GIS_Report8rev.pdf

 

Useful Ressources

 

WORKSHOP AGENDA &  PRESENTATIONS

 

15:30 – 15:40 Welcome & Overview by IDRC (Chaitali Sinha)

 

PRESENTATION = IDRC_Overview_GIS_workshop_Chaitali.ppt

 

15:40 – 16:00 Potentials for Geospatial Tools in Health IT Systems – Workshop Overview (R. Ford)

 

PRESENTATION = Health_GIS_IDRC_Ford_Sept_09.ppt

 

SHARING EXPERIENCES

 

16:00 – 16:10 PIH Rwanda: GPS/Field Data Collection Project - use of GIS in M&E improvement of OpenMRS (Cheryl Amoroso, John Deriggi, Donn Gaede)

 

PRESENTATION = PIH-IDRC GIS meeting.pptx

 

16:10 – 16:20 Pakistan: Experience with Google Earth, etc. (Aamir Khan) - Interactive Research & Development (IRD) in Karachi, Pakistan

 

PRESENTATION = IRD GIS @ Cape Town Sep 17 09.ppt

 

16:20 – 16:30 Peru TB case-mapping (Dave Thomas, PIH)

 

PRESENTATION : not available

 

16:30 – 16:40 Rwanda eHealth & TRAC Experience – current, and potential plans/experiences in the use of geospatial data & technologies (Gilbert Uwayesu, Daniel Murenzi)

 

PRESENTATION =  GIS IN HEALTH.ppt_Murenzi_Uwayezu

 

16:40 – 17:00 Other Reports (Bob Ford and Deo Rutamu) – Summary (Saddleback, GECHH, PNLP, etc), MVP Mayange (Ted Kaberuka, Donn Gaede)

 

17:00 – 17:30 FISHBOWL: QUESTIONS & DISCUSSIONS

 

17:30 – 17:45 BREAK

 

17:45 – 18:20 FISHBOWL: Integrating Geo-IT and Health – Geo IT Standards and Tools (Rolf de By, Respondents: Chris Seebregts, Andy Kanter, Neal Lesh, John DeRiggi, Darius Jazayeri, others)

 

PRESENTATION = IntegratingGeo-ITandHealth_Rolf.pdf

 

18:20 – 18:55 FISHBOWL: Analytics, Ontologies and Health Standards (Tom McConnell, Respondents: Deo Rutamu, Aamir Khan, Daniel Murenzi, others)

 

PRESENTATION = GIS_for_eHealth_Mcconnell.ppt  

 

18:55 – 19:30 SUMMATION - ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

• What is needed to build capacity among African partners?

• Does the use of GIS fit the goals of OASIS-II?

• If yes, which components of OASIS II can realistically include GIS within their research design within the timeframe of the project? And how?

• Who else needs to be involved to move forward on selected strategic applications of GIS in OASIS II?

• How will we continue discussions and planning?

 

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