Conference Themes
Health Information System Strengthening
Health Information Systems Program - SA
2015 International Conference
Bloemfontein, South Africa
24 - 27 March 2015
Over the last 20 years, the District Health Information System in South Africa
and in many countries in Sub- Saharan Africa and Asia has evolved significantly
from a paper based system to a web based system.
The conference is expected to be a platform through which this evolution is
explored and where best practices and lessons learned are being shared. The
conference will bring together a wide range of practitioners from health
information users, systems developers, health leaders ranging from programme
managers, district managers, provincial managers and health planners from
South Africa and around the world. The audience will also include public health
and health informatics students as well as researchers. The conference hopes to
provide a platform to explore new developments, innovations and possibilities
around health information systems development and information use.
The conference will be preceded by 2 days of field visits to selected health
facilities on 23rd and 24th March 2015 where candidates will be taken through
practical aspects of the development process and where they can experience the
use of the DHIS software first hand.
You may also wish to join the DHIS2 Academy which will be held from
13 – 22 March 2015 at the same venue.
Please diarise these dates and prepare yourself for registration!
More information will soon be available on www.hisp.org
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Defining simple datasets
Methods to improve data quality
Managing the transition from paper to the web
Capacity Building for sustainability
Building a career for your information officers
Sharing resources
Approaches to in-service training
Policy Development and Implementation
Crossing the boundaries of countries
Conceptualising health information systems
District Health Information Software
The evolution of the DHIS and forecasting
Scaling the web-based DHIS
Overcoming ICT challenges
Integrating your DHIS
DHIS and data warehousing
DHIS and your HR, finance, pharmaceuticals & logistics
DHIS Modules and their use
Tracker system, Mobile applications and the DHIS
Disease surveillance, Dashboard development
Data use and interpretation
GIS and its application to improve planning and
resource allocation
Challenges in Health Information Systems
Confidentiality and data security
mHealth on the mobile front
Community based information systems