Dear Johan, I totally agreed with you but i am expecting the University of Olso or DHIS2 developers to help me with a proposed solution; not a total solution but something that might reduce the gap between data collection and data entry.
Project like this usually have the support of NGOs which means logistics won't be a problem for the first 5 years and since it might be a piloting phase for Sierra Leone, with it success other countries might benefit from such an application. On 9/16/15, Johan Ivar Sæbø <joha...@ifi.uio.no> wrote: > Hi Gerald. > > You're raising a complex issue, and one that is not immediately solved > by technology I think. So the main issue is that the 10 or so paper > forms in Sierra Leone are not always coming in from the facilities to > the districts, with the additional issue that district staff find it > hard to reach back to the facility staff if they have any questions? > Using mobile solutions might be helpful for both these issues, but will > raise other issues of infrastructure, support and costs etc. > > You can find info about DHIS2 mobile solutions here: > https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch24.html#mobile_intro > > I also have a few comments: > > 1) If all facility reporting is affected by these problems, it would > probably be too much to report by SMS anyway. There are hundreds of data > elements. Mobile browser based data entry might be better > 2) If you have logistical problems of supplying facilities with paper > forms, you might have problems relying on a working distribution of > phones also, which needs network coverage, charging, support, credits, etc. > > Maybe someone on the list have experiences with mobile data collection > they can share? I know such data collection once featured in the > long-term plan for Sierra Leone. > > Johan > > On 15.09.2015 17:22, gerald thomas wrote: >> Dear All, >> In Sierra Leone, every district (13) has a DHMT who received >> aggregated data report from the facilities (PHUs). During my >> assessment i found a very big gap between data collection and data >> entry which i am sure is affecting the quality of data in Sierra >> Leone. >> >> Firstly, Stock out of Data Entry Forms (paper based forms). >> >> Secondly, Data Entry Clerks can't question information from the Data >> Collectors neither will the HMIS Staff question the Data Entry Clerks; >> because they are only entering what is on the paper base records they >> received from their various PHUs. >> >> In light of this, how can we closed this gap using an application >> running on a very basic protocol (SMS or syncing). >> >> Copy in this mail is someone who is willing to help us with partners >> who might fund such a project. >> >> Thanks in advance for your cooperation. >> > > -- Regards, Gerald _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
