Implementation Support Guide: Development of a National Georeferenced Community Health Worker Master List hosted in a registry

“This implementation support guidance presents principles for a national, georeferenced Community Health Worker Master List (CHWML) and a seven-step process for generating, sharing and maintaining such list in a registry. Each step includes a decision checklist and key considerations for planning and implementation. The guide also includes tools to evaluate the current state of a…

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Sharing the same geography: use of a Common Geo-Registry as a central authority for geospatial information core to sustainable development

Webinar presented at the Virtual United Nations World Data Forum (UNWDF) on October 2020 introducing the Common Geo-Registry (CGR) concept, approach, and technology to data communities. It includes a discussion of the data model that supports the CGR concept and a demonstration of the platform as well as a case study of the implementation experience…

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Common Geo-registry Assessment Tool (Version 3)

The 3rd version of the assessment tool developed based on the requirements listed in the Guidance on the establishment of a common geo-registry for the simultaneous hosting, maintenance, update, and sharing of master lists, geographic relationships, and associated data/information for the geographic objects core to public health. (The Guidance is accessible from: https://healthgeolab.net/DOCUMENTS/Guidance_Common_Geo-registry_Ve2.pdf)

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Executive summary of the DHIS 2 as common geo-registry workshop (16-18 April 2018)

The workshop looked at how geography (location, extent, hierarchies and relationships)) and time (changes over time in administrative divisions, services, operating status and ownerships of facilities,…) are currently integrated into DHIS2, including its data model. Given this, the aim was to identify gaps and technical requirements for the further enhancement of DHIS2 as a platform…

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Guidance on the establishment of a common geo-registry for the simultaneous hosting, maintenance, update and sharing of master lists core to public health (Version 2)

The 2nd version of the guidance describing the data flow and requirements that any platform being used as a common geo-registry should comply with to effectively and simultaneously host, maintain, update, and openly share the master lists, geographic relationships, and associated data/information for the geographic objects core to public health. (The assessment tool developed based…

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