HIS GEO-ENABLING COURSE

The HIS Geo-Enabling course is being developed by the Health GeoLab in collaboration with and with the support of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

The objectives of this course are to:

1. Introduce the concept of HIS geo-enabling and support its implementation in countries
2. Demonstrate and illustrate the potential of geospatial data and technologies applied to public health
3. Build participants’ knowledge on the elements required for geo-enabling a Health information System (HIS)
4. Strengthen the participants technical capacity when it comes to the management and use of geospatial data technologies in public health

This course is primarily developed to be integrated in the regular curriculum of Schools of Public Health across Asia and the Pacific or used by individuals interested in the topics it covers. It addresses staff from the health sector in countries (government and key partners), more specifically: (1) policymakers and managers; (2) HIS staff at national and sub national level; (3) data managers and GIS technicians; (4) students in health sciences and practice.

Each module of the course consists of PowerPoint slides accompanied by associated reference materials organized in such a way that anybody interested in the topic could learn about it and anybody having the knowledge on the topics being covered could give it to students.

The syllabus, facilitator’s guide, slides, and associated materials are freely available for download from here as they become available. (Please just make sure to acknowledge the source of this material in case you are using it. Thank you!)

Syllabus: Download link

Facilitator’s Guide: Download link