News & Updates

Capacity Plus software developer, Carl Leitner, recently traveled to Kenya to advance HR information system (HRIS) strengthening initiatives, including furthering regional support of the iHRIS software, fostering collaboration with other health information systems (HIS) implementers in the region, and gathering feedback for future HRIS-related trainings.In Nairobi, Carl met with representatives from the Capacity Kenya project, a Capacity Project...

This Spring, the Uganda Capacity Program (UCP), a Capacity Project Associate Award, held a Human Resources for Health (HRH) Data Analysis and Use Workshop. The week long program brought together key HRH decision makers, including representatives from Uganda’s four professional health councils, the Ministry of Health, and private not-for-profit organizations. The workshop primarily focused on data analysis and use at the central level. “There is a...

iHRIS Developer, Carl Leitner, recently traveled to Tanzania to provide technical assistance for the country’s implementation and use of iHRIS Manage. The Tanzania Human Resource Capacity Project, a Capacity Project Associate Award, is supporting the deployment of iHRIS Manage by the Christian Social Services Commission's (CSSC), the Prime Minister's Office of Regional and Local Governance (PMO-RALG), and the Zanzibar Ministry of Health and...

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.0.4.New enhancements in the 4.0.4 versions include: A standardized date picker, to ensure all fields for dates are consistent Report display improvements More detailed error messages Database storage enhancements Overall speed improvements - Click here for information on how to to install memcached for more speed improvements Note: There are issues with running iHRIS 4.0.4...

HRIS team lead, Dykki Settle, arrived in Monrovia, Liberia over the weekend to attend an important meeting held by the West African Health Association (WAHO): The Meeting of Regional Human Resources for Health (HRH) Managers on the HRH Crisis in the Region. The theme of the meeting is Computerization of the HRH Information System to Improve HRH Management.Dykki seems to be fairly well connected and is periodically sending email updates to the...

I am the HRIS advisor for the Namibia HIV Prevention, Care and Support Program (or the Namibia Associate Award), and we have just completed the Rollout of the Human Resource Information Management System (HRIMS) to 6 more regions in Namibia. In my earlier blog, I shared with you the feedback from the users of the HRIMS in the 6 regions and the project team. As part of closing off the project, the Project Team got together and noted the key...

I am the HRIS Technical Advisor for the Namibia HIV Prevention, Care and Support Program, which is rolling out the central-level Human Resource Management Information System (HRIMS) to all the regional HR Management (HRM) offices. We have just completed the HRIMS rollout to a further 6 regions after a successful rollout to 3 pilot regions in 2009. As part of the project management methodology we used, we have drafted a Lessons Learned...

Carl Leitner, iHRIS developer, presented a paper and participated in a panel at the first international Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare ( WISH) on April 11 in Atlanta, GA. The workshop brought together over 150 international researchers and practitioners from Computer Science and Health/Medical informatics fields and was part of the larger weeklong SIG-CHI conference. The paper, Strengthening HIS in Low-Resource Settings, by Carl...

The Tanzania Human Resource Capacity Project (THRCP), a Capacity Project Associate Award, recently received a formal request from the Mission Mikocheni Hospital (MMH) for technical assistance to implement iHRIS Manage. The MMH, located in Dar es Salaam, is a nonprofit NGO, whose goal is to offer medical services to anyone regardless of color, belief, social status, gender, or ethnic background. The hospital employees 260 staff and operates 150...

When Carl Leitner, iHRIS developer, was recently in Botswana, he also made time for a one day trip to Lesotho. The purpose of both trips was to ensure sustainability of the HRIS strengthening work funded by the South African Human Capacity Development (SAHCD) Coalition, a Capacity Project Associate Award that will end in September.While in Lesotho, Carl met with employees of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) to discuss their...