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BROWSING: May 2009

DDDM at the GHC: Using Better Data, Making Better Decisions 29 May 2009

In addition to showcasing the HRIS strengthening process and work, our auxiliary event, “Health Workforce: Using Better Data, Making Better Decisions” offered great opportunity to receive feedback from the global health community. I was ideally situated at the back of the room covering the data-driven decision-making (DDDM) table. While talking to a colleague [...]

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GHC Conference: Advocating for Research (and Applications to HRIS) 29 May 2009

I attended an interesting session in the policy series entitled: Advocating for Research.  Although the speakers focused on vaccine research, I found that many of the points they made had direct application to our work.
We do not think of collecting HR data to feed HRIS as conducting research, since the data are collected for management [...]

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This Week at the GHC 29 May 2009

This is my first time to attend the GHC and I’ve had a blast — it has been more fun than I expected to be around so many people excited about and doing similar work.
Listening to great speakers like Hans Rosling of Gapminder.org is always fun and entertaining. Hans promotes a fact-based world in [...]

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