standardized field for geographic information

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Dear All,

Based on various discussion and for the integration with DHIS2 it is critical to introduce a standardized field for geographic information in the WHO 2016 questionnaire.

This field could be called something like “geography” and would be a calculated field that takes free text. The field should be calculated as geographic units and the desired degree of geographic resolution (e.g. to region or to health facility) will vary from country to country. The “calculation” for the “geography” field would copy the lowest level of required geographic information. The openVA Pipeline can use the standardized “geography” field to get the geographic information associated with the VA. The Hint for the question should indicate to people this calculation as well as the fact that they should introduce cascading-selection to get the geographic information and that people should use geographic information as used in the HIS to which the VA data is to be linked, e.g. DHIS2 Organizational Units.

Thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Martin

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Martin W. Bratschi

Deputy Director, Technical Implementation

Public Health Programs, CRVS Improvement

[email protected]

M +65 9836 6421 | Skype martinbratschi

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