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Strengthening INDNOR University Research Collaboration around Health Information Systems

Strengthening INDNOR University Research Collaboration around Health Information Systems Sundeep Sahay Institutt for Informatikk University of Oslo. Global Infrastructure Research Group, IFI. Long standing tradition of research and development in Health Information Systems

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Strengthening INDNOR University Research Collaboration around Health Information Systems

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  1. Strengthening INDNOR University Research Collaboration around Health Information Systems Sundeep Sahay Institutt for Informatikk University of Oslo

  2. Global Infrastructure Research Group, IFI • Long standing tradition of research and development in Health Information Systems • GI group in last round in selection of Centre of Excellence in Norway on the theme of Global Health Infrastructures • Focus of research on: • Norwegian health care system – various interpretive case studies • In various developing countries – through HISP action research programme since 1996 • HISP India partner for GI group – since 2000

  3. HISP – Health Information Systems Programme • HISP is a global south-south-north R&D network • Seeks to strengthen R&D around HIS • Coordinated by the GI group, IFI

  4. Components of the R&D Network • Four key components: • Research and action around design, development, and implementation of open source software called DHIS2 (used in 25 countries and 15 states in India) • Doctoral studies (currently about 35 PhD students) • Masters education in collaboration with universities in the South – Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Bangladesh, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia • In-service capacity building in countries • Action research is underlying philosophy

  5. HISP India • HISP India a key node in Global HISP network – not for profit NGO • Active since 2000 in India working at both state and national levels in development & use of integrated HIS in India/South Asia • Supported partly through NRC/NORAD • Doctoral and masters students from Norway, India and other countries have based thesis work within HISP India • Implementing DHIS2 Academy in S Asia

  6. HISP India: Institutional collaborations • Academic institutions: AIIMS, Sri Chitra, IIIT Kerala/Delhi, BITS Pilani, SRM, IIHMR • Government – NHSRC, NRHMs of 10 states (Kerala, N, HP, Bihar, Orissa etc) • International: UN FAO, MoH, Bangladesh, GIZ, PATH, USA, Capacity Plus, UiO, Rockefeller Foundation, HMN, others • Starting in Afghanistan, Maldives etc • Other entities in the Global HISP network

  7. Strengthening research collaboration • GI group aiming for national centre of excellence high quality global research is the ambition • Norway-India research key to this ambition • India largest and long standing research and development nodes of Global HISP • Supporting GLOBVAC initiative • Despite this, contribution of Indian doctoral students weak (5 students over 10 years) • Rich and untapped research potential • INDNOR collaborations are key

  8. Potential Vehicles for collaboration: NORHED • NORHED is Norwegian Programme for Capacity Building in Higher Education and Research for Development. • Proposed structure: • GI Group, IFI - the North partner • South partners – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka • Enabling research and education collaboration of informatics and public health institutions

  9. Approach • Creating a consortium of universities in South Asia to establish specializations in public health informatics. • Drawing upon the GI group decade old experience of running Masters programmes in public health informatics in the South. • Partner universities may customize the material to specific university needs creating a common pool of resource material - an open source model of community sharing.

  10. Creating mutual benefits • Help develop capacities in these universities to leverage a network model provide mutual inputs in respective individual programs. • HISP India a vital cog in this network, an empirical site – “learning by doing” plus a beneficiary of short-term in-service programs • Mechanisms of collaboration: • Collaborative research projects • Faculty exchange • Joint seminars, workshops, training

  11. Benefits for states • Short term in-service programme for: • Medical Officers, Nurses, District Administrators, Health Managers, State and National administrators • Possibilities for doctoral studies for some interested staff with requisite qualifications

  12. Concluding remarks • INDNOR represents rich potential for: • Research • Education • In-service training • Making a difference in health care • Potential been largely unrealized till date • In domain of public health, GI group/HISP India/collaborative network provides a vehicle to help realize this potential • In India and South Asia

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