iSHARE 2 and OpenHDS training workshop held in Dubai
The INDEPTH Data Management Programme (IDMP) - iSHARE2 Training Workshop 5 took place in Dubai, UAE from 9 – 22 May 2016.
In all 31 participants including seven Centre Leaders took part in the training programme.
The workshop was to prepare iSHARE2 member sites to use Centre-in-a-Box (CiB) research data management appliance to extract, quality assure, document, share and analyse the INDEPTH Core Micro Dataset. It also provided the opportunity for the data on the INDEPTH Data Repository to be upgraded with new datasets on July 1st 2016.
The training programme provided the participants detailed knowledge for maintaining and working with the different components of Centre-in-a-Box (CiB) which would be useful for them to manage the entire life-cycle of research data management at their respective HDSSs.
During the training programme, participants had a hands-on practice and customised configuration of the CiB components and took the server to their respective sites for implementation.
The OpenHDS training was also held alongside the ishare2 meeting from 15 – 21 May 2016.
The one-week training provided the opportunity for representatives from Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso; Navrongo HDSS, Ghana; Chokwe HDSS, Mozambique; Agincourt HDSS, South Africa; and IgangaMayuge, Uganda; to acquire knowledge on OpenHDS setup and its implementation.
The OpenHDS is an open source platform for electronic data collection.
Currently four INDEPTH members are using this platform for capturing data. The platform provides the best alternative for HDSSs who use the HRS2 platform with paper for capturing data.
The OpenHDS is a modern and improved version of the HRS2 platform. The incorporation of a tablet for data collection makes it preferable hence the need to encourage more HDSSs to switch to the OpenHDS platform.
The facilitators for the ishare 2 were Dr. Kobus Herbst, iSHARE2 Principal Investigator; Dr. Sanjay Juvekar, iSHARE2 Co Principal Investigator; Prof TathagataBhattacharjee, Senior Data Manager; Brendan Gilbert, Systems Administrator and Sandeep Bhujbal, Data Manager; while Nicolas Maire and Aurelio Di Pasquale took participants through the OpenHDS training.