OpenHDSD Training Workshop

Introduction

OpenHDS is a multi-component data platform for Health and Demographic Surveillance, based on client-server architecture and using tablet computers for point-of-capture digitization of data. This document provides an overview of the system. It covers the setup and administration of the server and tablet components of the platform. It contains guides for field workers, field supervisors, and data managers. Finally, it describes the setup and use of a virtualized OpenHDS system for testing and evaluation purposes.

OpenHDS was developed by University of Calabar, Nigeria; University of Southern Maine, US; and Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania; and first deployed in Akpabuyo HDSS, Cross River, Nigeria. All groups continue contributing to the development of OpenHDS.