iSHARE

iSHARE is a platform designed to facilitate secure data sharing and collaboration among research institutions. By promoting standardized protocols and easy access to health and demographic data, iSHARE supports evidence-based decision-making and research efficiency. This is a US$3,500,000 project funded by the Wellcome Trust.

The INDEPTH Shared Access Repository (iSHARE) (www.indepth-ishare.org) programme started in 2007 as a data sharing project to provide a platform for scientific exchange of research data and technical collaboration for three Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) centres in Asia: Vadu (India) and Kanchanaburi (Thailand) as well as Wosera (Papua New Guinea) in Oceania. It was
successfully launched in September 2008 with a grant from Sida/GLOBFORSK.
The broad objective of iSHARE is to strengthen data collection systems within INDEPTH centres and facilitate sharing of data collected from heterogeneous sources on a web-based repository in a common format. Its specific objectives are to:

  1. Define minimal and optimal data sets that allow data sharing and data analysis;
  2. Develop and standardize a system of unique Identity amongst INDEPTH centres to allow for data merging and sharing;
  3. Build institutional capacity through training of data managers and centre scientists in data management and extraction; and
  4. Strengthen data collection systems sharing mechanisms.

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