CODIST I Pre-conference Workshop Summary

Enlisting National Mapping Agencies in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 27, 2009

In April 2009, MEASURE Evaluation, PEPFAR, and USAID partnered with UNAIDS, WHO and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to host a workshop encouraging dialogue between 188 health leaders and geographic information systems (GIS) specialists representing 30 African nations and 6 non-African nations. For the first time in Africa, the workshop explored potential for data sharing and collaboration in the effective use of geography and GIS technology for HIV/AIDS interventions, with the ultimate intent of strengthening national spatial data infrastructure efforts.

Agenda

• Agenda

Opening Remarks

• Dorina Maris, USAID: Welcome NMAs and health sector partners!
• John Spencer, MEASURE Evaluation: Linking health and mapping
  

Presentations

National Service Provision

• Patrick Naphini, Malawi: Analysing geographic coverage of ART clinics using GIS: example of collaboration between several institutions in Malawi
• Benjamin Mayala, Tanzania: Mapping Task Force Committee: developing a health facility GIS database in Tanzania
• Shabani Cishahayo, Rwanda: GIS applied to HIV & AIDS program monitoring: case of TRACnet system

Community-Based Reporting

• Bernard Mundia, Kenya: Identifying priorities for improving the quality of routine community HIV and AIDS information in Kenya
• Ahmed Seid, Ethiopia: The use of GIS for mapping HIV/AIDS susceptible areas in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Group Work

• Instructions overview
• Worksheet
• Flip chart (Tableau de conférence)

Results

• UNECA summary report
  Note: All resolutions resulting from the workshop were incorporated into the conference summary drafted by CODIST.

Next Steps

• Develop a virtual community for the continued collaboration of workshop participants.
• Incorporate results of workshop into country operational plans.
• Plan for CODIST II.

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