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General Discussion Featured

What are the most important health informatics challenges facing South Sudan in 2026?

As we look ahead, what do you think are the most important health informatics challenges facing South Sudan? What should SSHIA and the Ministry of Health priori...

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General Discussion Featured

Welcome to the SSHIA Community Discussion Board — introduce yourself!

Welcome to the SSHIA Community Discussion Board! This is a space for health informatics professionals in South Sudan and beyond to connect, share knowledge, and...

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Training & Education Featured

How can we improve DHIS2 training for health workers in South Sudan?

DHIS2 training in South Sudan is often one-off events that do not lead to sustained competency. How can we improve the quality and sustainability of DHIS2 train...

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Clinical Practice

What are the best practices for electronic patient registration in South Sudan health facilities?

Our facility is transitioning from paper-based patient registration to an electronic system. We are using OpenMRS but facing challenges with data entry speed an...

SSHIA Administrator

1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

How should health facilities in South Sudan handle patient data when the internet is down?

Internet connectivity is a major challenge in our area. We often go days without a reliable connection, which means we cannot submit data to DHIS2 or access Ope...

SSHIA Administrator

1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

What is the role of health informatics in improving maternal health outcomes in South Sudan?

South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. I am interested in how health informatics interventions — such as electronic health re...

SSHIA Administrator

1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

How can telemedicine support clinical practice in remote areas of South Sudan?

I work at a primary health care unit in Western Equatoria where we have no specialist doctors. We often encounter cases that are beyond our clinical capacity. I...

SSHIA Administrator

1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

What are the challenges of implementing electronic health records in South Sudan hospitals?

Our hospital has been trying to implement an EHR system for two years but we keep running into the same problems: power outages, staff turnover, and lack of tec...

SSHIA Administrator

1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

How do we ensure data quality in health facilities with high staff turnover?

Data quality is a persistent challenge in our facility, partly because we have high staff turnover and new staff are often not adequately trained on data collec...

SSHIA Administrator

1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

What mobile health tools are being used for disease surveillance in South Sudan?

I am interested in the use of mobile health tools for disease surveillance in South Sudan, particularly for IDSR reporting. Are there any tools that have been s...

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1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

How can health informatics support the COVID-19 response in South Sudan?

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted both the strengths and weaknesses of South Sudan health information systems. What lessons have been learned and how can health...

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1 month ago

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Clinical Practice

What is the importance of clinical coding in South Sudan health facilities?

I recently attended a training on ICD-10 coding and realised that most health facilities in South Sudan do not use standardised clinical codes. Why does this ma...

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1 month ago

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