Inspirational Health Stories
Real stories from the people building South Sudan\u2019s health information future.
The Data Officer Who Saved a Vaccination Programme
When Akol noticed the numbers did not add up in his county’s vaccination registry, he traced every missing record across five paya…
From Register to Dashboard: A Midwife’s Digital Journey
Midwife Nyabol was afraid of computers. After SSHIA training, she now enters delivery data directly into the national system every…
How a Solar-Powered Tablet Changed a Remote Clinic
In a clinic three hours from the nearest tarmac road, a solar-powered tablet now carries monthly reports that used to travel by mo…
The Vaccination Ledger That Learns
An expanded-programme-on-immunisation tracker developed with SSHIA volunteers flags defaulters automatically. Coverage in the pilo…
Why I Became a Health Informatics Mentor
A senior health information officer reflects on twelve months of mentoring young professionals through the SSHIA mentorship progra…
Students Build a Triage App in 48 Hours
At the SSHIA hackathon, university students prototyped a triage assistant that now handles intake at a Juba teaching hospital pilo…
Connecting Rumbek: One Clinic’s Fight for Connectivity
Unreliable internet nearly ended the clinic’s eLMIS orders. A solar-powered connectivity solution piloted with SSHIA kept the supp…
The Data Clerk Who Hunted an Outbreak
A routine weekly report from a county health department showed a spike in suspected measles. Within 48 hours of the alert, a respo…
From Paper Registers to Dashboards: A Midwife’s Journey
When Aluel started as a midwife in Aweil, every birth was recorded in a paper register. After SSHIA’s digital records training, he…
Young Statisticians Building South Sudan’s Health Future
A group of recent graduates formed a study circle through SSHIA and are now supporting three counties with data quality checks.Thi…
The Nurse Who Trained 40 Colleagues
After completing SSHIA’s Training of Trainers, nurse Grace has cascaded data management skills to 40 colleagues across her state.T…
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