Due to prevailing COVID-19 situation, Health System Enhancement Project (HSEP) has organized the second phase of GIS training program as an online training program via Google Meet on 17th December 2020.
This training is mainly targeted on development of knowledge in field data collection using Tablet PCs by of the coordinators/ officers in GIS cells.
This training Program was conducted by the HSEP GIS Expert Mr. Malika Gunawardhana with the guidance of the Project Director Dr. Anil Dissanayaka to introduce digital data collection methods for ground level officers such as PHIs and PHMs. In order to assist the program, HSEP has provided five tablet PCs for every RDHS office.
The objective of this program was to build capacity of GIS cells (Provincial and District) to design and install customized data collection forms for Android based devices. With this training program the officers attached to GIS cells are expected to develop tailor-made data collection forms (digital), which can be given to enumerators to gather real-time field data. The training program also covered how to manage and integrate collected data with other platforms such as GIS, MS Excel, etc. The trainees are supposed to assist not only GIS related data collections, but also other health related services on how to collect data digitally and effectively.