Beyond Essential Systems

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Digitising health systems can make health more accessible & efficient. We're supporting @BeyondBES & mSupply to continue rollout of innovative data management systems in the Pacific to improve availability of medicines & access to data for decision making.

Incredibly proud to be working on this national project in #Fiji with @rachelrama07 and her team, @UNICEFPacific, @dfat @MOHFiji and @mSupply - high quality, safely stored vaccines save lives 💉❄️🥶⛄️🛜💻

Our friends @mSupply Foundation have been busy in the Cook Islands as a part of the DTAC project. msupply.foundation/blog/TMFMakesW… @MFATNZ @dfat

Today is World Sepsis Day. Sepsis is a serious health issue. The incidence of sepsis is increasing globally but can be managed with good general hygiene in all healthcare settings, improvements in sanitation and nutrition and delivery of clean water and vaccination programs. @WHO

In this short clip, Vinaisi Bechu from the Fiji Mass Drug Administration (MDA) will take us through how the Tamanu Database is used for an MDA. You can find the full presentation here: buff.ly/3ZerQM1 Subscribe for highlights from our Forum. @dfat @mfatNZ @msupply

We have recorded highlights from our digital health forum that we’ll start to release on YouTube this week. Sign up to our YouTube channel to access content. buff.ly/48nfplB @dfat @MFATNZ @mSupply

Day 3 #Pacificdighealth23  Roxy Doa and Carl Smith from mSupply walked us through an Open mSupply Demo. @msupply @dfat @MFATNZ

Day 3 #Pacificdighealth23 Chris Hair from ANZGITA explained that they provide remote support using telegastroenterology, as well as in-person support with projects around the Pacific. We’ll be posting a recording of this and other presentations in September @dfat @MFATNZ @mSupply

Day 3 #Pacificdighealth23 Sunia Soakai (SPC) spoke about how important it was to keep digital health at the forefront of government minds because there are so many other things vying for funding and support in the Indo-Pacific region. @dfat @MFATNZ @mSupply @spc_cps

Day 3 #Pacificdighealth23 Grahame Grieve (the Father of FHIR -in lay terms a product that helps systems talk to each other) in his keynote explained ‘ FHIR has reduced the cost of interoperability by ~90%’. @dfat @msupply @MFATNZ

Day 3 #Pacificdighealth23 Dhanya Herath mSupply opened the forum with a deep dive into open-source digital health tools. Highlighting 6 key benefits: stability, security, cost, ownership, accessibility, and building a community of users and developers. @dfat @MFATNZ @mSupply

@rachelrama07 @nalagi @MOHFiji We love this photo, Rachel, it really captures the enthusiasm and excitement the forum has generated so far. If you have colleagues who'd like to see some of the talks, we will be posting them online in the coming weeks.

The launch and roll out of the first ever Pacific Digital Health Users Forum @nalagi for the next few days. OPENED by the Honourable Minister for @MOHFiji and Dr Lucas the first secretary for global health. @BeyondBES Congrats on this milestone.

Day 2 #Pacificdighealth23 The final session of the morning discussed crowd-sourced syndromic surveillance. Dr Craig Dalton highlighted the importance of creating accessible & simple opportunities to encourage greater community engagement with Flu Tracking. @dfat @mSupply @MFATNZ

Flu tracking provides valuable syndromic surveillance data across 4 countries. @dfat @MFATNZ @Flutrack @mSupply @CentreHealthSec

Day 2 #Pacificdighealth23 Alexandro Naisara tells the mSupply Masterclass ‘Preparation is the key for stock take and planning and working in a group is 80% of the job. Everybody should be involved in stock-take to manage the process so it goes smoothly’ @dfat @mfat @mSupply

Day 2 #Pacificdighealth23 John Morely, Plan Intl wants govs to support the use of national e-CRVS systems for identity; consider interoperability & pursue solutions that encourage it across government; creating secure & resilient systems for now and future @dfat @mSupply @MFATNZ

Sign up to live stream our forum  buff.ly/3E3A9Rc #pacificdighealth23 @dfat @mfatnz @msupply

During our live streams today we will be welcoming Q&A. bes.au/regional-users… Have a look at our live streaming program here: bes.au/wp-content/upl…  and prepare your questions for our expert presenters!

Day 2 #Pacificdighealth23 Vicki Bennett talks PHISH (Pacific Health Information Support Hub). Their aim in the Pacific is to support better health policy through robust and reliable data. @dfat @MFATNZ @mSupply @CentreHealthSec