Best approach for OUs where CHWs come and go

Hi @fernandoshake, I worked on a project that did exactly this. They created generic, numbered organisation units for the CHWs because they would change. So for example if they had a facility “Central Hospital”, they created organisation units below called “Central Hospital CHW01”, “Central Hospital CHW02”, etc. Under each facility they created as many CHW organisation units as they were likely to have CHWs at one time. (If they found they didn’t have enough, they could add more later.)

For each CHW person, they created a DHIS2 user account, and assigned the user to the organisation unit where they worked. So for example CHW user “John Doe” could be assigned to organisation unit “Central Hospital CHW02”. Maybe John Doe also worked at “Western Clinic” and was known there as “Western Clinic CHW05”. The user could be assigned to both organisation units “Central Hospital CHW02” and “Western Clinic CHW05”. When they were working for Central Hospital, they would record data under the organisation unit “Central Hospital CHW02”, and when they were working for Western Clinic, they would record data under the organisation unit “Western Clinic CHW05”.

When John Doe leaves they could disable their account, and assign a new person to “Central Hospital CHW02” and/or “Western Clinic CHW05”.

Let me know if you have further questions. I’m tagging @Scott in case he has any newer or better suggestions.

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