Hello, I am Amalia Lopez from Uruguay. My concern is to find a place within the HISD2 network and feel that I am progressing.
Is not easy for me because my strengths are in educational topics. Health is not disconnected, then the challenge could be how to treat them in Latin America.
I would like to understand how to be connected, perhaps a topic, a group of people engaged on it or find discussions. This kind of activities cannot be done alone.
My aim is to understand first and then invite friends from my country to participate and add data from us to build something.
As you can see, I am lost in the net. Any comment could be a good start.
Thank you for starting this initiative. I’m wondering how you would like to start? Are you already working on a project or considering starting one?
I understand your strength are related to Education which is great, does this mean you’re looking into how it connects to health topics or want to focus more on the Education topics. Which topics are you finding not easy?
I completely understand what you mean! It’s definitely useful to connect with others through the community, academies, and hopefully in the field where things are applied. I like the idea about inviting your friends, we do encourage and invite community members to organize local meetups (and sharing with the community), CoP in your country (or region)!
After a long talk with some friends, and considering your suggestions I decided to register at DHIS2 Online Academy - Introductory course.
To answer your questions I think that I am considering starting a project to reinforce the concept of “How Education connects with Health”.
Uruguay has considerable data available to use and make informed decisions. However, in my opinion we have some bottlenecks in the way we connect some dimensions that are interconnected: inequality in the access to education, poverty especially among childhood and youth groups that impact health.
Since the topic is huge in my case I need DHIS2 courses first to frame the purpose of the intended project to promote Education authorities engagement, authorization and support.
Another aspect is that I am considering taking the Level 2 Planning and Budgeting DHIS2, because it will give me the tools to pave the way for the conversations I must have to put Uruguay in the agenda. I do not know if both courses can be taken at the same time or if I must finish the first Level before.
Thank you very much for all your help. It is a pleasure for me to be part of such a community. I will do my best.
Amalia so nice to meet you and hear your goals and interests. We love to hear interest in connecting education and health. Very happy to see that you are connected to the team on email, great first step to organise a call to share more about what has been done and can be done. But, please keep chatting and sharing your lessons here so that we can follow your journey as it moves ahead!
Thank you Sophia, yes. I will tell the community what I presented to the authorities in Uruguay. To start with I told them what DHIS2 represents in terms of community, engagement, support and results. Everything in one, the platform. “I have a dream”