In many developing countries, health delivery to the "last mile" is often crippled by major logistical challenges and a lack of real-time, easily accessible data. In Mozambique, OpenLMIS has helped with sustained reductions in vaccine stockout levels in Mozambique from an average of 35% to under 5% for health facilities serving a population of more than 8.8 million.
Considering overall efforts to improve the supply chain throughout Mozambique, and including the Zambezia region, OpenLMIS manages vaccine data for more than 725 service delivery points, serving more than 13 million people.
Read more about how OpenLMIS is managing vaccine data and improving the availability of products and information in Mozambique in: 3 Ways technology is cracking the world's toughest problems
For more information on OpenLMIS, please email info@openlmis.org
From March 28 through April 1, VillageReach through the OpenLMIS initiative hosted a re-architecture design week in Seattle. The purpose of the workshop was to understand the current pain points in the existing OpenLMIS code base; document the existing domain model and bounded contexts; review and understand the pros and cons of various architectural approaches; select candidate architecture and document the architectural principles.
Attended by representatives from OpenLMIS community partners the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and PATH, and facilitated by VillageReach and ThoughtWorks, the workshop was a collaborative effort on behalf of the community to provide feedback on the re-architecture process, and guide the development of the next phase of the OpenLMIS initiative.
The agenda for the week is below, and a full re-cap of notes from each working session is available on the March 2016 Re-Architecture Design Workshop wiki page.
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