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See the HRIS Strengthening Implementation Toolkit and iHRIS Software in Action at GHC Conference 26 May 2009

If you are attending the Global Health Council Conference, please plan to stop by the Capacity Project’s auxiliary event on Wednesday evening: Using Better Data, Making Better Decisions. It is being held in the Ambassador Ballroom on May 27 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Incentives: refreshments, a chance to win an iPod Touch and a flash drive [...]

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Stakeholder Leadership Groups Go Beyond HRIS 4 May 2009

A key first step in our HRIS strengthening process is to establish a leadership group of all stakeholders in the system, which includes all producers and consumers of HR information. In many cases, these people — who are drawn from diverse government ministries as well as outside groups such as professional associations, training institutions and [...]

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Transparency in HR Information is a Key Benefit of a Strong HRIS 1 May 2009

As evaluations of our HRIS strengthening work are being conducted, we are finding that strengthened HR information systems are having a notable positive impact on the transparency of HR information.
In Swaziland, for example, the transition from the old to the newer HRIS improved transparency of the hiring process. As one statistical staff person explains, [...]

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About Shannon Turlington

Shannon Turlingtion's role on the HRIS team is the iHRIS software development manager. She works with the development team to prioritize features for development and plan software upgrade releases. She also writes the use cases and blueprints to help plan development, and she writes the software user's manuals. In addition, she manages dissemination efforts, including the HRIS strengthening website, wiki, knowledge base, software mailing lists and blog.


The information provided on this website is not official US Government information and does not represent the views or positions of the US Agency for International Development or the US Government. HRIS Strengthening is a program of CapacityPlus, a USAID-funded global project focused on the health workforce needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The CapacityPlus partnership is led by IntraHealth International, Inc..