Field notes from digital health in Africa.
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I Turned a Raw DHIS2 Export Into a Full District Analysis in Under a Minute — Here's the Tool
The Health Indicator Calculator Suite computes 55 WHO/UNICEF/Global Fund/PEPFAR indicators across six domains, auto-imports raw DHIS2/HMIS pivot exports with no manual mapping, benchmarks against editable targets, and exports report-ready results. It's live now — a free Lite version is coming soon.
MINSANTE Financial Management Tool v3 Is Here — Built From Your Requests
Version 3 of the MINSANTE Financial Management Tool for Cameroonian health facilities: Monthly Grid, decade-aware Treasury tables, Journal de Caisse calculation engine, period-flexible triangulation, Excel export, and four critical bug fixes — all built from field requests.
A pharmacy inventory workbook your facility can actually use
Free. Offline. 245 drugs pre-loaded. One Excel file that replaces pharmacy software you can't afford — built in a Mamfe DMO office and tested across the district.
I Built a Financial Management Tool as a District Medical Officer Because Nothing Adequate Existed for Cameroon
Every Category 3-5 health facility in Cameroon manages Recettes Propres manually, prone to error. I built an offline HTML tool that automates the six-step calculation and runs a six-way triangulation audit — before the IGF arrives.
I Built a Free Reproductive Health Data Quality and Performance Review Tool for DHIS2 Users
An Excel-based tool that turns one month of DHIS2 aggregate data into structured quality checks, performance scores, facility-level issue summaries, and corrective action prompts — no formulas required.
The Ultimate Google Sheets Task Tracker for Health Projects
A free Google Sheets template for district health managers and NGO teams — automated tracking logic, visual dashboards, and colour-coded status across all your health activities. No coding required.