Name: WHO Integrated Data Platform: IT Challenges and solutions for the maintenance of a global platform
Start: 2019-06-18T15:30:00+0200
End: 2019-06-18T17:00:00+0200

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WHO Integrated Data Platform: IT Challenges and solutions for the maintenance of a global platform

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We will present and discuss some of the challenges we have experiencing building the World Information Data Platform (WIDP) at World Health Organization.

1. PostgreSQL server performance challenges
(Architecture, Tuning PostgreSQL, DB optimization: postgresqltuner, performance tests: JMeter, connection pool )

2. Metadata packaging & sync challenges
(Advanced Export App, command-line tools: jcat, Metadata packages repositories, Instance cloning & sync)

3. Organisation Unit Tree sync challenges
(Shared OU Tree, Changing subnational levels)

Speakers

Petar Jovanovic

Research and Teaching assistant, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech

Ignacio Foche Pérez

Director, EyeSeeTea

Based in Combloux (France), Ignacio is dedicated full time to the London-based EyeSeeTea Ltd company where he is co-founder director, developer and leader of the Android team. As part of his responsibilities, Ignacio leads the development of DHIS 2 Android Apps for organizations like... Read More →

Lise Grout

Technical officer, WHO

I am an vet epidemiologist working as epidemiologist, data manager and M&E officer at the department of control of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.Since 2016, we have been working on developing standards metadata for case management-NTDs... Read More →