The Data Harmonization and Platform (DH-P) Work Group meetings of DSWB convene and facilitate knowledge sharing around methods, standards, and tools for harmonizing diverse health data. Through presentations, discussions, and collaborative support, we help members from Pathfinder Institutions learn how to transform and map data into the OMOP Common Data Model (CDM), enabling consistent, reproducible analysis and cross-site collaboration for improved health outcomes.
This work involves acquiring, cleaning, mapping, transforming, integrating, and validating data to ensure consistency, enable collaboration, support large-scale analysis, and maintain reproducibility. The group also supports vocabulary standardization, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and the analysis of harmonized datasets.
Who organises the DH-P WG Meeting?
These meetings are organised by the members of APHRC team, and other technical partners. The meeting is currently chaired by Steve Cygu, Pauline Andeso and Miranda Barasa.
Duration and Meeting Frequency¶
The Working Group meetings take place online (via Zoom) every two weeks for one hour. Currently, these meetings are hosted on Thursdays, at 16:00 EAT, alternating with the Open Science and Capacity Building Working Group meetings.
Format¶
Typically, each Working Group meeting has a pre-defined theme and/or agenda that includes aspects like presentations about specific concepts, breakout discussions, and technical talks from partners.
Since 2025, a live translator has been providing live-interpretation service in French (using Zoom feature) for our French-speaking members.
Notes from all meetings are captured in [please add here]. Live and shared notetaking allows everyone to follow and contribute to the meeting.
Who attends these meetings?¶
Members from across all DSWB partner institutions can join all of the Working Group meetings.
Periodically, we also organise meetings in webinar format, which are open to all interested members in and beyond DSWB.
You can subscribe to the DSWB community calendar to get information about future meetings. You can also ask Precious Onyewuchi, Malvika Sharan or Miranda Barasa to add you to the calendar.
Archiving notes¶
All meeting notes after the meeting are archived in this repository in the preshh0
This repository is regularly updated. As we progress, this repository will contain the following:
Initiatives proposed and in progress
Learning resources shared in the WG
Reports and outcomes
Policies adopted and developed by the WG