Global Reproductive Health IT Support list

[Stan Mullen <SMullen AT pathfind.org>]

Greetings Dykki,

 

Hopefully we will have the opportunity to meet very soon. But first let me say that I very much welcome the opportunity to both learn and share my experiences. Pathfinder has a presence in most of the developing countries and I’m certain that you can appreciate what a challenge that can be for the technology sector.

 

I have been a Pathfinder since Nov. 2001 and have spent my entire career in IT working for hi-tech telecom companies. But as most know, whatever your business is or cause, the need for computers and a method to share and disseminate information doesn’t get discriminated against.

 

I have many experiences to share and also expect to learn from the other organizations as to what’s happening regarding IS/MIS/IT business applications, reporting tools, and the list goes on and on.  As I’m sure you would probably agree, each time a country office is visited, the goal to improve the communication infrastructure is key and we at Pathfinder try to implement that. I’m immediately curious now that we are breathing new technology life in most of our African countries what offerings are available for bandwidth improvements especially in Nigeria and Kenya. I would love to hear from others as to what they have implemented for internet connectivity options based on availability, price, reliability, etc. Anyone who would like to respond, please feel free.

 

Best to everyone and again, I believe this list server will certainly become a useful and productive tool.

 

Stan

 

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Stan Mullen

Director of Technology

Pathfinder International

Nine Galen Street, Suite 217

Watertown, MA 02472

smullen AT pathfind.org

 

(W) 617-924-7200 x300

(F) 617-924-3833

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dykki Settle [mailto:dsettle AT intrahealth.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:53 PM
To: grhits AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [grhits] IntraHealth International, Inc.

 

Greetings all,

 

Jonathan has now joined us, so we have four CA’s in fewer days.  It appears this is indeed a needed resource.  As promised.  I want to start things off with an introduction to myself and my organization (although Stan is the only person on so far that I haven’t met.  If you get a chance, I would love to hear about everyone else and your organization…

 

_ME_

NAME: Dykki Settle

TITLE: Director, Information Technology

PHONE: 919-966-3868

CELL: 919-593-2148

EMAIL: dsettle AT intrahealth.org

HISTORY

Firstly, I joined IntraHealth (which was then Intrah, a division of the medical school at UNC-Chapel Hill) in the fall of 2001.  I came from an entrepreneurial background working largely in ecommerce and NIDR (Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval) research.  Prior to Intrah I worked for the SunSITE project, UNC Press, Ventana Press, Lightworks Technology Foundation, catalogue.com, Genfinity Corporation.  I have been doing Internet research and development since 1989 (FTP archiving, WAIS, gopher, WWW)  and senior technology management (CTO, CIO, IT Director) since 1993.  My international experience prior to IntraHealth was limited to consulting work in England and Israel, but back in the late nineties, I read a rather large article in Wired by Neal Stephenson following the installation of the London-Tokyo backbone.  He urged us .com entrepreneurial types back then to step out of our backyard and get involved in the experiences and challenges of wiring the world.  This article set me on the path that has me here at IntraHealth today.  May the adventure continue!

INTERESTS

I am interested in serving a global organization with all of the disparate challenges of a widespread set of field offices, helping the organization function as a unified entity with efficient decision-making and implementation processes to improve the quality of life of underserved communities and individuals.  I believe this list can help by unifying all of our experiences into a whole that can help each of us meet the needs of our organizations, and share solutions to common problems.

 

_MY ORGANIZATION_

NAME: IntraHealth International, Inc.

URL(s):  www.intrahealth.org, www.prime2.org

AREAS OF ACTIVITY:

Our area of focus is training primary care providers in issues relating to  HIV/AIDS, Family Planning, Reproductive Health (Adolescent, Female Genital Cutting), Safe Motherhood/Child Health, Malaria and Tuberculosis.      

CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS:

prime on PRIME II.  Implementing partner on AMKENI, CDC AIDS GAP Initiative, DISH II, EQUITY, MARAM, NSDP, UNFPA, VISION

IT STAFF

Dykki Settle, Director, IT

Shannon Turlington, Systems, Database, and Product Development Manager

Jojo Almario, Global Network Administrator

Vanessa Spann, User Support Manager (emphasis on Field and Traveler Support)

Matthew McMichaels, User Support Technician

(we currently have one more User Support Technician position unfilled)

 

 

REGIONS AND OFFICES (with number of employees)

 

HQ (84)

*Chapel Hill, NC (84)

 

ASIA (43 total)

Bangladesh NSDP Project Office (7)

Gulshan, Bangladesh (5)

Mohakhali, Bangladesh (8)

India (21)

*Thailand – Regional Office (2)

 

EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (24 (soon 29) total)

AMKENI Project Office - Kenya (2)

**Ethiopia (1 (soon 5))

EQUITY Project Office – South Africa (3)

*Nairobi, Kenya – Regional Office (18)

 

EASTERN EUROPE (11 total)

Armenia (9)

Uzbekistan Bilateral Project Office (2)

 

LATIN AMERICA (35 total)
Dominican Republic – Regional Office(7)

El Salvador (9)

Honduras (1)

Nicaragua (1)

Paraguay (17)

 

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (7 total)

MARAM Project Office – West Bank/Gaza (6)

UNFPA Project Office - Yemen (1)

 

WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA (39 total)

Benin (3)

*Ghana (7)

Mali (1)

**Rwanda (13)

*Senegal – Regional Office (14)

VISION Project Office – Nigeria (1)

 

*Nairobi, Dakar, Accra, and Bangkok are directly supported on a more or less daily basis from HQ

**IT Trips are planned this quarter to Rwanda and Ethiopia that will result in direct support being established.

 

This gives us 164 field staff and 84 HQ staff for a total of 248 staff members.  Of these, 123 are currently supported by HQ IT staff, with an additional 18 to be added in this quarter.  All listed staff are supported through shared services, including Intrahnet, calendaring, timesheet, email and shared database applications.

 

 

I apologize if this is excessively detailed, but I thought it the best way to give an initial impression of who we are, where we are, what we do, and what we have to do it with.

 

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Dykki Settle
Director, Information Technology
PRIME II / IntraHealth International Inc.
dsettle AT intrahealth.org | +1(919)966-3868