PHISICC is an operations research project aiming at improving paper-based health information systems. Earlier in June (4-8th), PHISICC, a research project focused on supporting better decision making at the primary healthcare... read more →
PHISICC? Design? Paper? People! PHISICC matters a lot because it is about improving the lives of people. On the surface, it is easy to think that it is about paper or... read more →
Swiss TPH through the Paper Based Health Information System in Child Care (PHISICC) project is exploring ways to make Primary Health Care data tools SMART in Nigeria, Mozambique and Ivory... read more →
Over the next few weeks PHISICC will be publishing a series of blog posts authored by several participants of our design workshop recently held in Côte d'Ivoire (December 2017). The three-day... read more →
We hope you enjoy this collection of images from the PHISICC design workshop held in Grand Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire. A special thanks... read more →
Are you a design thinker? According to design thinking thought leaders, Tom and David Kelley, there are two prerequisites to a good design idea: a good question and empathy for... read more →
Global Evidence Summit, Cape Town, South Africa, 13-16 Sept, 2017 #GESummit17 The Global Evidence Summit 2017 aims to advance the use of reliable research evidence in addressing some of the world's... read more →
The TAG for PHISICC met in Basel over 6-7th Sept, 2016 and again in April 2017.
What's the difference between a complicated and complex problem? And how should each type of problem be approached. Researcher and knowledge management expert David Snowden has explored these questions. In... read more →
Swiss TPH and gravitytank are excited to announce that the PHISICC project has begun. This summer we'll be conducting fieldwork in three African countries to immerse ourselves in the challenges... read more →