World Health Organization Open Source Communication Channel
About
This repository is the first stop for open source communities wishing to contribute to the World Health Organization open source work. Below are links to contributor guidelines, open source product and project roadmaps, and key contributor recognition.
- Please take time to go through this README.md file. It contains information for frequently asked questions on how to work with this repository.
- The Getting Started section below contains specifics on contributor profile and project information.
👤 Who may use this?
To participate as a community member:
- Sign in with your GitHub account.
- Go to the discussions page.
- Pick a category and start a discussion.
🤔 When do I use this?
Use this repo when you are interested in getting your organization, company, open source community, or you as an individual involved with WHO open source work. This is also a good place to find quick guides, helpful links, and discussions if you are already collaborating with WHO on open source work.
ℹ Note: If you already have an existing collaboration or partnership with WHO, you can continue to use those existing communication channels.
⭐️ Why using this?
Use this repository to communicate and collaborate asynchronously--so that any question asked and answered may be easily shared and collaborated on.
The use of this repository draws upon ideas from:
Getting Started
Contributor profiles
As more WHO work is open sourced, the breadth of contributor profiles will grow. Currently, WHO is seeking collaboration from the following that have an existing orientation on public health:
- UN, INGOs, MNOs, Ministries of Health
- Academic Institutions
- Private Tech Companies
- Open Source Communities
- Expert Individuals (not working on behalf of the above)
Contributor guidelines
Please follow this Contributor Guideline when planning to collaborate and contribute to this repository.
Starting an Open Source Project
The Starting an Open Source Project Guide is a good starting point for project teams working with WHO and want to start an open source project or open source an existing project.
Roadmaps
Current projects
Please, stay tuned while we work on sharing repositories for open source collaboration.
👥 Our team
The following folks are the maintainers for this repository. Please feel free to contact them via an @mention in an issue, or via email for any questions, comments, and/or ideas you may have relating to WHO's Open Source initiative and this repository:
| Name | Contact | Pic |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Mbuthia | @smbuthia |  |
| Catharina Maracke | @catharinamaracke |  |
💖 To help make this a welcoming and inclusive community, please read our code of conduct.
More Information
For more information about WHO's OSPO, watch the recording of fifth edition of the Speaker Series of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence (Embracing Open Source Solutions for Health Emergencies) where the WHO OSPO was publicly launched.
For more information on how WHO uses technology for early detection, verification, and risk assessment of pandemics watch this recording from GitHub Universe 2020 and find out more about related initiatives at pandemic.who.int - our work.