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Welcome to openIMIS
As an open source initiative, openIMIS is constantly seeking to expand its community of software developers. Whatever your platform - Python, Java, or ReactJS - you will find something worth tackling in the issue queue. The openIMIS tool allows you to re-use and build upon existing workflows, relieving you from having to reinvent the wheel or taking time away from building better solutions for your clients.
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A number of international organisations organizations fund software development for global goods. Keep monitoring our Opportunities Page to keep up with new funding opportunities. Having a strong community behind you will also help you uncover your own funding opportunities.
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The openIMIS Initiative works closely with other international organisations organizations and governments to integrate and improve existing eHealth and Social Protection infrastructures. Acquire experience in interoperability standards like HL7 FHIR and learn about other global goods in the eHealth and Social Protection ecosystems.
Get a practical taste of the health financing and social protection business
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openIMIS comes from the heart of real-world health financing and social protection scenarios. Given the increasing global importance of Universal Health Coverage and universal social protectionUniversal Social Protection, openIMIS has become THE open - source tool for anyone seeking to implement these programs.
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If you are a student or young professional, you need practical experience to show off your skills to future employers. While we do not provide certificates, your publicly visible code repositories on GitHub or your contributions to our wiki will provide ample proof of your achievements. You can, of course, choose to work under an alias.
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Share your thoughts!
In the openIMIS Service Desk you can get qualified advice from a member of the openIMIS Product Group within a reasonable timeframe. Generally it's a good idea to post any question or suggestion through a formal request as this is easier for us to follow it up.
Contribute your ideas!
Do you have a good idea for a new feature or an urgent need to adapt an existing feature to the situation in your organisation? In the openIMIS Service Desk you can propose new features to a member of the openIMIS Product Group. Try to explain the background and the use case as precisely as possible in a formal feature request. You can even upload screenshots, drawings or concept papers.
Contribute quality!
Nobody is perfect - neither is the openIMIS software. In the openIMIS Service Desk you can report bugs to a member of the openIMIS Product Group. Try to explain as precise as possible what you observed and how you got there in a bug report. Try to upload screenshots of the situation. Please do not post data from real people!
Contribute code!
All our source code is stored in git hub repositories. If you feel that you have a more efficient way of doing things or you have some really nice features to add, you might want to contribute directly to the code base of openIMIS.
Create your own fork GitHub repositories and send a pull request to the Developers Committee.
Contribute documentation!
The official openIMIS documentation is released on readthedocs.io in sync with the openIMIS software releases. Documenting software is quite a lot of work. If you are into proofreading or technical writing, you might enjoy contributing directly to the documentation. Native speakers in all available languages are especially needed!
Edit the source documents on GitHub
Edit knowledge bits in the openIMIS knowledge Base
Contribute translations!
openIMIS can be customised to several languages without any change in the program code. This means that you can create an openIMIS version for your own country in a relatively short time. If there is already a version in your language, you are still invited to participate in proofreading and in the discussions of the best way to name health financing and social protection terminology in your language.
Check the wiki page about the Translation Management platform to see where you can contribute best.
Contribute assistance!
In the openIMIS Service Desk, members of the openIMIS Product Group are on their guard to actively support the community with practical advice and troubleshooting. If you have a bit of experience with the openIMIS software - be it as a user, implementer or developer - you are most welcome to help out with the frontline support.
Check out the issue queue and see where you can chip in (you need an Atlassian account for this).
How do I get started?
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get started?
As an independent developer:
Take a look at the Developer Starter Kit
Consult the openIMIS user documentation
If you feel that you need to change code for your own purposes or you have a useful contribution to make, download the code from the GitHub repositories and start programming away. You might want to follow the technical discussions in the Product Roadmap to see that your ideas are in line with what the Developers Committee is planning to do.
If you like what you have done, upload your code and create a pull request to get your code included into the master version.
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