Welcome to the CHT Documentation!
The Community Health Toolkit is a collection of open-source technologies and open-access resources developed by a community focused on global health equity. We envision a world where primary health care is equitable, accessible, and delivered by people who are trusted in their communities. Start with the CHT overview, and join our community forum!
CHT Core Framework
An overview and reference for development of the Core Framework of the Community Health Toolkit. Most CHT App developers are able to build great experiences for their users without extending CHT Core, but you might still find this section useful for its overview of CHT components.
Read More: Contributing CHT Core Code
Designing
An overview of key end user personas, notes on the CHT icon library, and configuration best practices for forms, tasks, targets, and contact profiles. These materials include more detail than you will need when you’re just beginning to explore the CHT, but they become increasingly helpful when designing your own community health app for a live deployment.
Read More: Designing
Building
Comprehensive reference material on CHT concepts and features, useful for anyone interested in understanding what features and configuration options are available for CHT Apps. This section also includes guides on focused app development topics, and a growing collection of thorough step-by-step tutorials for developing and deploying digital health apps with the Community Health Toolkit. If you’re a developer and want to dive right into developing your own app, this is the place to start.
Read More: Building CHT Applications
Hosting
Detailed instructions on how to host the CHT starting with the most basic Application Development setup on your laptop for just one developer all the way up to large deployments hosted in a Cloud based deployment.
Read More: Hosting
Have Questions?
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