Contributing to the Community Health Toolkit

There are many ways to contribute to the Community Health Toolkit.

Are you a developer?

The Development section of the forum is a great place to introduce yourself and ask questions. Or you can also jump right in:

• Get up to speed with the technologies and tools used by the CHT. Additionally, the Technology Radar for CHT Contributors gives an overview of the technologies used to build the CHT tools.
• Request a demo to test out the CHT (login details will be emailed to you).
• Issues labeled help wanted are a great place to start coding.
• Learn to build and host apps, and share your experiences.
• Share a new idea or question on the Forum.

Are you a researcher, designer, or health practitioner?

• Share your expertise on the Forum.
• Sign up for the newsletter to get the latest updates.

Are you a partner wondering how issues are prioritized?

There are a number of factors that contribute to prioritization of work. The following represents important factors that are often evaluated together to have the best chance for the largest impact if a partner will:

• Upgrade to get the feature/bugfix.
• Help validate, design and prototype the feature.
• Offer a time-bound funding opportunity which may influence when something gets done, provided that it aligns with the CHT product vision.
• Be blocked by it for a major release or expansion.
• Has users that are unable to use the CHT or experience it in a way that results in providing degraded care.

Will get prioritized. Further, internally, a ticket may be needed to facilitate a release or perform important upgrades as is critical to do in the maintenance of software.

Also, improvements and ideas for this doc site are always welcome!