August 2025 Round-up Call notes and Recording

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Thank you all for joining our August Round-up call, you can catch up the highlights by watching the following recordings:

  1. Community story
  2. Round-up recording including a demo on ‘Digital Payment Integration’.

Below are summarized notes from the call.

Agenda 1: Android Release & Contribution Experience
Presenter: @Karim_K_Kanji (Ministry of Health, Kenya).

  • Release v1.6.0:

    • Added critical support for Android 15 to comply with Google’s August 2025 API-level requirements.

    • Updated OIDC authentication to use custom tabs for smoother login flows.

    • Release Process: MOH Kenya uses a hybrid GitHub/GitLab pipeline to build and publish APKs to the Play Store. Contributions were cherry-picked and merged upstream for global benefit.

  • Contribution Journey:

    • Karim highlighted the role of CHT Docs in setting up environments and decrypting keys.

    • The PR process followed open-source standards (AGPL-3.0 license), with testing on physical devices running Android 15/16.

    • Impact: Ensured all CHT Android apps (including country-specific flavors) meet Play Store deadlines, avoiding removals.

Agenda 2: New Community Squad Announcement
Presenter: @Loukman (Medic)

  • Challenge:

    • Community Health Workers (CHWs) reported frustration over losing access to previous months’ activity data when analytics reset at the beginning of each month. This hindered performance reviews and, in some cases, delayed compensation.

    • Feedback spanned Kenya, Uganda, Mali, Togo, and Côte d’Ivoire, with supervisors echoing the need for historical data.

  • Solution:

    • A community-led squad will design and prototype a feature to retain and display past-month indicators.

    • Approach: Cross-country collaboration, iterative feedback loops with CHWs/supervisors, and alignment with real-world workflows.

    • Call to Action: Calling all developers, designers, and CHW advocates! Join us in building the future of the CHT. We’re kicking off this new squad with an introductory call.

      Kick-off Call Details:

      • When: August 27, 2025, at 12 PM GMT

      • Calendar invite: join here

      Want to learn more?

      We hope to see you there!

Agenda 3: Digital Payment Integration & Updates
Presenter: @elijah (Medic)

  • Context:
    • WHO/ILO guidelines stress fair CHW compensation, yet only 14% of CHWs are salaried (50/99 African countries have salaried programs; 24 meet “gold standard” of accreditation + salary).
  • Kenya Pilot:

    • Workflow Demo:

      1. CHW Self-Assessment: Tracks household visits, referrals, and event participation (e.g., “Community Dialogue Days”).

      2. Automated Scoring: Nairobi County requires ≥80/100 points for stipend approval.

      3. Supervisor Review: Can override system recommendations (e.g., if a CHW’s device failed).

      4. Payroll Generation: Exported to county systems for disbursement (via M-Pesa/bank).

    • Scale: Piloting with 10,000 CHWs; plans to expand nationally with uniform performance criteria.

  • Barriers: Political sensitivities around payment automation require gradual county-by-county adoption.

Agenda 4: Patch Releases (4.21.1 & 4.20.1)
Presenter: @mrjones (Medic)

  • Fix:

    • Resolved a UI bug in Single Sign-On (SSO) place selection, caused by a race condition in data fetching.

    • Who needs it? Only instances using SSO must upgrade; others can wait for the next major release.

  • Why So Few Patches?

    • Quality Assistance (QA): Medic’s shift from reactive QA to proactive “Quality Assistance” embeds testing early in development.

    • Results: Zero patches between v4.8–v4.20 due to robust CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

We look forward to your continued participation in future Round-up calls.

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