As an example of an abbreviation that has changed meaning, I would mention GSM, which I believe first meant Group Speciale Mobile (excuse my french) and later Global System for Mobile communication.
I would support Prosper's observation that District may not cover the distributed system that DHIS2 has become. MobiLars On 2013 5 2 15:12, "Knut Staring" <[email protected]> wrote: > There is indeed a long history, as Jason points out, and the "district" > focus took its inspiration from the WHO Alma Ata Declaration from 1978 and > its focus on Primary Health Care and "Health For All" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Ata_Declaration > > Furthermore, the very first versions of DHIS came out of close > collaboration with three pilot districts in Cape Town: > http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/research/networks/hisp/hisp-history.html > http://folk.uio.no/patrickr/refdoc/BraaHedberg02.pdf > > http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/research/networks/hisp/integrated-health-information-architecture.html > > However, by this stage, it seems to me that the acronym DHIS has also > acquired quite an identity of its own, a bit like e.g. IBM, a name much > like others, which could be used without necessarily going into "what it > stands for". > > Knut > > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Jason Pickering < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Proper, >> >> Remember, with open source software, you are free to call it what you >> want! I know of a private company who has now forked DHIS2 and are calling >> it something entirely different, for their own reasons. In other countries, >> DHIS2 has been branded differently, according to their own acronyms. >> >> I would however, not expect a change on this, given the long history. :) >> >> My two cents, >> Jason >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Prosper BT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear team, >>> >>> Quite often end users especially below and above the district level have >>> asked Why 'District' and we have struggled to explain this by first telling >>> history. In passing someone suggested renaming District to Decentralized >>> and Software to System. >>> >>> What it if in respect of maintaining the acronym it becomes >>> "Decentralized Health Information System - DHIS? >>> >>> 'Don't kill the messenger' >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> -- >>> Prosper Behumbiize, MPH >>> Phone: +256 414 320076 >>> Cell: +256 752 751776 >>> +256 702 762707 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Knut Staring > Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo > +4791880522 > http://dhis2.org > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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