GIS South Africa Webinar: Understanding the iDARE Methodology

Join the GIS South Africa Chapter for an exciting webinar on Thursday, October 23rd at 6PM SAST (GMT +2)

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The presentation for the GIS South Africa chapter webinar will demonstrate how WI-HER’s iDARE methodology has transformed community insights into programmatic action across three South Sudan counties. Through digitized root cause analysis and community influencer networks, the approach identified critical barriers to Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) treatment participation—including fear of side effects (28%), mobility challenges (40%), and gender-differentiated information gaps. The case study will showcase real-time data disaggregation, peer-to-peer behavior change interventions, and sustainable integration with local health structures, resulting in increased future participation intent among previously missed populations. Key implementation science lessons include context-specific adaptation strategies, scalability considerations, and sustainability mechanisms for complex humanitarian settings.

This webinar will focus on WI-HER‘s iDARE methodology. As a simple but science-based methodology, iDARE enables stakeholders to assess their existing local system, identify gaps, barriers, and inequities and then design, test, and scale local solutions. As a key step in iDARE, individuals record performance improvement, qualitative and quantitative data, best practices, lessons learned and knowledge generated in line with effective and transparent learning and monitoring and evaluation methodologies.The results of iDARE are clear: locally led program design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning that truly enables those with whom we work to achieve equitable and improved outcomes while being mindful of unintended negative consequences (Do No Harm principle).

Featured Speaker:

Dr. Taroub Harb Faramand, Founder and President of WI-HER and adjunct professor at George Washington University. She will take us through the innovative and results-based methodology called iDARE (Identify, Design, Apply/Assess, Record, Expand) to put this principle into practice.

About GIS South Africa

GIS South Africa launched as a chapter of the GIS Africa Hub in the spring of 2025 as a way to connect implementation science professionals and students in South Africa. The chapter meets monthly to discuss implementation science in South Africa and potential events the chapter can support or lead. If you are interested in participating in the chapter, please sign up for updates here!

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Date

Oct 23 2025
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Time

Time is listed in SAST
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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