Welcome to the Data Use Community (DUC)!

The DUC was built to leverage the expertise in clinical care, systems, policy, and data reuse and analysis, along with the field experience available across implementing agencies, ministries, and implementing partners, to create a peer support network of interested practitioners. The DUC’s initial focus was on guidance regarding approaches for enhancing continuity of treatment and interruption in treatment. We have since extended this tested approach to address other evolving priorities that can be addressed through individual patient-level data or data quality issues. 


If you are interested in joining, feel free to check out our website & join our mailing list!

Also, feel free to contact info@datausecommunity.org if you have any questions.


The DUC will operate in a collaborative and iterative way to support Ministries of Health and country implementers.

The DUC is initially working towards the following goals:

  • Be initiated with founding members with relevant clinical expertise for HIV prevention, treatment, and care, informatics, and data science.
  • Consolidate best practices, drawn from country experience, to a generally applicable and context-specific approach to improve continuity of treatment and reduce interruption in treatment, with specific attention to the data and systems approach.
  • Ensure field experience sharing, improve interagency coordination and collaboration, and integrate group efforts to support program goals.



Quick Links

Wiki Links

Monthly Outlook of Upcoming Meetings of the Data Use Community

The DUC hosts multiple meetings that are open for all to participate and contribute to the work! The following calendar is the most up to date resource for upcoming calls and their relevant details. You can also use the community forum for updates on upcoming meetings!

Summaries, recordings, and meeting materials from DUC Calls are posted to the website

Zoom Connection Details

Join from computer or mobile: https://datausecommunity.org/meeting

Meeting ID: 828 2453 9607                     Password: 1

DUC Call Themes


The community is always seeking more community members to share their experiences. If you are interested in hearing or sharing examples for any of the following themes please email the Secretariat at info@datausecommunity.org. 


Identity Management Collaborative Sessions

Calls are typically held on the last Wednesday each month @1 pm UTC

Find the 2025 call dates here!

During these calls we will continue to discuss what work countries are doing around patient identity management.

The goals of these monthly meetings are to:

  • Provide space for peer learning on patient identity management.
  • Build community linkages between teams working on patient identity management.
  • Begin to gather common practices, challenges and experiences to be documented in the Patient Identity Management Toolkit

Treatment Continuity 

Calls are typically held on the second Thursday each month @ 1 pm UTC

Find the 2025 call dates here!

The goals of these monthly meetings are to:

  • Provide a space for peer learning & networking
  • Build community linkages between teams. 
  • Begin to gather common practices, challenges and experiences to be documented in the Technology Intervention Framework. 

Data Quality

Calls are typically held on an ad hoc basis

Find the 2025 call dates here!

The goals of these sessions are to:

  • Provide space for peer learning on data quality.
  • Build community linkages between teams working on data quality.
  • Begin to document common practices, challenges and experiences on data quality issues and interventions.

Community Wide Meetings

Calls are typically held on an ad hoc basis 

Find the 2025 call dates here!

The goals of these sessions are currently under development

Metrics & Reporting

Calls are typically held on an ad hoc basis

Find the 2025 call dates here!

The goals of these sessions are currently under development

Upcoming Conferences and Events

Come connect with the DUC! We will be sending representatives to conferences and events soon!


Shareable Message on the DUC

Do you want to share the DUC with your network? Check out the shareable message below to copy-and-paste to your peers and colleagues.

Hello,

I wanted to reach out and share the Data Use Community (DUC) with you! The DUC is a network made up of organizations and individuals currently focusing on guidance regarding approaches for enhancing treatment continuity, patient identity management & data quality. 

I have recently joined this community and thought it would interest you as well. Here are a few ways to start contributing:

I hope we can attend the next meeting together! 

Best,