Category: Events

GHCon2025 – X GNU Health Conference – December 20th

Dear community

The 10th edition of the GNU Health Conference – GHCon2025 – will be this December 20th and it will be broadcasted from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

In the context of GHCon, it will take place the XVIII International Workshop on eHealth in Emerging Economies (IWEEE). IWEEE is about Social Medicine and addressing the reality of the underprivileged around the world. We will be sharing experiences with those working in field of Social Medicine.

Presentation submissions and guidelines

The deadline for submitting your presentation is Sunday, December 7th, and the presentation in PDF needs to be turned over by Monday December 15th.

This year GHCon will be online, and the presentations will be delivered via Jitsi. Each presentation has a 30 minute slot, plus and additional 10 minutes for questions. We count on your cooperation so we can have a smooth program and transition between speakers.

We will be publishing the program by Wednesday, December 10th.

GNU Health en español

Given the vast amount of implementations and the large Spanish community of GNU Health, this year we’ll divide the talks in two sections based on the language of the presentations and talks:

  • Morning session : English
  • Afternoon session: Spanish

We believe this model enriches GHCon and provides an opportunity for those who want to share their experiences in Spanish. Of course, everyone is welcome to join both sessions. The afternoon session is also good in terms of timezone for our friends in Latin America.

GNU Health Conference 2025 banner
GHCon2025 banner

Registration

GHCon2025 is free, but you need to register in https://www.gnuhealth.org/ghcon/2025/

Official t-shirt

If you want to get the coolest t-shirt, and, most importantly, support our cause for freedom, equity and privacy in healthcare, you can buy the GHCon2025 from the GNU Solidario online store.

GNU Health Conference 2025 official t-shirt

Happy Hacking!

We are excited to deliver this new edition of annual GNU Health conference, the perfect moment of the year to get together and keep on building the community around the world.

Looking forward to seeing you at GHCon2025, the Free Software and Social Medicine conference!

Please share the event with the tag #GHCon2025

Luis Falcon, author of GNU Health, receives the One World One Family Humanitarian award in the field of Healthcare

Luis Falcon receives the One World One Family Humanitarian award in the field of Healthcare from Sri Madhusudan Sai at the World Cultural Festival, Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli, India

Muddenahalli, August 17th 2025

Dr. Luis Falcón, author of GNU Health and founder of GNU Solidario, received the One World One Family Humanitarian award in the field of Healthcare from Sri Madhusudan Sai, founder of One World One Family mission.

Sri Madhusudan Sai delivering the One World One Family Humanitarian Award to Luis Falcón. on the right, Sri B.N. Narasimha Murthy

The award ceremony took place during the World Cultural Festival in Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli, India, this Monday, August 17th.

The award reads:

Citation
ONE WORLD ONE FAMILY
HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2025

in the category of
Healthcare
is hereby conferred on

Dr. Luis Falcón
of Spain
on 17 August 2025 at Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli

A Pioneer in Open Science for Global Healthcare

Dr Luis Falcón is honored for his outstanding contributions to advancing social medicine, ethical research, and healthcare accessibility worldwide. He is the founder of GNU Solidario and creator of GNU Health, a United Nations-adopted, award-winning health information system. His work has transformed hospitals and research institutions across the globe.

Through open-source innovation, compassionate care models, and his advocacy for cruelty-free, human-relevant research, Dr Falcón bridges medicine, technology, and ethics to serve both humanity and the planet. His dedication to integrating genomics, environmental health, and precision medicine continues to inspire efforts toward a more equitable and sustainable future for global health.

His commitment to health equity continues to inspire hope for a future where healthcare is truly ethical, inclusive, and accesible to all.

Sadugru Sri Madhusudan Sai
Founder, One World One Family Mission

At GNU Solidario, we are honored for this award from such a noble Mission as One World One Family, that shares the spirit of delivering universal health and education across the world. In November, the One World One Family mission will inaugurate the largest free hospital in the world, a 600 bed tertiary hospital that will keep on providing universal healthcare, free of charge, for those who need it most, not just in India, but across the globe.

Luis Falcón during his speech at Sathya Sai Grama auditorium

Whether is building hospitals, providing shelter and free education to the underprivileged or writing Free/Libre software to empower health professionals and their patients, we all have a common goal: Freedom and dignity to anyone in this world.

In 2011 – almost fifteen years ago from now – it was Richard Stallman, creator of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, who gave Luis Falcón the award for Social Benefit for the GNU Health project.

Since then, the GNU Health Hospital Information System has been adopted by countries Ministries of Health, multilateral organizations, laboratories, hospitals, health professionals, academic and research institutions across the world.

We are humbled and full of gratitude, joy and commitment to keep on fighting in advancing Social Medicine. In these times of darkness, the One World One Family mission is a beacon of hope, and we are very proud to be part of it.

The One World One Family Humanitarian in Healthcare awards beside the GNU and FSF award to GNU health for Social benefit

We want to make this award extensive to all the GNU community, and to any of you around the world that writes Free/Libre software for the betterment of the society.

Much love

The GNU Solidario team

Aportes del sistema libre GNU Health al cuidado de la salud: experiencias en Honduras y Argentina

Jornada: “Aportes del sistema libre GNU Health al cuidado de la salud: experiencias en Honduras y Argentina” – Viernes 13 de junio 2025 – Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos

Jornada: “Aportes del sistema libre GNU Health al cuidado de la salud: experiencias en Honduras y Argentina”

📅 Viernes 13 de Junio
📍 Centro de Innovación, Emprendimiento y Vinculación
🏛 Facultad de Ingeniería – UNER

En esta jornada exploraremos las experiencias prácticas y los avances en la implementación de GNU Health en el primer nivel de atención en salud.
En el marco de la Alianza Académica “GNU Health – UNER”, contaremos con la presencia de docentes invitados de la UNITEC (Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana, Honduras), gracias al Programa de Movilidad Internacional Docente (PROMID) de la Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER).

Jornada "Aportes del sistema libre GNU Health al cuidado de la salud: Experiencias en Honduras y Argentina" En el marco de la Alianza Académica "GNU Health", con la presencia de profesores invitados de la UNITEC (Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana) en el contexto del Programa de Movidlidad Internacional Docente (PROMID) de la Universidad Nacional de Entre Rïos


Esta jornada es una oportunidad para:
✅ Conocer las últimas actualizaciones de GNU Health directamente de su creador, el Dr. Luis Falcón (GNU Solidario).
✅ Descubrir casos reales de implementación en Argentina (CAPS D’Angelo) y Honduras (Municipio del Níspero).
✅ Participar en talleres prácticos para aprender a instalar y utilizar el sistema.
✅ Conectar con profesionales y académicos comprometidos con la salud pública y las tecnologías libres.

🔗 Reserva e-mail: saludpublica@ingenieria.uner.edu.ar

Programa

SecciónHoraTítulo
Apertura8:45Autoridades / Organizadores
Experiencias en el uso de GNU Health9:00Aportes de GNU Health al primer nivel de atención, una mirada retrospectiva. Bioing. Carlos Scotta y Bioing. Ingrid Spessotti (Grupo de Estudios en Salud Pública y Tecnologías Aplicadas, FIUNER)
9:45Experiencia en CAPS D’Angelo. Historia y presente de GNU Health como herramienta de gestión del cuidado de la salud – Lic. Teresita Calzia, Claudia Gudiño y equipo del CAPS
10:30Experiencia en el Municipio del Níspero. Honduras – Ing. Lucy Rodas e Ing. Elvin Deras (UNITEC, Honduras)
11:15Presentación de la nueva versión de GNU Health – Dr. Luis Falcón (GNU Solidario)

12:00Break
Taller de implementación del sistema14:00Primeros pasos con GNU Health: instalación y puesta en marcha del sistema – Ing. Elvin Deras (UNITEC, Honduras)
15:00Conociendo GNU Health: principales funcionalidades. Inga. Lucy Rodas (UNITEC, Honduras), Bioinga Maia Iturain, Bioinga. Ingrid Spessotti, Bioing Francisco Moyano (Grupo de Estudios en Salud Pública y Tecnologías Aplicadas, FIUNER)

16:00Break
Proyectos en curso16:20Empoderando a la comunidad: Desarrollo de un Portal Paciente para GNU Health – Ana Roskopf
16:40PID UNER: adaptando el sistema GNU Health para enfermería de salud mental – Aldana Gagliardi
17:10Incorporando sistemas para el acompañamiento y seguimiento en terreno – Bioinga. Maia Iturain
Cierre17:30El sueño de un sistema interoperable: aspectos técnicos y políticos de la salud digital – Lic Mario Puntín, Bioing. Francisco Moyano, Dr. Fernando Sassetti.

GHCon2024, the GNU Health Conference . Palermo, Italy

Dear community:

We’re excited to announce the IX International GNU Health Conference, that will take place in beautiful Sicily, Italy, at the University of Palermo this December 15th.

Mount Etna rising over suburbs of Catania, Sicily (Wikimedia)

The GNU Health Conference (GHCon) is the annual conference that brings together enthusiasts and developers of GNU Health, the Libre digital health ecosystem. The conference will have thematic sessions, lightning talks and implementation cases to get to know the GNU Health and other Free/Libre software communities from around the world.

We will show the upcoming features of the Health and Hospital Information System, standards, security, privacy, the GNU Health Federation and MyGNUHealth (the Personal Health Record).

GHCon2024 – The IX International GNU Health Conference


The XVII International Workshop on eHealth in Emerging Economies (IWEEE) is about Social Medicine and addressing the reality of the underprivileged around the world. There will be workshops to debate, and share experiences from humanitarian organizations and from those working in field of Social Medicine.

In the evening we will announce and honor the winners of the GNU Health Social Medicine awards.

We are counting on you to get the most out of the conference. Most importantly, we want you to have fun, feel at home, and enjoy being part
of the GNU Health community.

Looking forward to seeing you in Sicily!

Happy Hacking!

GHCon2024 homepage: https://www.gnuhealth.org/ghcon
Registration: https://my.gnusolidario.org/ghcon2024-registration/

Follow us in Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/@gnuhealth) for the latest news.

You can share the news using the tag #GHCon2024

Ready for GNUHealthCon 2021!

GHCon 2021, the GNU Health annual conference focused on Social Medicine and Libre Health Informatics will be celebrated Dec 10-11th.

Social Medicine, Libre Software and health informatics enthusiasts have a date this Friday and Saturday at GHCon 2021!

The 2-day annual conference organized by GNU Solidario, will be hosting delegates from organizations around the world. We will have over 20 speakers from Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Spain, Haiti, Germany, Bangladesh, England and France, among others.

The Free Software community, will be represented by delegates from openSUSE, the Qt project, FOSSHOST, Free Software Foundation Europe, Orthanc PACS server and GNU Health.

This year we will introduce a new section, “GNU Health in original version”, which will have talks in French, Haitian creole and Spanish. This allows non-English speaking audience to know more about the GNU Health community in their region, and in their language.

Thanks to our friends from Olimex, we will be celebrating a draw among those registered at GHCon, for a fantastic, 100% libre hardware LIME2, where you can run the GNU Health HMIS / LIS or MyGNUHealth, the GNU health Personal Health Record application.

GNU Health embedded – LIME2 Edition will be raffled at GHCon 2021

On Friday, we will have talks from different academic institutions and organizations focused on Social Medicine and applied Libre technologies.

Saturday will be dedicated integrally to the GNU Health community around the globe, current implementations, the upcoming GNU Health HMIS 4.0 , the GNU Health Federation, MyGNUhealth, etcetera. There will be a round table open for all participants.

On Saturday evening we will be celebrate the GNU Health Social Medicine Awards ceremony. The winners of this edition for outstanding individual, best organization and GNU Health implementation will be announce at 19:30 UTC.

The GNU Health Social Medicine Awards 2021 ceremony

Don’t forget to register! GHCon is free, but you need to be registered!

Register here : https://www.gnuhealthcon.org/2021/index.html

See you on Friday!

Thank you to our sponsors: Cabildo de Gran Canaria (consejería de Solidaridad Internacional), openSUSE, Olimex and Thymbra Healthcare. GNUHealthCon would not be possible without their support!

Our sponsors: Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Thymbra, openSUSE and Olimex