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DHIS2 is a free, open-source, web-based platform used by over 80 countries to manage data on health, education, logistics, climate, and more. Learn more at dhis2.org.
📢 Register now for the HISP AFRICA Convening 2026! 🗓️ Sept 21-25 📍 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... This event will bring together HISP groups, government representatives, development partners, funders, technology partners, implementing organizations, academic institutions
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos health officials to scale up use of DHIS2: tcweeklynews.com/turks-and-ca... The Ministry of Health and Human Services of Turks and Caicos has announced a major expansion of its DHIS2 systems, building on the territory's successful 2025 pilot of VPD-SMART, and now rolling the
Malawi's weekly disease surveillance reporting started at zero in 2015. The team began building a One Health Surveillance Platform on DHIS2 in 2019, initially covering less than half the country's health districts. Then COVID-19 hit—right in the middle of that early rollout. Instead of stalling,
Researchers in the DRC spent five years checking DHIS2's data quality—tracking completeness and timeliness across 121 health zones, and verifying a sample of facilities against their paper registers, from 2019 to 2024. The results held up. Reporting completeness climbed past 90% across all six
For years, Lebanon's measles surveillance ran on fax and WhatsApp messages, with case reports moving by hand between health workers and the Ministry of Public Health. In 2023, Lebanon moved both case reporting and lab results into #DHIS2, replacing the existing processes with a single connected
Yesterday, we shared a system rebuilt from the ground up. Today, it's a system powering a live outbreak response. When Senegal confirmed its first mpox case in August 2025, DHIS2 Tracker became the backbone of the response, carrying 81% of all case notifications, with over 95% data completeness.
DHIS2 is used as a national health information system in more than 80 countries worldwide. This week, we're sharing research that explores implementations across five of them. We start with Rwanda. In 1994, the health system had been gutted—fewer than 300 doctors remained in the country.
Thanks to our friends at B Medical Systems for sending this vaccine fridge to our #DHIS2 #Logistics team in Oslo! We look forward to exploring how we can work together, integrating data in DHIS2 to help strengthen cold chain monitoring. Learn more: dhis2.org/logistics/ #LMIS #Vaccine #ColdChain
🌍 New: DHIS2 for #Humanitarian & Fragile Settings dhis2.org/humanitarian/ This new webpage explores how #DHIS2 supports governments, agencies, and NGOs working in the world's toughest operating environments—with rapid, offline-capable deployment and real-time analytics that turn data into action.
Register now: FAO webinar to pre-launch the Inventory of ICT for One Health: community.dhis2.org/t/dhis2-join... #DHIS2 #FAO #OneHealth
"The backbone of integration." How real-time data supports supply chain decisions in Sierra Leone: link.springer.com/article/10.1... New qualitative research from Sierra Leone finds that health workers describe digital platforms like DHIS2 as a transformative force in pharmaceutical supply chain
New research: How you manage DHIS2 and EMR systems matters more than how much you invest in them. journals.kabarak.ac.ke/index.php/kj... A new study of 285 staff across Kenya's donor-funded HIV programs found that strong governance of digital tools like DHIS2 and electronic medical records (EMRs)
Did you miss this month's DHIS2 Developer Meetup? Check out the recording on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/-sMO0FrVuW8?... This month, our Dev Meetup focused on the 2026 DHIS2 App Competition finalists DHIS2 Audit Vision & DHIS2 AI Assistant. #DHIS2 #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods
July 2026 Developer Meetup: Meet App Competition Finalists: DHIS2 Audit Vision & DHIS2 AI Assistant
Learn more and join the discussion here: https://community.dhis2.org/t/july-developer-meetup-announcement-meet-app-competition-finalists-dhis2-audit-vision-dhis2-ai-assistant/75233
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Whether it's data entry forms, metadata, dashboards, or new features in @dhis2.org , the best solutions start with understanding the people who use them. Technology changes quickly. People don't. #DHIS2 #HumanCenteredDesign #Technology
🇨🇱 #Chile launches #DHIS2 epidemiological platform in fight against tuberculosis! www.paho.org/es/noticias/... With support from PAHO/WHO, Chile's Ministry of Health has rolled out a new DHIS2-based platform for registering and monitoring active #TB cases.
Don't miss our next DHIS2 Developer Meetup, 9 July at 11:00 CET! community.dhis2.org/t/july-devel... In this month's meetup, you'll hear from two of the finalists in this year's DHIS2 App Competition: DHIS2 Audit Vision (the winner), and DHIS2 AI Assistant. #DHIS2 #DevMeetup #Developer
Watch now: What's New in DHIS2 In this recording from the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference, the HISP UiO team presents an overview and demonstration of the latest features in DHIS2. 🔗 buff.ly/fPm6Z73 #DHIS2 #DAC2026
Watch now: DHIS2 for Climate & Health In this recording from the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference, the #DHIS2 #Climate & Health team presents the latest tools and updates for Climate & Health, followed by presentations on country experiences from Africa and Asia. buff.ly/wG8hxAh #DAC2026
Watch now: DHIS2 Country Stories from South Africa, China & Norway. Don't miss these interesting presentations from the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference, which include remarks by Mbhekiseni Khumalo, the director for Epidemiology and Surveillance at South Africa's National Department of Health;
Watch now: Nigeria's Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, speaks about his country's DHIS2-based national education system at the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference in Oslo. “It is more than a software platform," he said. "It is a transformative change for us in the Nigerian education system."
📢 TODAY: Nigeria officially launches DHIS2-based national education system. Nigeria's Ministry of Education launched its new national education management information system, DNEMIS, in an event today in Abuja. Speaking at the event, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, Nigeria's Honourable Minister of
Caribbean health teams gathered last week in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago for a workshop on strengthening mortality data systems. Participants worked hands-on with #DHIS2-based mortality workflows alongside ICD-11 coding rules and other analytical tools. 🔗 www.paho.org/en/news/25-6...
PAHO and CARPHA Strengthen Regional Capacities to Improve the Quality and Use of Mortality Data in the Caribbean
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 25 June 2026 (PAHO) – Technical teams from Caribbean countries participated this week in a regional training workshop aimed at strengthening capacities in…
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📍From maps to impact: at #DAC2026 WorldPop on how their population data in #DHIS2 is helping countries reach missed communities, improve vaccination planning, and make smarter health decisions. www.worldpop.org/blog/from-ma... #GlobalHealth #DigitalHealth #DataForGood
From Maps to Impact at DAC2026: How WorldPop Population Data is Powering Smarter Health Decisions in DHIS2
Discover how WorldPop population data integrated with DHIS2 is helping countries improve vaccination planning, identify underserved communities, and make smarter public health decisions.
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The 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference in Oslo welcomed 371 participants from 63 countries, including 27 Ministries of Health and government bodies, and more than 1,000 online participants. #DHIS2 #DAC2026 #Oslo Read more: dhis2.org/dhis2-2026-a...
Congratulations to the winner of the 2026 DHIS2 Impact Award: EPINET, by the Sri Lanka Epidemiology Unit! EPINET integrates three complementary data streams—rapid hospital-based aggregate reporting, routine field investigation data, and ICD-coded hospital morbidity data via a custom
Dr. Lin Xiaodong, Director of the Standard Professional Committee at the Sichuan Provincial Health Information Health Center and Sichuan Provincial Health Information Association, introduced the implementation and application of the DHIS2 system in Sichuan Province, China.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2026 DHIS2 Contribution Award: Monica Amuha Grace from HISP Uganda! Monica is an education specialist who has played a central role in implementing and adapting DHIS2 for the education sector in Uganda. #DHIS2 #DHIS2Education #Uganda #EMIS
"It is a transformative change for us," said Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, Nigeria's Education Minister. dhis2.org/nigerias-edu... Speaking at the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference in Oslo, Dr. Tunji Alausa described how the DHIS2-based Digital Nigeria Education Management Information System (DNEMIS)
Our colleague Pamod Amarakoon is at UN #OpenSource Week in New York, where he will speak in two parallel sessions, in addition to participating in side events with the the #DigitalPublicGoods Alliance, the DPG Collective, and other partners. Explore: www.unopensource.org/agenda #UNOpenSourceWeek
