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📊 DHIS2: Robust, scalable, and secure software to support data-driven decisions. This week, we're exploring key software features of the DHIS2 platform—follow along to learn what you can do with #DHIS2! ✅ DID YOU KNOW? DHIS2 is a free and open-source web-based software platform for collecting, managing, analyzing, visualizing and sharing data. It is totally customizable and supports a variety of data types, making it adaptable to the needs of any sector. DHIS2 is optimized for performance in resource-challenged environments–including locations where internet access is limited–with a demonstrated track record of success in low- and middle-income countries worldwide. It is also proven to work at scale, supporting thousands of concurrent users and hundreds of millions of data records as a national-scale information management system. 🔎 Explore the key features of DHIS2 to see how it can help you turn your data into information for action. https://buff.ly/3X5bFRx #DHIS2 #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods Follow along to learn more about #WhatYouCanDoWithDHIS2

📢 REGISTER NOW: Registration is open for the DHIS2 Data Use and Triangulation Academy in Oslo, immediately following the 2025 DHIS2 Annual Conference! Enhance your skills in leveraging data for evidence-based decision-making with the three-day DHIS2 Data Use and Triangulation Academy. This training offers practical insights into data quality assessment, analytics, and triangulation techniques, all tailored to maximize the potential of DHIS2. Participants will gain hands-on experience in combining data from different health programs, designing impactful visualizations, and applying data insights to address real-world challenges. Through interactive sessions, case studies, and practical exercises, this academy equips professionals with the tools and knowledge to drive data-driven programmatic success. 🗓️ 16-18 June, University of Oslo 🔎 Learn More: https://buff.ly/Zc5fR9E #DHIS2 #DAC2025 #DHIS2Academy #OpenSource

🗞️ NEWS: DHIS2 is now listed on GovStack's online GovMarket! GovStack has added DHIS2 to its GovMarket, a curated marketplace of digital solutions that help governments use digital public goods (DPGs) to build and strengthen digital public infrastructure (DPI). Led by the International Telecommunication Union, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, and the Digital Impact Alliance, promotes the use of reusable and interoperable digital building blocks to accelerate digital transformation in the public sector. By listing DHIS2 in GovMarket, GovStack makes it easier for governments to explore how this platform can support their digital ecosystems, and acknowledges the key role DHIS2 plays as a flexible, open-source component of DPI, advancing digital transformation worldwide. Read more: https://buff.ly/2z99fgi #DHIS2 #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods #DigitalPublicInfrastructure

📢 WEBINAR: Join us to explore a new ICD-11 Cause of Death app, 3 April at 14:00 CET. This app was created through close collaboration with the World Health Organization and field testing with several Ministries of Health and HISP groups, and has been developed jointly between HISP Vietnam and HISP Centre at University of Oslo. It uses the international form of medical certificate of cause of death as its basis along with the ICD-11 coding system to codify deaths. It does this through the use of the DORIS (WHO Digital Open Rule Integrated Cause of Death Selection) API, allowing you to directly code your causes of death directly in DHIS2. In this webinar, we will provide an overview of the app's features, its functionalities, benefits, and usage. The app will soon be available for download on the DHIS2 app hub, as we near the webinar date. Register now: https://buff.ly/SlM9P5c Learn more: https://buff.ly/ZUMsnAL #DHIS2 #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods

🗞️ "Public health programs thrive on data. Without accurate reporting, timely analysis, and structured data systems, decision-making becomes an exercise in guesswork. In a country as vast and diverse as Nigeria, with its complex healthcare challenges, fragmented data systems have long hindered efforts to track progress, allocate resources efficiently, and measure intervention impact," said Nigeria-based public health data system expert Adeola Joseph in an article published last week by Techeconomy. "This is where DHIS2 has made a difference—not just as a digital tool, but as a transformational shift in how health data is collected, processed, and utilized," Joseph said. "DHIS2 has redefined the way health professionals engage with data, creating a unified system that allows seamless information flow from remote clinics to national decision-makers." In the article, titled "Optimizing Public Health Data Systems: How DHIS2 is Transforming Data Management in Nigeria," Joseph emphasizes the importance of investing in capacity building, infrastructure improvements, and regular system updates for successful DHIS2 implementations. "The reality is that the future of public health isn’t just about collecting more data—it’s about making better use of the data we already have," he said. "DHIS2 provides the foundation for this transformation, but only when backed by the expertise, commitment, and innovation of those who use it effectively." Read more: https://buff.ly/vdBhaea #DHIS2 #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods

Do digitalization efforts overemphasize the product and overlook the system? In this week's Morgenbladet newspaper in Norway, University of Oslo (UiO) senior lecturer and researcher Magnus Li writes that digitalization isn't just about developing or acquiring software, but about working actively with organizations as integrated socio-technical systems. "Many projects struggle or fail because they focus too narrowly on delivering software while neglecting the broader system-level work needed to make it function effectively," Li said. "This kind of systems work requires a different approach than traditional product work—it must be experimental and measured by its effects on the organization as a whole. It involves trying out small interventions, learning from their impact, and continuously adapting." Through his work at the UiO Department of Informatics, Li and his colleagues and students explore the fundamental nature of systems work and how it can be organized, including long-term engagement with the DHIS2 ecosystem at the HISP Centre at University of Oslo. Morgenbladet subscribers can read the article in Norwegian here: https://buff.ly/Ur7fI9A #DHIS2 #OpenSource #Digitalization

🔎 DHIS2 IMPACT: Enhancing Healthcare Performance in Ethiopia Using DHIS2 Ethiopia’s DHIS2-based national health management information system (HMIS), one of the largest in the world, collects data from more than 30,000 health facilities and drives decisions about budgeting, capacity, and service provision for health programs serving a population of more than 120 million people. “DHIS2 revolutionizes data access, liberating us from HMIS constraints. Previously, accessing data was restricted by time and place. Now, with DHIS2, data is at our fingertips anytime, anywhere, contingent upon stable connectivity. It’s a transformative leap in accessibility and efficiency.” – Regional primary health care unit leader Ethiopia’s national implementation of DHIS2—configured and recently upgraded to v40 through technical support from implementation partner HISP Ethiopia with funding from The Global Fund—provides a model for other countries evaluating DHIS2 as a potential solution for data management and reporting. The authors of the 2024 article in the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development concluded that “Ethiopia’s journey to a unified DHIS2 system demonstrates the potential of Health Information System (HIS) to improve health outcomes when implemented effectively. It also provides valuable insights for other countries considering DHIS2 as their primary data management and reporting tool.” Read more:

📢 HAPPENING NOW: Join us for the Android Analytics webinar—the next in our series of DHIS2 Feature Spotlights webinars. Together, we will explore the analytics capabilities of the DHIS2 Android app. 🗓️ 5 March at 14:00 CET 🔗 Register and join now: https://buff.ly/8RcgoRM 💡 Why Attend? Discover how to make the most of Android Analytics, including: ✅ A variety of visualizations for aggregate and tracker data—all available offline. ✅ How to manage visualizations using the Android Settings web app. ✅ Special features like the WHO growth monitoring chart. ✅ Automated tools for creating insightful dashboards. If you’re using or planning to use Android devices in your DHIS2 implementation, this is a session you won’t want to miss! #DHIS2 #Android #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods

🆕 DHIS2 IMPACT: Streamlining donor reporting by sending indicator data directly from DHIS2 The Global Fund and the HISP network have helped countries like Mozambique reduce their manual reporting burden–and improve data quality–through DHIS2 aggregate data exchange. Since 2023, the Global Fund has worked with the core DHIS2 team at the University of Oslo's HISP Centre, and with local groups in the HISP network, to streamline and automate the reporting process with the DHIS2 Data Exchange app and a standardized metadata package for the Global Fund reporting format—making it possible for countries to send key indicators directly from their national HMIS to the central Global Fund repository. “The core of the (ADEx project) is how do we make programmatic decisions faster, while simultaneously strengthening data quality," explained Nicola Hobby, a technical advisor and implementation lead for the Global Fund. As of the end of 2024, Global Fund Aggregate Data Exchange (ADEx) reporting has been rolled out in 12 countries and the results have been positive. Using ADEx has reduced the amount of time countries spend on preparing reports, made it easier to identify and correct data quality issues, and helped to identify data gaps in national HMIS systems that several countries are now working to address. Read more: https://buff.ly/LRk4aNE #DHIS2 #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods

يسرنا في برنامج نظام المعلومات الصحية في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (HISP MENA) وجامعة أوسلو في النرويج الإعلان عن أكاديمية (DHIS2 Configuration Academy) المقرر عقدها في عمان، الأردن على مدار ستة أيام 03-08 أيار 2025. توفر هذه الأكاديمية نظرة عامة على الميزات الرئيسية لبرنامج التتبع (DHIS2 Tracker Configuration) وكيفية استخدامه ، مع التركيز على أهم المهارات اللازمة لتصميم وتطوير وإدارة برنامج التتبع Tracker . تستهدف هذه الأكاديمية اعضاء الفرق الوطنية في وزارت الصحة في المنطقة العربية والمختصين في تكنولوجيا المعلومات العاملين في المؤسسات التنموية الدولية والاقليمية والمحلية التي تستخدم منصات ال DHIS2 . للمزيد من المعلومات وللتسجيل في الأكاديمية أضغط هنا. https://buff.ly/SMg8LcH (EN) For our Arabic community members, you are invited to join this upcoming Academy on DHIS2 Configuration, 3 - 8 May, in Amman, Jordan. This Academy will provide an overview of the key features of DHIS2 configuration and how to use it in practice, with an emphasis on the most important aspect of the skills needed you need to design, configure and manage the tracker program. Register now: https://buff.ly/SMg8LcH HISP MENA #DHIS2 #DHIS2Academy #OpenSource