July 14, 2026
Welcome to the mid-year 2026 edition of Community Contributions Topics! We’re spotlighting topic contributions, real-world stories, and technical tools shared by members so far this year. These topics are a great spot for expert discussions and “learning together”.
It’s nice to see topics created by community members that are helpful for the entire community, so we hope that you will check these out and join the discussions as well as create topics yourself.
Thank you!
Personal Journeys & Community Spirit
Stories of growth, reflection, and what it means to be part of the DHIS2 community.
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The Importance of Learning, Applying and Sharing
- Learn more about what drives helpful and active community members: after presenting in the DHIS2 Community End of Year event, @Mayamiko’s transforms his experience and presentation into a nicely written roadmap for DHIS2 Academy and Community of Practice members.
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My Journey as a DHIS2 Developer: Challenges, Impact and Purpose
- Learn more about @Mr_jorge experience as a DHIS2 implementer and developer as he shares his first hand experience from the field.
Implementation & Real-World Use Cases
Practical examples of DHIS2 at work across health programs and sectors.
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Relationship Type in Tracker Program for Water Point Technician Management
- This is an interesting use-case in Water Management. Please feel free to join the discussion if you are interested in this use-case.
Developer Tools, New Apps & Extensions
New tools, apps, and technical resources shared by community members.
- DHIS2 AI Assistant Chrome Extension & AI Metadata Automation Tool
- DHIS2 Audit Vision App
- New App for Analysis of DHIS2 Aggregate Data
These three topics above are from the 2026 App Competition finalists and winner. They’ve been quite helpful to reply to questions, so it’s your chance to ask them questions while you’re testing these apps and features.
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Not a big fan of dropdowns? Start testing the matrix/likert scale plugin for the Capture app
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Metadata Comparator: Managing DHIS2 Metadata Doesn’t Have to Feel Like Solving a 10,000-Line Puzzle
- This tool from @eyeseetea helps manage DHIS2 Metadata using a visual tool and advanced features. Other community members have been checking this tool out, reply with their questions and getting helpful responses, so feel free to do the same!
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MCPs!
- Are you doing any MCP testing and developments, this is a topic we’re looking for more community members to test and contribute here: Search results for 'MCP #development order:latest_topic' - DHIS2 Community
Learning Resource: The Metadata Series
- Metadata Series by @Mayamiko
- Mayamiko’s quite the DHIS2 enthusiast and a very helpful community member, so if you’d enjoy a “DHIS2 Metadata” discussion or have a question, come join him in these topics.
Community Discussions:
- Strengthening Community Health Data with DHIS2: A Malaria Pilot in Edo State, Nigeria - #3 by St_lawrence
- Join Emb. @St_lawrence by exploring these implementation questions.
- Creating a "Data-to-Action" Culture
- Join @Norah_Stoops and @Fire in the Creating a “Data-to-Action” Culture discussion.
- Performance of event vs enrollment type PI with V{tei_count}
- Check-out @brian’s follow-up post!
- Barriers on usage of data retrieved from DHIS2 to decision making
- Join @SherpaY and @Norah_Stoops in this community discussion: What are the barriers to using DHIS2 data for decision-making?
Topics from January 14, 2026 update
Implementation & Research
Real-world configurations, metadata sharing, and specialized use-cases.
- Malaria Surveillance Dashboard Portfolio
- @Esiah_Kapinga shared a project showcasing a DHIS2 Malaria surveillance dashboard designed for the Zambia context. This is a useful reference for dashboard design and adding a special tool in your portfolio.
- Metadata: Disease Registry for Clinical Research
- In response to community member’s request, researcher @Gysanjaya shared a link to a spreadsheet containing metadata for cancer and epilepsy registries used in a teaching hospital in Indonesia. This is a follow-up from the project that was shared in DAC2022!
- NCD Scoping Review & Community Input
- A detailed look at ongoing research regarding Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). This is an active discussion where members can contribute to the “Community-Discussion” aspect of research implementation.
Shared by: researcher @Khoroshaev_Oleg
- A detailed look at ongoing research regarding Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). This is an active discussion where members can contribute to the “Community-Discussion” aspect of research implementation.
Feature requests & Use-Case discussion Topics
- Feature Request Potential: Program Indicator Comparison
- The Challenge: Comparing current periods with previous periods.
- A discussion between @Elmarie_Claasen from HISP SA and @brian from the DHIS2 Core Team that identified a strong case for a formal feature request.
(Note: we always tag feature finders in the copmonthly, and the reason this topic is highlighted is because it is an example for how a use-case discussion from the field is helpful in creating feature requests and supporting the software developer road-map, please see ideas for a stronger insight.)
- Line Listing App Use-Cases
- Field-based perspectives from HISP South Africa on how the Line Listing app is being utilized. Input from other implementers is highly recommended!
Shared by: @Elmarie_Claasen from HISP SA
- Field-based perspectives from HISP South Africa on how the Line Listing app is being utilized. Input from other implementers is highly recommended!
DHIS2 Analytics & Visualizations
- Dashboard Usage Metrics App
- Provides technical metrics on how dashboards are being consumed within an instance.
- Shared by: @irene_kimenyi (HISP Rwanda)
- Learning Journey: Creating an External Dashboard
- A practical “starting from scratch” experience shared by Stéphan Mestach @Stephan_Mestach. It documents Stephan’s inquisitive approach and reasoning while starting from scratch to build an external Superset dashboard, and includes some insights from @nnkogift .
Developer Tools and App Updates:
- Python Package: dhis2py
- Simplifies the process of accessing and working with DHIS2 data via Python.
- Shared by: @FumbaniBanda
- DHIS2 Deployment with Kubernetes (Cloudnative-pg)
- A specific contribution within this long-running thread where @ochavez shares an open-source repository for deploying DHIS2 using
cloudnative-pg.io. Highly relevant for DevOps and those managing K8s environments.
- A specific contribution within this long-running thread where @ochavez shares an open-source repository for deploying DHIS2 using
- App Update: BAO Import Foundry (BIF) v1.3.6
- Shared by: @WumiOjo from BAO Systems An update to this integration tool designed to streamline data imports.
- App Updates: Bulk Load 3.32.0 & Home Page App 1.13.0
- Shared by: @eyeseetea these updates specifically address compatibility with DHIS2 v42 and introduce more robust import features.
Sharing Personal Perspectives from the Field…
- 10% Inspiration, 90% Perspiration, 20% Desperation
- Quoting @gsandve from the webinar (Introduction to spatiotemporal modeling and the webinar series), @HawraaSweidan discusses the reality of data quality issues and the personal persistence required in the field. This topic provides a space for community members to connect on the professional challenges of data quality management.
Final note:
If you have found any of these topics helpful or want to learn more, please reply to the original topics above to share your experience and questions. You are welcome to recommend any helpful topic to be added above by replying to this topic.
Thank you!