Welcome to our seventh roundup of DAC2025 Community Innovations! Implementers in the global DHIS2 community are always actively using DHIS2 to find solutions to local and global issues as well as work on overcoming the challenges that come with information systems. In the following innovations, from Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan, Nigeria, Zambia, Afghanistan, and the EECA region, you will witness the results of this dedication. These projects have been accepted for presentation at the 2025 DHIS2 Annual Conference.
Every week we will be sharing a weekly roundup of DAC2025 innovations that were posted to the DHIS2 Community of Practice to help you learn more about these exciting DHIS2 projects. You can also see the new innovations as soon as they are posted, or browse them all, using the dac2025 tag.
DHIS2 Community Innovations - May 23, 2025:
How can implementers provide evidence for readiness for national roll-out?
Tanzania’s District of Health action research focuses on testing and evaluating innovations as well as finding the best solutions for specific use-cases before a national roll-out. Find out more, click here.
Is it possible to create customizations for DHIS2 while maintaining upgrades?
Learn from Ethiopia’s experience in upgrading from v2.27 to 2.40 - the challenges and solutions in maintaining DHIS2 version upgrades while keeping local customizations. click here.
How did Sudan calculate Maternal Mortality Rates?
Check out DHIS2 statistics (Maternal Mortality Rates) and how Sudan used DHIS2 in 2020 to capture and analyze the Maternal Mortality Rates data. click here.
How could DHIS2 help in collecting real-time and quality data?
Find out about the many features DHIS2 provides “to enhance broader health interventions and outcomes across diverse disease areas”. Click here.
What to do when faster and accurate date entry is required?
From this innovation, learn more about “journal input mechanism” which made a big difference in “enhancing data system efficiency and accuracy”. click here.
How big was the UNFPA’s 2024 DHIS2 coverage expansion in Afghanistan?
Learn about UNFPA’s implementation in Afghanistan which witnessed a 66% raise (12.4 million beneficiaries) and various improvements. click here.
How can DHIS2 track pregnancies for better maternal health?
Find out more about pregnancy cohorts and how JSI used DHIS2 Tracker for their innovation. click here.
Want to automate disease outbreak early warnings?
There are key considerations for setting up alert thresholds within a DHIS2 automated surveillance system, find out more about the diligent work by this team from Zambia click here.
How many DHIS2 Tracker use-cases do you know of?
Explore a new DHIS2 Tracker use-case which is focused on “improving alcohol screening and referral processes” click here.
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