DAC2026 Community Innovations: Weekly Roundup 8
Welcome to the eighth Weekly Roundup of The DAC2026 Community Innovations. These roundups help you keep track of all the DHIS2 community innovations that have been accepted for the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference.
This is the last roundup of all the community innovations. You can check out all the roundups if you click here.
In this final roundup, the innovations that were posted highlight the intersection of environment and health, the use of advanced population mapping, critical social issue monitoring, and the practical application of Generative AI. You will find interesting stories from implementations and research from Kenya, Senegal, Malawi, and global perspectives on emerging technologies.
Strengthening Public Health Intelligence & Environmental Resilience
Exploring how DHIS2 data is being leveraged to monitor environmental risks, improve demographic accuracy, and assess the practical utility of AI in health systems.
List of topics:
- Beyond the Hype: Where Generative AI Can (and Cannot) Add Value to DHIS2: SolidLines shares its perspective as DHIS2 experts and GenAI practitioners, focusing on long-standing bottlenecks in health information systems experienced by key DHIS2 user archetypes. Included in a session, click here to view the topic.
- Childhood Lead Exposure Monitoring with DHIS2: Using DHIS2 in Kenya to address critical environmental health risks in urban poor areas. Digital Poster, click here to view the topic.
- Extreme heat exposure & maternal-newborn outcomes: In Senegal, quantifying rising temperatures and extreme heat stress and measuring the risk of low birth weight and maternal mortality. Digital Poster, click here to view the topic.
- Sexual Abuse and Unwanted Pregnancies amongst women and girls during the COVID-19 in Malawi: In Malawi, maternal health services data from the DHIS2 on antenatal, childbirth, post-natal and post-abortion care services provides room for monitoring sexual abuse towards women and girls in Malawi. Physical Poster, click here to view the topic.
- WorldPop: Global and local population mapping: An overview of the Global2 data, including how the data are built and how it can be used, as well as learning resources and collaboration opportunities. Included in a session, click here to view the topic.
Join the Discussion
We hope that this roundup gave you a quick overview and encouraged you to explore the full topic posts linked above to gain deeper insights into the gigantic collaborative effort and science that is poured into these community projects.
Join the conversation: We encourage you to click on the topics above that interest you, reply with your comments, and share your own experiences. Most importantly, remember to register for the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference to see these innovations presented in person. 