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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.”
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