DHIS2 Malaria Surveillance Dashboard for Zambia

Excited to share my latest health informatics project: a DHIS2-style malaria surveillance dashboard that demonstrates the complete data-to-insight pipeline!

https://esiiah.github.io/portfolio-site/Dhis2/Dhis2_dashboard.html

How it works:

:clipboard: Data Collection → Health workers at facilities test patients for malaria and record results (tests performed, positive cases, outcomes)

:bar_chart: Data Aggregation → Monthly reports from facilities (Lusaka Central, Ndola Teaching, Kitwe Central) are compiled at district and national levels

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Quality Checks → System monitors completeness and timeliness of reporting from each facility

:chart_increasing: Visualization → Real-time dashboards show trends, alert thresholds, and facility performance

:light_bulb: Action → Health officials use insights to allocate resources, investigate outbreaks, and improve response

This dashboard uses real WHO data for Zambia (8.4M cases in 2022) combined with facility-level demo data to showcase how health information systems transform raw patient data into actionable public health intelligence.

Built with:
⇾ JavaScript
⇾ Chart.js
⇾ Leaflet.js
⇾ WHO GHO API integration
⇾ DHIS2 design principles.

◔ Just pure frontend “No backend”

The system helps answer critical questions:

⇾ Where are cases rising?
⇾ Which facilities need support?
⇾ Is test positivity above alert thresholds?

From patient to policy, that’s the power of health data systems! :globe_showing_europe_africa:

If you have views on this. Please share so I can improve on it. Thank you

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