The October 2026 edition of the DHIS2 Highlights newsletter is now available
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News
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DHIS2 investors & partners join HISP UiO in Oslo for 2026 annual meeting: Representatives from 13 global organizations, including long-term partners such as Norad, Wellcome, Gavi, the Global Fund, UNICEF, WHO and the Gates Foundation, met in Oslo in early September to discuss priorities for HISP collaboration, strengthening the DHIS2 platform, and innovating with countries to meet emerging digitalization needs. Learn more
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DHIS2 impact: Jordan digitizes health facility water and sanitation assessments with DHIS2: Jordan’s Ministry of Health, working with UNICEF Jordan and HISP MENA, moved paper-based WASH-FIT assessments onto the national DHIS2 platform, giving stakeholders at all levels an up-to-date view of water, sanitation and waste-handling conditions in health facilities and a structured way to track problems through to resolution. Learn more
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DHIS2 impact: Eliminating human rabies deaths in Namibia through targeted dog vaccinations with DHIS2: Namibia’s Directorate of Veterinary Services has recorded more than 200,000 dog vaccinations in DHIS2 since 2019, using the data to plan targeted campaigns that helped cut human rabies deaths from 23 in 2015 to zero so far in 2026. Learn more
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New DHIS2 projects & HISP partnerships: Several new partnerships and projects were announced this month:
- Pakistan’s Balochistan health department and HISP UiO sign agreement on DHIS2 collaboration: Learn more
- Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education partners with KIX EMAP and HISP to strengthen education data systems: Learn more
- HISP UiO joins Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Network as a technical partner: Learn more
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HISP Africa convening gathers partners in Addis Ababa to strengthen partnerships & collaborations for impact: Leaders of Africa’s 15 HISP groups met in Addis Ababa in September for the first HISP Africa convening, joined by partners including Africa CDC, WHO, FAO, UNICEF, AU-IPED, the European CDC and the Gates Foundation to build partnerships and catalyze collaborations for lasting impact. Learn more
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What does DHIS2 mean to you? DHIS2 community members share their stories: Our video interview series returns for 2026 with Peter Kaberia of the African Population and Health Research Center, who explains how DHIS2 helps his organization support ministries of health in 37 countries to analyze reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health indicators. Watch the interview
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DHIS2 news, research and publications: Several recent publications and news updates on DHIS2 from around the world:
- Maternal health infrastructure investments in Zambia: leveraging geospatial evidence to inform planning and prioritization shows how combining routine health data with GIS data can save countries millions of dollars through better prioritization: Learn more
- Closing the Gap: Refining Vaccine Forecasting and Resupply Calculations in Mozambique Through Advanced Routine Data Analysis offers a model for using routine data to drive vaccine supply chain planning: Learn more
- TechNet Webinar: Beyond Deployment – How DHIS2 Is Transforming Equipment Maintenance and Temperature Monitoring in Senegal: Watch in English / En français
- DHIS2 added to Infra Finder listing by Invest in Open Infrastructure: Explore
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HISP network highlights: Last month’s highlights include malaria forecasting fieldwork in Malawi by HISP UiO and HISP UNIMA, HISP Uganda’s work on disability data for inclusive education in Mayuge District, DHIS2’s recognition as a One Health innovation at FAO’s One Health Conference in Rome, and an interview on trustworthy AI for global health. Browse HISP Highlights
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Technology
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New DHIS2 Lab Integration Toolkit: HISP UiO, with support from the U.S. CDC, has published a new toolkit for integrating laboratory information systems with DHIS2, designed to eliminate transcription errors and get lab results to health staff sooner in case-based disease surveillance programs. Learn more
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Discover more tools for DHIS2 integration on our new webpage: A new DHIS2 Integration Toolkit webpage brings together all of our interoperability tools and supporting resources in one place. Learn more
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Announcing DHIS2 Modeling App v7.0 and Chap v2.3: New releases of our predictive modeling and forecasting tools make evaluation features easier to use and simplify adding and modifying thresholds for forecast-driven alerts, helping ministry of health teams put them into practice. Learn more
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Take our survey on DHIS2 documentation: Help us improve the structure and content of the DHIS2 Documentation website by filling out a 5- to 10-minute survey. Take the survey
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Explore DHIS2 for Community Health on our new webpage: A new webpage shows how DHIS2 supports community health workers in their daily tasks and brings their data into national health information systems, making community-based care visible from the village to the national policy level. Learn more
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DHIS2 software updates & patch releases: New releases include DHIS2 v41.10.
- DHIS2 v41.10 Release notes
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Capacity Building
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Build your climate and health skills with DHIS2 Academy resources: A new DHIS2 Climate & Health Capacity Building webpage offers a guided tour of sessions and resources from June’s first-ever DHIS2 Climate & Health Academy in Oslo. Explore
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New DHIS2 data quality tutorials: Working with denominators: New tutorials from the DHIS2 Data Quality Academy cover working with denominators:
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DHIS2 Technology Partner webinars: Join upcoming webinars to meet our DHIS2 Technology Partners, learn about their software tools, and understand the role they can play in national information system architectures.
- Open mSupply & Neotree – 23 October, 14:00 CET: Register now
- Simprints & Zenysis – 30 October, 15:00 CET: Register now
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DHIS2 Asia-Pacific Conference 2026: The fifth edition of this annual regional event is taking place 5–7 October in Colombo, Sri Lanka; if you can’t attend in person, watch the sessions live on the DHIS2 YouTube channel. Learn more
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Capacity building resources from the DHIS2 community
- CoP member @Mayamiko has published new video tutorials, including
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Pour la Communauté francophone
- Académie DHIS2: Principes de base de la configuration du Tracker: Cette académie, du 23 au 27 novembre à Bujumbura (Burundi), enseigne l’enregistrement et le suivi des individus, la saisie de données longitudinales, l’utilisation de formulaires dynamiques et l’analyse des informations recueillies dans le module Tracker. Inscriptions
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Community
- CoP Monthly: AI can’t replace community!: This month’s roundup celebrates the human side of the CoP as AI becomes more helpful for DHIS2 tasks, with links to top discussion topics and recent and upcoming events, plus a chance to recognize engaged members and take the DHIS2 challenge. Check out the #CoPMonthly
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Developers
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October Developer Meetup: AI Forum: Open discussion – How are you feeling about AI?: Join the next Developer Meetup on Thursday, 8 October at 11:00 CET for an open discussion on what AI means for you and your organization, from ways of working and developer roles to ethical and psychological impact. Register for the meetup
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Meetup Recording: App Competition Finalists: Part II & AI Forum Kick-Off: A recording from September’s meetup features two 2026 DHIS2 App Competition finalists, Org Unit Sync and Magic Glasses 2, plus the kick-off of the AI Forum, a new recurring segment on AI topics. Watch the recording on YouTube
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