Any visitor to the online global DHIS2 Community of Practice will perceive the community spirit, and what we do in the copmonthly is to honor that. Sharing experiences, helping and guiding your fellow community members from across the world in dhis2 projects, and reporting issues is no less important than developing the software so please remember that this community’s energy is an inspiration to the DHIS2 team. In light of this, in a couple of weeks we will all have the opportunity to meet and celebrate the community. The End of Year 2023 virtual event will be posted very soon, announcing the event details and community members who will be presenting about what the DHIS2 Community of Practice means to them. Please stay tuned! 
To all community members, remember that we’re all here to help and support each other. Thank you for your contributions and thank you for being here. In this copmonthly we’ll share some updates, top topics of the month, this month’s DHIS2 community challenge, top ten active users, tagging members for their helpful contributions, and the copmonthly map.
Here are some quick updates:
What do you think of the new community sidebar? Have you created your own custom section on the sidebar? Please read more here: New sidebar feature in the DHIS2 Community forum: navigate quickly and easily!
If you are reading this then you’ve probably noticed the announcement Launching our global project on DHIS2 for climate and health, so as person working with DHIS2, would you like to share your opinions on the new community category climate? What do you need to get on board with the DHIS2 Climate & Health project? Looking forward to your feedback, related use cases that you think would be helpful for our world with regards to climate and health, or even your questions.
Top Topics in the Community for November 2023
Written with the aim to help people who are new to DHIS2, the top topic of this month is very special so thanks @mayamiko for reposting a beautifully written guide: Getting Started with DHIS2
Do you frequently need to import and export data in DHIS2? Good news from HISP Uganda:
DHIS2 Import Wizard Functionality extended (will appear as a box for preview)
A couple of release announcements caught the community’s attention. Versions (2.39.3.1, 2.38.5, 40.2.0) please update and remember to read the release notes! For Android there’s the Android Capture app 2.9 and Android Settings web app 2.3.1
Additionally, in case you missed the announcement: Now accepting abstracts for the 2024 DHIS2 Annual Conference! , and remember to watch the tag dac2024 to receive notifications for all the new posts related to the 2024 DHIS2 Annual Conference. To add the tag to your watch list now, click here then add the tag to your list.
Additionally, last month’s copmonthly received most views, so with much gratitude, let’s continue with this month’s post.
DHIS2-Challenges:
In last month’s challenge the first person to vote the correct answer (for the second time in a row) was: @arnold 
Congratulations! All who participated receive the CoP Activity Winner badge today. To see last month’s challenge and view the answers click here.
The challenge for this month (November 2023):
Above we shared an update about the DHIS2 Climate & Health project but did you know there are countries already piloting DHIS2 systems that include climate or weather data? So here’s a question (or read the hint below.)
- South Africa, Sierra Leone, and India
- Laos, Malawi, and Mozambique
- Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
- Dominican Republic, Thailand, and Kyrgyzstan
[First person to answer correctly will be mentioned in the next copmonthly]
HINT: If you don’t know the answer, check out the newly published DHIS2 page, Climate - DHIS2 or have a look at the community post: Launching our global project on DHIS2 for climate and health
Top 10 Active Users in November 2023
| Username | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| @Geoffrey_Nyamongo | Geoffrey Nyamongo | KENYA |
 @Ulanbek |
Ulanbek | KYRGYZSTAN |
| @David | David NIYITEGEKA | RWANDA |
 @jamiecarter7 |
Jamie Carter | UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND |
| @ToTrit | Giovanni | TANZANIA |
 @Eng.Ali_Hameed |
Ali Hameed Al-Saloul | YEMEN |
 @Quoda |
Clement Bempong Danso | GHANA |
| @Celestine | Celestine Osisiogu | NIGERIA |
| @SydneyDaniel | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |
 @sami.abdulsattar |
Sami | YEMEN |
And thanks to all helpful members (November 2023),
Good Samaritans
Without Good Samaritans, there’s no community! We are very thankful to all users for contributing to the CoP especially when helping other users. Samaritans, thank you for making others feel at home!
@ifoche | @nnkogift | @jthomas | @ToTrit | @Mayamiko | @Ulanbek | @Stephan_Mestach | @baktash.ealehi | @mamuha | @paulyvan | @kstankevitz | @Potlaki | @maoengm | @ifeanyiokoye | @jamal_aljadan | @Norah_Stoops | @Daler | @antony.sibanda | @Matthew_Boddie | @plinnegan | @e4eDHIS2 | @arnold | @medallion | @Alba
Bug Hunters
Many users who faced issues and discussed them with the community were very helpful in finding bugs. These bug hunters create Jira issues (with link to the CoP post) and support the development of DHIS2.
@Michael_Mwebaze | @Mohammad.Alwahsh
Feature Finders
We do tag feature finders in every copmonthly so if you have features that you’d like to share and discuss with the community feel free to make a post in the Development - Développement category as well as share the link to the dhis2.atlassian.net feature request issue so other members can watch and vote. 
@jamiecarter7 | @WaluQ | @jthomas | @mohammadayub864 | @Ulanbek | @Eng.Ali_Hameed
copmonthly map
Please feel free to PM if you want your picture updated/removed; if you are tagged above but can’t see your picture, please send us your country info and/or your profile picture.
Want to be added to the copmonthly map?
- Complete your profile info (profile picture + country)
- Members with the above info are tagged in the map when they help other community members