The Digital DHIS2 Annual Conference

Plenary session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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In this session, HISP-UiO team will be presenting an overview of DHIS2, including the most recent country-driven improvements.

You can add comments and questions about this session on the DHIS2 Community of Practice

Speakers

Lars Øverland

Lead dev DHIS 2, University of Oslo

Lars Helge Overland has been the lead developer of the DHIS 2 platform since its start in 2005. He has been responsible for designing and implementing the DHIS 2 software as well as building up the development team which today produces the DHIS 2 standard releases. Lars has worked... Read More →

Austin Mcgee

Deputy Tech Lead, DHIS2, HISP Centre, University of Oslo

Leading platform architecture, developer advocacy, and innovation at DHIS2

Markus Bekken

Technical Product Manager - DHIS2 Tracker, University of Oslo/DevOtta

Jose Garcia Munoz

DHIS2 Android technical lead, University of Oslo

Scott Russpatrick

Analytics product manager, University of Oslo

Tell me what you like and don't like about DHIS2 analytics!

Mike Frost

Tracker, University of Oslo

I am a senior advisor at the University of Oslo, working as the product manager for Tracker. My key interest is the collection and use of individual data, as close as possible to the point where these data are generated. I believe this is vital for achieving the SDGs and key health... Read More →

Monday June 21, 2021 13:30 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

15:00 CEST

Data Use in Practice: Sharing Stories

Plenary session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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This session will focus on how people are using data in the health and education sectors in the Philippines, Uganda and Tanzania. The discussion will focus on the processes and innovations around how this was achieved. The three presentations are:

- DHIS2 for Education Ugandan Data Use Cases presented by Monica Grace Amuha. The presentation from Uganda will share different data use cases at both the district and national level of the DHIS2 for Education implementation in Uganda. It demonstrates how the education teams have been able to harness the capabilities of DHIS2 to manage and use their data for informed decision making.

- Using DHIS2 to Support learning on Family Planning presented by Fhebie Jevalyn Dioayan and Adam Preston -- Read more about Fhebie Jevalyn Dioayan's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session here.

- DHIS2 for Health in Tanzania presented by Wilfred Senyoni

Speakers

Elaine Byrne

Guest Researcher, Univ of Olso

I am currently on a leave of absence from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) as a guest researcher with the Univ of Oslo, Norway exploring routine health data use in practice

Adam Preston

Digital Health Advisor, RTI International

Monica Grace Amuha

DHIS2 EMIS Researcher, HISP Uganda

I am currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Oslo and working with the Health Information Systems Program Uganda. My research is on the use of DHIS2 as a decentralized Education Management Information System (EMIS) in Uganda. Previously, I have worked with the HISP team on... Read More →

Fhebie Jevalyn Dioayan

Data Management Specialist, RTI International

Wilfred Senyoni

DHIS2 Implementer & Advisor, HISP Tanzania

Monday June 21, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

16:00 CEST

Android - Experts Lounge - English, français, español

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Android App or need some tips related to your implementation with mobile devices? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to meet and interconnect with other implementers. The session will be primarily in English but we will accept questions in English, Spanish and French.

Avez-vous des questions sur l'application Android ou besoin de conseils liés à votre implémentation afin de garantir un bon fonctionnement avec les appareils mobiles ? Si oui, les experts pourront répondre à vos questions en français. Vous aurez aussi l'opportunité de rencontrer d'autres implémentations. La session sera principalement en anglais mais nous accepterons les questions en anglais, espagnol et français.

¿Tienes alguna duda sobre la Android App o sobre las claves para que tu implementación fucione bien con dispositivos móviles? Si es así ven a la sesión donde los expertos responderán a tus preguntas. Además, tendrás la oportunidad de conocer e interconectar con otras implementaciones.
La sesión será en principalmente en inglés pero aceptaremos preguntas en inglés, español y francés.

Speakers

Pablo Pajuelo

Android App Dev. Leader, University of Oslo

Marta Vila

DHIS2 Android Product Manager, University of Oslo

Jaime Bosque

Android Implementer, University of Oslo

Jose Garcia Munoz

DHIS2 Android technical lead, University of Oslo

Monday June 21, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

16:00 CEST

Budgeting DHIS2 implementations - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Budgeting DHIS2 implementations? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Here are some general DHIS2 budgeting resources we will refer to in our session:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P92R29lFP6sB7n-imyhmRpnIcgb_QpxH

Speakers

Ola Hodne Titlestad

DHIS2 Implementation Coordinator, University of Oslo

Ola has been working with DHIS2 at UiO since the beginning in 2004 and is currently the head of DHIS2 Implementation group at UiO. Ola is also on the HISP UiO management team and managing projects with core partners. Ola’s background is information systems development and he has... Read More →

Anne Thorseng

Project manager, implementation team, HISP UiO

Anne works with the implementation team at DHIS2/HISP at University of Oslo. She works with health information systems strengthening where we seek to learn from ongoing implementations around the world to provide better guidance, improve the software, share experiences and inform... Read More →

Monday June 21, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

16:00 CEST

DHIS2 Meet & Greet! Virtual networking and social event

Join us on Gather for online networking and informal conversations with other conference participants!

Through the interactive Gather platform, you will be able to move around our virtual DHIS2 Annual Conference space that includes meeting rooms, public areas for socializing, and even a virtual beach where you can relax and chat. You can join large-group discussions in Expert Lounges, or talk to other participants in small groups or one-on-one. You can drop in for just a few minutes, or stay for as long as you like!

Monday June 21, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

Custom Web Application Development - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Custom Web Application Development ? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Austin Mcgee

Deputy Tech Lead, DHIS2, HISP Centre, University of Oslo

Leading platform architecture, developer advocacy, and innovation at DHIS2

Debora Galeano

DHIS2 Developer Advocate, University of Oslo

Tuesday June 22, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

Metadata package installation & customization - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Metadata package installation & customization? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Manuel Silva

Expert Implementer, UiO

Tuesday June 22, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

DHIS2 Meet & Greet! Virtual networking and social event

Tuesday June 22, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

13:00 CEST

DHIS2 and the Global COVID-19 Response

Plenary session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

A recording of this session is available on YouTube.

DHIS2 has been catalyzed in more than 40 countries to provide the informational backbone to COVID-19 surveillance, response and national vaccine delivery plans. The WHO shares its strategy for supporting the scale-up of digital solutions to support efficient, equitable delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.

Representatives from Sierra Leone and Ethiopia share implementation lessons for integrating COVID-19 surveillance and vaccine delivery into the national DHIS2 platform and how strengthening the system in response to the pandemic will further enhance routine surveillance and immunization activities for a broad range of vaccine preventable diseases.

Read more on Bridget Magoba's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session here.

Read more on HISP Ethiopia's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session https://community.dhis2.org/t/the-agile-dhis2-adaptive-solutions-for-covid-19-surveillance-in-ethiopia/43238

Speakers

Rebecca Potter

Technical Lead, Global Health Content, University of Oslo

I work across a team of global DHIS2 implementers to develop standard health content for DHIS2 in partnership with the WHO, CDC and UNICEF. Our goal is to use DHIS2 as a platform for disseminating global health standards and local innovations. We do this through the development of... Read More →

Seid Hussein

HISP Ethiopia

Melaeke Serawit

HISP Ethipia

Abyot Gizaw

Bridget Magoba

Technical Advisor Public Health Informatics, Africa Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)

Ann Lindstrand

Tuesday June 22, 2021 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

14:00 CEST

Innovation Infrastructure: The new DHIS2 App Hub and Continuous Application Delivery

A recording of this session is available on YouTube.

Learn about the redesigned DHIS2 App Hub and the corresponding App Management App, and hear how the UiO core team is moving to continuous delivery of core applications through the App Hub. Continuous delivery and core application overrides, a little-known DHIS2 core feature since 2.35, will mean that any DHIS2 instance can benefit from bug fixes and even new features in a specific core app (or third-party app) as soon as possible, without needing to do any server upgrades or wait for the next major release of DHIS2.

The discussion thread for this session is available on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Austin Mcgee

Deputy Tech Lead, DHIS2, HISP Centre, University of Oslo

Leading platform architecture, developer advocacy, and innovation at DHIS2

Debora Galeano

DHIS2 Developer Advocate, University of Oslo

Médi

Frontend Developer, DHIS2

Birk Johansson

Frontend Developer, University of Oslo

Tuesday June 22, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

14:00 CEST

Integrated DHIS2 platform for routine & emergency disease surveillance

Parallel session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

View a recording of this session on YouTube

This session explores innovation and expansion of the DHIS2 platform in various country contexts to support emergency surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many countries have used DHIS2 as a national disease surveillance system for both IDSR and case-based surveillance of VPDs and other notifiable diseases. The pandemic created sweeping demand for innovative use of DHIS2 functionality and customization in emergency settings alongside national demand for solutions to be developed & sustained within the national HIS architecture.

In Bangladesh, DHIS2 has been used to capture more than 6 million COVID-19 tests. As part of the national architecture an API connects DHIS2 with other systems and apps, enabling COVID-19 certificates and QR code generation, SMS alerts and integrated with SHUROKHA app to combine vaccination data into the system. You can find more on Bangladesh's presentationon the Community of Practice here.

In Indonesia, innovative approaches have been taken to use and train users on DHIS2 for contact tracing as part of response efforts. You can find more on Syefira Salsabila's presentation on the Community of Practice here.

Finally, South Sudan shares challenges faced establishing a unified data management platform for COVID-19 response and how lessons learned during the pandemic are being used to strengthen the underlying health information system. You can find more on Talya Shragai's presentation on the Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Rebecca Potter

Technical Lead, Global Health Content, University of Oslo

Muhammad Abdul Hannan Khan

Team Leader / Technical Expert / Implementer, HISP Bangladesh Foundation

I have been working with information systems of Government of Bangladesh for more than 23 years in few key areas and contribute to the systems reform. For last 9 years I have been working as a Health information systems manager with proven team leading experience of several projects... Read More →

Shah Ali Akbar Ashrafi

Chief, Health Information Unit, DGHS, Directorate General of Health Services

I, Dr. Shah Ali Akbar Ashrafi working with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare since April 1994.Right now working as Chief, Health Information Unit under Directorate General of Health Services.I have vast experiences in the field of Routine Immunization, Vaccine Preventable Disease... Read More →

Lalu Lian Hari Wangi

ICT OFFICER, HISP Indonesia

Talya Shragai

EIS Fellow

Syefira Salsabila

Tuesday June 22, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

14:00 CEST

Maturing immunisation systems - Linking learning from routine EPI and C-19 vaccination- part 1 (AEFI and Triangulation of Data/ Mapping of Cold Chain)

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Learn how DHIS2 has been used to support the reporting of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) and recommended approached for capturing and analyzing key supply chain data for vaccine logistics. This session will cover the AEFI metadata package, which has been adapted to support Covid-19 alongside all childhood immunizations, as well as linking AEFI reporting to the global repository for adverse events, Vigibase. Saudigitus (HISP Mozambique) will share their experience adapting this package, and provide lessons learned.
Breno Horth, the new lead for supply chain and logistics at the University of Oslo, will demonstrate functionality for capturing, analyzing and mapping vaccine logistics data, including cold chain reporting, and will share experiences from several countries.

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Read more or post your questions/comments on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session here.

Speakers

Kim Frost

University of Oslo

Madhav Ram Balakrishnan

WHO

Zeferino Saugene

DHIS2 Expert, Saudigitus

Anne Thorseng

Project manager, implementation team, HISP UiO

Breno Horsth

LMIS Technical Lead, DHIS2/UiO

Tuesday June 22, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 4

14:00 CEST

Scaling up COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Solutions

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Read more on Dr. Pamod Amarakoon's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session here.
Read more on Prof. Achala Jayatilleke's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session here.
Read more on Adolphe Kamugunga's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session Here

This session offers experiences and implications for action in the main areas of DHIS implementation for COVID-19 vaccine delivery activities. Planning, coordination, monitoring, costing, and sustainability are complex points when scaling-up national vaccination programs, but our experts will share with us their inshights and tips from the implementations they followed-up.

Speakers

Vittoria Crispino

DHIS2 Health Content Implementer, University of Oslo

Kamugunga Adolphe

Coordinator, HISP Rwanda

Achala Jayathilake

Implementer, World Health Organization

Pamod Amarakoon

Director, HISP Sri Lanka

Tuesday June 22, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 2

15:00 CEST

Extending DHIS2 Maps

A recording of this session is available on YouTube.

In DHIS 2.36 you can aggregate data from Google Earth Engine to your own organisation units. This can be very powerful with the detailed population data from WorldPop. We will demonstrate this new feature, and show how data can be downloaded from DHIS2 Maps to advanced GIS tools like QGIS for further analysis. You can also add external map layers to DHIS2, and we will show examples of this feature.

For questions and feedback, please use DHIS2 Community of Practice.

Speakers

Bjørn Sandvik

DHIS2 Maps developer, UiO

Tuesday June 22, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

15:00 CEST

Event-based surveillance & rumor monitoring

Parallel session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

Watch a recording of this session on YouTube

Learn how DHIS2 has been designed and deployed for event-based surveillance and rumor monitoring. Africa CDC uses DHIS2 as a regional platform to capture, analyze and disseminate information about public health events reporting from formal and non-formal sources across Africa Union member states.

In Uganda, the DHIS2 platform has been used for event-based surveillance as part of the overall electronic case-based surveillance platform (eCBDS). Integration with the SMS platform 6767 allows reporting and alerts of events from the community into DHIS2, analysis, investigation and feedback to the community about the event. In Vietnam, a chatbot integrated with DHIS2 captures event-based surveillance data from private health care providers and pharmacists, feeding provincial CDC dashboards in DHIS2 for analysis. JHU's Breakthrough ACTION Project designed and disseminated a DHIS2 metadata package to combat misinformation through systematic, real-time monitoring of rumors. You can find more on JHU's presentation here and on PSI work in Vietnam here.

The discussion thread for this session is available on the Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Rebecca Potter

Technical Lead, Global Health Content, University of Oslo

Immaculate Ayebazibwe

Project Officer eIDSR/IHR Project, HISP Uganda

Natalie Tibbels

Monitoring Officer, CCP

Hoa NGUYEN

Research Coordinator, Population Service International Vietnam

Master of Public health, Society, and Development for Developing Countries at the Aix Marseille University in FRANCE, specialize on Epidemiology and Statistic

Phuong La

Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinator, Population Services International (PSI)

Tuesday June 22, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

15:00 CEST

Innovative architecture to support COVID-19 response & vaccine delivery

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The Covd-19 pandemic has stretched health systems to their limits, first with testing and surveillance, and now with vaccination programs. DHIS2 is in use in 40+ countries to support various aspects of the pandemic response. In this session, we will discuss successful ways to ensure that the a country's DHIS2 architecture can harmonize across different work streams and requirements, as well as lessons learned from various countries for scale and performance.

The discussion thread for this session is available on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Rajabu Mkomwa

HISP Tanzania

Mike Frost

Tracker, University of Oslo

Markus Bekken

Technical Product Manager - DHIS2 Tracker, University of Oslo/DevOtta

Kamugunga Adolphe

Coordinator, HISP Rwanda

Wilfred Senyoni

DHIS2 Implementer & Advisor, HISP Tanzania

Maurice Jules Mulisa

Software Developer, HISP Rwanda

Tuesday June 22, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 2

15:00 CEST

Maturing immunisation systems - Linking learning from routine EPI and C-19 vaccination - real time monitoring

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Read more on Yohannes Dugasa's presentation on the Community of Practice discussion thread for this topic here.
Read more on Mowla Baksh Chaudhury's presentation on the Community of Practice discussion thread for this topic here.

DHIS2 has been expanded to cover many key needs in the immunization space, with 50+ countries using DHIS2 for core functions in their vaccine programs. Covid-19 vaccine programs have been a key driver for the rapid expansion and improvements to the platform, building on recent work creating immunization packages under the WHO metadata packages framework.

In this session we will hear from three speakers:
Carine Gachen from GAVI will talk about GAVI's current outlook and priorities for information system support for immunisation and how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted challenges also highly relevant in routine immunisation.

Youhannes Dugasa, Field Epidemiologist from Ethiopia will present a project to introduce DHIS2 to monitor Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Ethiopia.

Mowla Baksh Chaudhury, Program Manager-EPI and Member Secretary of the COVID-19 Vaccination Deployment & Preparedness Core Committee in Bangladesh, will present their implementation story of dhis2 in Measles and Rubella Campaign in terms of online microplanning, supervision and real time monitoring where they successfully vaccinated over 30 million children.

Speakers

Anne Thorseng

Project manager, implementation team, HISP UiO

Carine Gachen

Digital Health Information & HIS senior manager, GAVI

Mowla Baksh Chaudhury

Program Manager, Expanded Program on Immunization, DGHS

Kim Frost

University of Oslo

Mr FIKRU DEBEBE MEKONNEN

ICAP at Columbia University Ethiopia

Tuesday June 22, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 4

16:00 CEST

Vigilância integrada em Moçambique e Guinea-Bissau (Parte 1)

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Seja bem-vindo! Esta sessão em português é dedicada à comunidade lusófona. Na parte 1, teremos a apresentação de dois cases de sucesso:

Vacinação contra COVID-19 em Guiné-Bissau
Em Guiné-Bissau, eles agiram rapidamente para ajudar o país a entregar um lote de vacinas que faltavam duas semanas para o prazo de validade expirar. Com membros da equipe no local em cada país que a equipe apoia, a Saudigitus foi capaz de personalizar o pacote da COVID-19 Entrega de Vacina do DHIS2 para atender às necessidades locais e fornecer treinamento e suporte para entrada de dados, enquanto também mantinha contato e compartilhava experiências entre os países para melhorar a resposta regional. Junte-se a Saudigitus e o representante do MoH de Guiné-Bissau para ouvir o caso de sucesso e os desafios da implementação do pacote de Vacinação do COVID-19 do DHIS2.

Vigilância integrada em Moçambique
A Vigilância Integrada de Doenças e Resposta é uma estratégia para criação e implementação de sistemas abrangentes de vigilância e resposta à saúde pública. Sheila André, implementadora líder, apresentará o case de sucesso e contará detalhes da implementação feita pelo HISP Mozambique/Saudigitus.

Todos as perguntas podem ser publicadas no post da Community of Practice aqui.

Speakers

Zeferino Saugene

DHIS2 Expert, Saudigitus

Bruna Dias

DHIS2 Project Support

Tuesday June 22, 2021 16:00 - 16:45 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 6

16:00 CEST

La couverture vaccinale avec DHIS2 dans les Pays Francophones (Partie 1)

L'enregistrement de cette session est disponible ici.

Cette session portera sur l'utilisation de DHIS2 dans le cadre de la gestion de couverture vaccinale.

Pour en savoir plus sur la présentation d'Abdul Doss, n'hésitez pas vous rendre sur la Communauté de Pratique ici.

Pour en savoir plus sur la présentation de Nadjy Joseph, n'hésitez pas vous rendre sur la Communauté de Pratique ici.

Pour en savoir plus sur la présentation de HISP WCA, n'hésitez pas vous rendre sur la Communauté de Pratique ici.

Speakers

Alice Ake Loba

Academy Coordinator, University of Oslo

Oumou Kalsom Diallo Gueye

IT manager of the health information system

Oumou Kalsom Diallo is the IT manager of the Senegalese health information system, and is also the manager of the Senegalese DHIS2 database. She has piloted the implementation of the DHIS2 platform from 2012 to the present. Her role is also to make functional the centralized computer... Read More →

Aanyo AHIAGNO

Responsable des formations, HWCA

Abdul DOSSO

Research Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, JHU/CCP CIV

Dr. Nadjy Joseph

Tuesday June 22, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

16:00 CEST

La presencia y el potencial de DHIS2 en la región de América Latina y el Caribe

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Esta sesión discutirá la presencia y el potencial de DHIS2 en la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Presentaremos algunos proyectos de DHIS2 en la región y tendremos una discusión sobre los desafíos y oportunidades de DHIS2 y las soluciones de código abierto en general en la región.

Presentacion de estado de DHIS2 la region
Presentacion de un caso de uso en la region (Pat & MoH Peru - programa de deteccion precoz de cancer de mama)
El uso de open source en la region: retos y oportunidades (Recainsa)
Discussion abierta, preguntas.

Si quiere ir desde ya haciendo preguntas, pueden enviarlas aqui:

https://community.dhis2.org/t/en-espanol-la-presencia-y-el-potencial-de-dhis2-en-la-region-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe/43300

Speakers

Marta Vila

DHIS2 Android Product Manager, University of Oslo

Enzo Nicolas Rossi

DHIS2 Implementer, University of Oslo /Devotta

DHIS2 Implementer, helping countries implement DHIS2 in Latin America as well as configuring global metadata toolkits for DHIS2AEFI/ESAVIHIV Case SurveillanceHIV preventionMalaria Case Surveillance

Daniel Otzoy

Digital Health Technical Advisor, John Snow Inc

International digital transformation specialist with more than 15 years of experience working in Latin America and the Caribbean in Digital Health projects funded by PAHO/WHO, Inter-American Development Bank, CDC, Global Fund, USAID and other more, implementing digital technologies... Read More →

Marko David Garcia

Rosa Gonzales

Cancer Coordinator - Red Salud Trujillo, Geresa La Libertad

Rosa is in charge of the Cancer Prevention and Control program.at Trujillo Health Network, at La Libertad Regional Health Management. Before this position she worked as coordinator of the sexual and reproductive health program. She is a midwife with experience working at the community... Read More →

Karim Quiroz

Tuesday June 22, 2021 16:00 - 17:30 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

17:00 CEST

Stories: DHIS2 dans les Pays Francophones (Partie 2)

Speakers

Alice Ake Loba

Academy Coordinator, University of Oslo

Oumou Kalsom Diallo Gueye

IT manager of the health information system

Aanyo AHIAGNO

Responsable des formations, HWCA

Abdul DOSSO

Research Monitoring & Evaluation Manager, JHU/CCP CIV

Dr. Nadjy Joseph

Tuesday June 22, 2021 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

17:00 CEST

Vacinação contra a COVID-19 em Cabo Verde e São Tomé e Príncipe - Implementação do Sistema Comunitário em Angola (Parte 2)

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Teremos dois temas durante esta sessão:

Vacinação contra a COVID-19 em Cabo Verde e São Tomé e Princípe
Implementação do Sistema Comunitário em Angola

Saudigitus e convidados vão apresentar a abordagem para cada implementação nesses países, como atender às necessidades locais, e os desafios enfrentados durante as implementações. Convidados apresentarão a experiência de cada local.
Perguntas durante e depois desta sessão podem ser publicadas na Community of Practice AQUI.

Speakers

Bruna Dias

DHIS2 Project Support

Sheila Gabriel André

Lead Implementer, HISP Mozambique/Saudigitus

Zeferino Saugene

DHIS2 Expert, Saudigitus

Tuesday June 22, 2021 17:00 - 18:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

13:00 CEST

DHIS2 and the Health Information Ecosystem

Plenary session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

View a recording of this session on YouTube

Many countries use DHIS2 as a significant component of the overall health information ecosystem, expanding their use of DHIS2 across HMIS and numerous health programs, as well as connecting with various additional technologies to create a comprehensive infrastructure. This session will take a look at how we approach the concept of interoperability and integration, and discuss how DHIS2 as a platform is often situated within the broader health information system paradigm.

You can ask any questions or post comments on this Community of Practice discussion thread here.

Speakers

Mike Frost

Tracker, University of Oslo

Bob Jolliffe

Implementation Engineer, HISP UIO

Wednesday June 23, 2021 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

14:00 CEST

Integrating tracker and aggregate data in DHIS2

Watch the recording of this session here.

You can find more on Vladimer Shioshvili's presentation on the Community of Practice here.

You can find more on Peter Linnegan's presentation on the Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Olav Poppe

DHIS2 Implementer, University of Oslo, Norway

Member of the DHIS2 implementation support group at the University of Oslo.

Vladimer Shioshvili

ICF

Peter Linnegan

Software Engineer, BAO Systems

Hi, my name is Pete and I’m a software engineer working at BAO Systems, currently living close to Cambridge (UK) with my wife and our dog.I'm currently learning Japanese and enjoy going for walks and runs with family. In the last few years I discovered my love of snowboarding, so... Read More →

Wednesday June 23, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 5

14:00 CEST

DHIS2 for Education (Part 1)

Parallel session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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Read more on Pamod Amarakoon's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.

SDG 4 on Quality Education calls for inclusive and equitable education that promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all. This can't be achieved without the use of quality data to guide decisions that can lead to the improvement of both equitable access to education as well as being able to track improvements in learning outcomes.

DHIS2 for Education extends the DHIS2 software platform from the health sector to education, for the collection, analysis, visualisation and use of individual and aggregate data from institutions of learning. It takes advantage of decades of experience with national-level Health Management Information Systems (HMIS), offering a stable, scalable and customisable Education Management Information System (EMIS) solution; a solution backed by international donor organisations as a public good.

Join us to discover how the DHIS2 community is part of a new shift, changing the landscape of improved data for improved decision-making for education stakeholders across the globe.

Part 1:

Opening: Professor Kristin Braa, Head of HISP, University of Oslo
From the New Shift to Action - Alpha 14:00: Bah, Head of EMIS and ICT units, Ministry of Basic Education and Secondary, The Gambia

Country experiences on different approaches and functionalities

14:15: DHIS2-DEMIS in Uganda - Dr.Cleophus Mugenyi, Commissioner for Basic Education Department, Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda
14:30: Adoption of DHIS2 for EMIS in Eswatini: Progress & Lessons Learned - Nelisiwe Dlamini, EMIS Eswatini
14:40: EMIS Shift and Data Use in the Gambia - Seedy Ahmed Jallow, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia and Jerry Aziawa, Implementation Director, HISP WCA
14:55: Learning from Health & Adapting to Education - Pamood Amarakoon, HISP Sri Lanka & Dr. Madura M Wehella, Additional Secretary (Planning & Performance Review), Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

Moderators

Knut Staring

Senior Engineer, University of Oslo

Speakers

Nkambule Mfanukhona

EMIS IT Administrator, Ministry of Education Eswatini

Kristin Braa

University of Oslo

Pamod Amarakoon

Director, HISP Sri Lanka

Alpha Bah

Head of EMIS and ICT units, Ministry of Basic Education and Secondary, The Gambia

Dr. Prosper Behumbiize

DHIS2 Implementation Advisor, HISP Uganda

Dr. Madura M Wehella

Additional Secretary (Planning & Performance Review), Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

Dr. Cleophus Mugenyi

Commissioner for Basic Education Department, Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda

Wednesday June 23, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 4

14:00 CEST

HIV: tracker innovations and adaptations for longitudinal analysis

Parallel session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

The recording is available here.

The follow up- and the analysis of HIV longitudinal data can be burdensome and complex, but what if you can add a twist to existing tools to make the job somehow easier? or what if you recycle a package and create a tailored tracker that can help you with the management of your cohort?

In this session we will bring forward four examples of innovative and creative implementations of DHIS2, and how these have impacted the respective HIV programmes.

CoP thread for the session.

Read more on:
- National Centre for AIDS & STD Control's presentation on the Community of Practice here.
- The Palladium's group presentation on the Community of Practice here.
- The presentation from FHI360 Malawi on the Community of Practice here.
- The presentation from BAO Systems on the Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Vittoria Crispino

DHIS2 Health Content Implementer, University of Oslo

Keshab Deuba

Strategic Information Specialist, National Centre for AIDS & STD Control/Global Fund Programs

My academic background is in public health, epidemiology and biostatistics. Received PhD in Public Health and MMSc in Public Health Epidemiology degree from Karolinska Institutet Stockholm. Experience in managing large surveillance surveys, research projects, monitoring and evaluation... Read More →

Nennie Harvey Lungu

Senior Technical Advisor - Monitoring and Evaluation lead, FHI360

Hi everyone, I am Nennie Harvey Lungu, currently working as the Senior Technical Advisor for FHI360 under the Malawi EMPOWER Activity, a USAID funded HIV prevention project in Malawi. I have over 7 years of progressive working experience in Orphans and Vulnerable Children's (OVC... Read More →

David Nesbitt

BAO Systems

DHIS2, PEPFAR, AIDS, HIV, DATIM

Allison Connolly

Jenny Mwanza

Sr Technical Advisor, Palladium

Jenny Mwanza, MPH, Senior Technical Advisor with Palladium strengthening health information systems and promoting evidence based decision making in Tanzania, Dominican Republic, Mali, and Zimbabwe.

Wednesday June 23, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

14:00 CEST

Interoperability

View a recording of this session on YouTube

Read more on:
- OpenMRS' presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.
- Terre des Hommes presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.
- The WHONET presentation here .
-The DHIS2 FHIR Adapter presentation here

Speakers

Bob Jolliffe

Implementation Engineer, HISP UIO

Rangarirai Matavire

Engineer, ITINORDIC

My interests are Android, Standards, Security, Research and Innovation

Morten Hansen

Developer, HISP

Platform & Integration, DHIS2 core dev since 2011

John Stelling and Julhas Sujan

Brigham and Women's Hospital/IVI CAPTURA-Bangladesh

Piumal Rathnayake

Contributor, OpenMRS

Florian Triclin

Régional Digital Health coordinator for Africa, Terre des hommes

Jayasanka Weerasinghe

Community Developer, OpenMRS

Wednesday June 23, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

14:00 CEST

Use of DHIS2 data in research

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This session will explore various alternative ways of using data from DHIS2. Read more on Caitlin Augustin's presentation here and Yangzi Sherpa's presentation here on the Community of Practice discussion.

Every Newborn Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study
Background: Globally each year, an estimated 2.4 million newborns die in the first 28 days of life - 47% of under five year old deaths. Additionally, more than two million babies are stillborn. Although most of these deaths are preventable, 99% occur in low & middle income countries (LMICs) with the least data on coverage and quality of care around the time of birth the “inverse data law”
The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) [5, 6] endorsed by the World Health Assembly in 2014 committed to end preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths. Sustainable Development Goal 3 includes the first ever global target for neonatal mortality reduction. To attain universal health coverage countries need to scale up evidence-based interventions for newborn health.
Timely and high-quality data on outcomes and coverage of care are crucial. The majority of comparable data for newborn health indicators are currently collected through population-based surveys (e.g. DHS, MICS). Data from routine health management information systems (HMIS) including DHIS2 is increasingly available for the 80% of global births now occurring in health facilities. Aggregated data from routine hospital registers is the typical data source for HMIS.
A multi-partner measurement improvement roadmap [11] was developed for 2015–2020 to improve the ENAP core indicator definitions, to test their measurement validity and inform feasibility of measurement. The linked Every Newborn - Birth Indicators Research Tracking in Hospitals (EN-BIRTH) study was collaborative research by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, icddr,b Bangladesh, Golden Community Nepal and Ifakara Health Institute Tanzania and funded by Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF).
Aim: To test validity of measurement of newborn and maternal indicator measurement.
Objectives: 1) Assess validity of numerator measurement 2) Assess validity of denominator measurement 3) Evaluate content and quality of care 4) Assess barriers and enablers to routine register measurement
Methods: Mixed methods observational study in five public hospitals providing comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care hospitals in three high-burden mortality countries: Tanzania, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Direct clinical observation of care and interventions was used as the gold standard to compare against data from routine facility registers and women’s survey report. Qualitative interviews were conducted with health workers and research data collectors.
The multi-country EN-BIRTH team observed 23,471 births and 840 kangaroo mother care (KMC) mother baby pairs, in addition to collecting information on 1015 admissions for neonatal infection.
Results: The presentation will report selected findings from the EN-BIRTH analyses focusing on accuracy of routine register data elements aggregated for indicator measurement in health information systems e.g. DHIS2.
Indicators discussed will include: newborn and maternal indicator measurement around the time of birth including: uterotonics to prevent postpartum haemorrhage, neonatal resuscitation (bag-mask-ventilation), birth weight, early initiation of breastfeeding, kangaroo mother care etc.
Findings will be shared regarding barriers and enablers and what needs to be done to improve data quality on the frontline in health facilities.
Plans for EN-BIRTH phase 2 feasibility and implementation research will be shared aiming to assess whether the validated newborn indicators are feasible to implement in HMIS as the next step to promote broad uptake in (LMIC).
Further details about the EN-BIRTH study including publications can be found at https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/march-centre/every-newborn-birth

Speakers

Johan Ivar Sæbø

Associate Professor, University of Oslo

Mitali Ayyangar

Portfolio Manager, Frontline Health Systems, DataKind

Emily Yelverton

Data Scientist, DataKind

Yangzi Sherpa

Health Information System-Technical Officer, Abt Associates Inc

Louise Tina Day

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Louise is a clinician-scientist combining experience as an obstetric-paediatrician with a focus on health information system research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine - Maternal Newborn Health Group. She is interested in the sustainable implementation of evidence-based... Read More →

Caitlin Augustin

Data strategy, data science applications, measurement & evaluation, tool deployment.

Wednesday June 23, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 2

15:00 CEST

DHIS2 is the Platform: enabling innovation by designing for extensibility

Watch the recording of the session here.

The term "platform" is used a lot when talking about DHIS2 - we have the Platform product stream, the Platform development team, and the Application Platform. DHIS2 is also referred to as a platform for many health initiatives around the world. All of these are accurate, but they are also incomplete - DHIS2 as a whole is designed as a platform for extension and adaptation. Join us as we explore the ways the core development team at the University of Oslo is embedding extensibility and platform thinking into every part of DHIS2, and in particular hear the latest updates about our Application Platform, Android SDK, and developer community initiatives.

Join the discussion on the Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Kai Vandivier

Front End Developer, University of Oslo

Austin Mcgee

Deputy Tech Lead, DHIS2, HISP Centre, University of Oslo

Leading platform architecture, developer advocacy, and innovation at DHIS2

Victor Garcia

DHIS2 Android SDK, University of Oslo

Debora Galeano

DHIS2 Developer Advocate, University of Oslo

Wednesday June 23, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 5

15:00 CEST

DHIS2 as Data Warehouse - Country implementation stories

Parallel session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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In this session, we revisit the historical antecedents for a data warehouse approach, and learn from four examples of how DHIS2 is used to support this.

Read more on
- The presentation from HISP South Africa on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.
- The presentation on the Pilot Project in Jakarta, Indonesia on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.
- The presentation on the “Digital implementation for Healthy City : case study in Makassar City, Indonesia" on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Johan Ivar Sæbø

Associate Professor, University of Oslo

Moeti Mphoso

Data Engineer, HISP-SA

Tanya Govender

HRIS Portfolio Manager, HISP-SA

HRH Registry in SA and Internship and Community Service Program (ICSP)

Verry Adrian

Head of Data Information and Public Relations, Jakarta Provincial Department of Health, Indonesia

Medical Doctor, Clinical Epidemiologist, Government Officers

Muh. Afdhal

International Organization for Migration

Wednesday June 23, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 2

15:00 CEST

DHIS2 for Education (Part 2)

Parallel session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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SDG 4 on Quality Education calls for inclusive and equitable education that promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all. This can't be achieved without the use of quality data to guide decisions that can lead to the improvement of both equitable access to education as well as being able to track improvements in learning outcomes.

DHIS2 for Education extends the DHIS2 software platform from the health sector to education, for the collection, analysis, visualisation and use of individual and aggregate data from institutions of learning. It takes advantage of decades of experience with national-level Health Management Information Systems (HMIS), offering a stable, scalable and customisable Education Management Information System (EMIS) solution; a solution backed by international donor organisations as a public good.

Join us to discover how the DHIS2 community is part of a new shift, changing the landscape of improved data for improved decision-making for education stakeholders across the globe.

Part 2:

Cross-sector linkages / learning across sectors

15:10 Building Capacity Across Sectors - Alpha Bah, Head of EMIS and ICT units, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia and Dr. Prosper Behumbiize, HISP Uganda

15:25-16:00 Panel discussion: Scaling, financing and collaborating
- Shem Bodo, Senior Programmes Officer, Association for the Development of Education of Africa (ADEA)
- Margaret Irving, Economist, Global Partnership for Education (GPE)
- Luis A. Crouch, Chief Technical Officer and VP, International Development Group, RTI International
- Pierre Chapelet, Programme Specialist - Education Policies, Planning and Management, UNESCO
- Moderator: Knut Staring, Product Manager, University of Oslo

Moderators

Knut Staring

Senior Engineer, University of Oslo

Speakers

Shem Bodo

Senior Programs Officer, ADEA

Alpha Bah

Head of EMIS and ICT units, Ministry of Basic Education and Secondary, The Gambia

Dr. Prosper Behumbiize

DHIS2 Implementation Advisor, HISP Uganda

Pierre Chapelet

Programme Specialist - Education Policies, Planning and Management, UNESCO

Margaret Irving

Economist, Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

Luis Crouch

Chief Technical Officer and VP, International Development Group, RTI International

Wednesday June 23, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 4

15:00 CEST

LMIS Vision and Use Cases

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DHIS2 can be used for managing medical stocks at the facility or community level and can be seamlessly integrated with full-scale, upstream national logistics management information systems. This allows for facility level stock visibility, triangulation health and stock data and timely information for both health programming and supply chain management decision making.

Speakers

Breno Horsth

LMIS Technical Lead, DHIS2/UiO

Landry Medegan

Scott Russpatrick

Analytics product manager, University of Oslo

Tell me what you like and don't like about DHIS2 analytics!

Per Kronslev

Senior Supply Chain consultant, I+solutions

Combining DHIS2 and an eLMIS MEDEXIS to create eLMIS setup at minimum maintenance cost.Using DHIS2 as a front for the small clinics, and including management of Cold Chain Equipment.

George McGuire

eLMIS Technical Advisor, HISP Centre University of Oslo

Craig

Director, Organisational Empathy, The mSupply Foundation

We've been working with information systems in low & middle income countries since the 1990s.We have offices in Nepal and Côte d'Ivoire, as well as Auckland, the UK and MelbourneWe think DHIS2 is great, and have been integrating with it for 5 years. We also know some of its limitations... Read More →

Justin Miranda

Lead Developer, OpenBoxes

Lead Developer at OpenBoxes

Kelsey Nagel

Product Manager, www.pih.org

OpenBoxes

Wednesday June 23, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

15:00 CEST

Noncommunicable Diseases and DHIS2

Watch a recording of this session on YouTube

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally - most occurring in LMICs. This session will explore progress with using DHIS2 in tracking cancer in Peru and Rwanda and the early lesson learned in the development of the WHO Rehabilitation package. The presentations include:
- Data Collected! Update on Tracking Breast Cancer Patients in Peru with DHIS2 presented by Carolyn Bain. More details on Carolyn's presentation can be found on the CoP
- Improving the monitoring and care of cancer patients by enabling the information exchange between DHIS2 and Cancer Registry System (CanReg5) presented by Blaise Mafende. More details on Blaise's presentation can be found on the CoP
- WHO Rehabilitation digital package development with DHIS2: early lessons learned presented by Wouter DeGroote

Speakers

Elaine Byrne

Guest Researcher, Univ of Olso

I am currently on a leave of absence from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) as a guest researcher with the Univ of Oslo, Norway exploring routine health data use in practice

Blaise Mafende

DHIS2 Data Use, Implementation and Documentation, HISP-Rwanda

I currently hold a bachelor's degree in science of statistics and am soon enrolling for a Masters's in Data ScienceI have been part of the DHIS2 family for approximately one year and counting and it's been a great opportunity for me to see the stage the world has reached when it comes... Read More →

Carolyn Bain

Senior Program Officer, Women's Cancers, PATH

I am passionate about public health in LMIC and about health equity worldwide. My current work is focused on breast cancer detection in low resource areas where mammograms are not readily accessible. Since 2016, PATH has been scaling up this model of breast cancer detection in... Read More →

Wouter DeGroote

WHO Rehabilitation Programme

Wednesday June 23, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

16:00 CEST

LMIS - Experts lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Speakers

Breno Horsth

LMIS Technical Lead, DHIS2/UiO

Wednesday June 23, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

16:00 CEST

Predictors and advanced indicator calculations - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Predictors and Advanced Indicator Calculations? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Scott Russpatrick

Analytics product manager, University of Oslo

Tell me what you like and don't like about DHIS2 analytics!

Jim Grace

DHIS2 and DATIM core developer, HISP US

DHIS2 core developer since 2013 including work in data approvals, validation rules, predictors, expression parsing, ADX, and other areas. Designed and supports the DATIM instance of DHIS2 for PEPFAR. Previously worked in Kenya for the University of California San Francisco as a PEFPAR... Read More →

Wednesday June 23, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

16:00 CEST

Program rules - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Program rules? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Enrico Colicante

software engineer, University of Oslo

Pablo Pajuelo

Android App Dev. Leader, University of Oslo

Markus Bekken

Technical Product Manager - DHIS2 Tracker, University of Oslo/DevOtta

Wednesday June 23, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

16:00 CEST

Tracker to aggregate - Experts Lounge

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Do you have any questions related to Tracker-Aggregate? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Olav Poppe

DHIS2 Implementer, University of Oslo, Norway

Member of the DHIS2 implementation support group at the University of Oslo.

Wednesday June 23, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

16:00 CEST

DHIS2 Meet & Greet! Virtual networking and social event

Wednesday June 23, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

Android SDK - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Android SDK? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Pablo Pajuelo

Android App Dev. Leader, University of Oslo

Victor Garcia

DHIS2 Android SDK, University of Oslo

Marcos

Jose Garcia Munoz

DHIS2 Android technical lead, University of Oslo

Thursday June 24, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

Event Reports and Data Visualizer - Experts Lounge

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Do you have any questions related to Events Reports and Data Visualizer? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Scott Russpatrick

Analytics product manager, University of Oslo

Tell me what you like and don't like about DHIS2 analytics!

Thursday June 24, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
TBA

12:00 CEST

Interoperability - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to Interoperability? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Bob Jolliffe

Implementation Engineer, HISP UIO

Thursday June 24, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

Program Indicators - Experts Lounge

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Do you have any questions related to Program Indicators? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Brian O'Donnell

Senior Implementation Adviser, Folkehelseinstituttet (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

All about tracker!Also community health, point-of-care data collection, SMS, Android, and the DHIS2 API.

Thursday June 24, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

DHIS2 Meet & Greet! Virtual networking and social event

Thursday June 24, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

13:00 CEST

Design for Data Use plenary (Overview of Designing for Data Use concept around the data ecosystem)

Plenary session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

Watch a recording of this session on YouTube

Using data is a necessary but not sufficient condition for more optimal use of data. To improve data use for decision making and/or action taking, we need to look at the complete process of how, for whom and in what way the system is designed and maintained. ‘Designing for use’ is the concept used to describe the approach adopted within DHIS2.

Dr Chatterji,the Director a.i. of the Department of Data and Analytics, WHO, will open the session looking at strengthening health information systems through data use to measure impact. Prof Kristin Braa, Prof Jørn Braa, Dr Elaine Byrne and Dr Prosper Behumbiize will explore the 'Designing for Data Use' concept with examples from Uganda of putting this into practice. The session will close with a short overview by Paul Biondich a pediatrician and a community leader of the Data Use Community with a focus on point of care delivery data use.

Speakers

Kristin Braa

University of Oslo

Elaine Byrne

Guest Researcher, Univ of Olso

I am currently on a leave of absence from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) as a guest researcher with the Univ of Oslo, Norway exploring routine health data use in practice

Paul Biondich

Project Lead, OpenMRS

The growth and interest in the OpenHIE community is breathtaking to behold! If we haven't met, I'd *LOVE* to talk to you sometime during the conference or afterwards. Please reach out if you want to catch up! Welcome to the community!

Jennifer Shivers

Global Health eHealth Advisor, Regenstrief Institute

I'd love to talk about: OpenHIE capacity building / OpenHIE Academy OpenHIE Architecture and standardsOpenHIE Use cases Capacity building for technologists in low and middle income countriesThe Data Use Community (DUC) and specifically needs regarding collectionCalculation and... Read More →

Dr. Prosper Behumbiize

DHIS2 Implementation Advisor, HISP Uganda

Jørn Braa

Somnath Chatterji

Director ad interim for the Department of Data and Analytics, WHO

Thursday June 24, 2021 13:00 - 14:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

14:00 CEST

Scalability & Performance Tuning

DHIS2 is increasingly being used in applications with significantly larger databases, more users and more throughput. In this session experienced implementers from around the world describe experiences, tools and testing environments which have been used to improve and manage the performance of critical systems.

Join the live Zoom session here.

You can ask your questions in the Community of Practice here: CoP

Speakers

Bob Jolliffe

Implementation Engineer, HISP UIO

Potlaki Moloi

Senior Infrastructure Engineer, HISP SA

I talk servers all day.

Daniel Castelao Suarez

Infrastructure Architect, SolidLines Tech Services

Dan Cocos

CTO, BAO Systems

Dan leads the engineering team and is responsible for BAO’s hosting services and software development. With over seven years of DHIS 2 experience, he also works closely with clients and the DHIS 2 Development team to ensure smooth upgrade paths and development of future features... Read More →

Gintare Vilkelyte

Chathura Widanage

Thursday June 24, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 4

14:00 CEST

Data use at local level to support planning: addressing the denominator problem

Watch a recording of this session on YouTube.

Speakers

Kristin Braa

University of Oslo

Elaine Byrne

Guest Researcher, Univ of Olso

I am currently on a leave of absence from Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) as a guest researcher with the Univ of Oslo, Norway exploring routine health data use in practice

Koffi M. Siliadin

Programs manager, HISP WCA

Manager in my soul and physician by profession, I quickly discovered the fascinating power of data an information systems on performance and organisational boldness. My main interest is definitely in data quality and use for efficient management. Within HISP WCA, I support our DHIS2... Read More →

Zeferino Saugene

DHIS2 Expert, Saudigitus

Arthur Heywood

HISP Data use Consultant, HISP Africa

Interested in promoting data use at district level by whatever means possible!!

Andrew Muhire

DHIS2 Implementer

Improving Data Use and Participatory Action and Design to Support Data Use: The Case of DHIS2 in RwandaAndrew Muhire, Adolphe Kamugunga, Magnus Li, Scott Russpatrick, Jørn Braa

Jørn Braa

Thursday June 24, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

14:00 CEST

Data Use in eRegistries

You can find the recording of this session here.

You can find more information on FHI's presentation on the Community of Practice here.

Speakers

Brian O'Donnell

Senior Implementation Adviser, Folkehelseinstituttet (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)

All about tracker!Also community health, point-of-care data collection, SMS, Android, and the DHIS2 API.

Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke

Akuba Dolphyne (FHI)

Binyam Bogale Bungudo

Advisor, FHI

I worked extensively in designing, implementing, and evaluating targeted client communication via SMS for my Ph.D. papers using the DHIS 2 platform. With colleagues, we led the addition of features to the DHIS 2 tracker app that can support the SMS functionalities, for example, having... Read More →

Eleni Papadopoulou (FHI)

Researcher, Norwegian Institute Of Public Health

Frøen, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Bredo

Thursday June 24, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 5

14:00 CEST

Malaria

Parallel session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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This session will focus on using DHIS2 for malaria use cases, including presentations on the Digital Solutions for Malaria Elimination project, LAC and Africa country implementations using DHIS2 for malaria elimination, and updates from WHO on metadata packages for malaria case-based surveillance and vector control.

Session program:
14:00-14:10 - Intro to the session and the DSME project - achievements, progress and results (Karoline Tufte Lien, UiO)
14:10-14:20 - WHO malaria case-based package (Mwalenga Nghipumbwa, WHO)
14:20-14:30 - WHO modules for entomology and vector control (Lucia Fernandez Montoya, WHO)
14:30-14:40 - Best practices and lessons learned from a selection of LAC malaria implementations (Honduras, Panama) (William Aviles, CHAI)
14:40-14:50 - Best practices and lessons learned from a selection of African malaria implementations (Namibia and Mozambique) (Iitula Iitula, NMCP Namibia and Sameen Babur, CHAI)
14:50-14:55 - Q&A

Please feel free to ask any question in the Community of Practice

Speakers

Karoline Tufte Lien

DHIS2 Functional Analyst, University of Oslo

As a functional analyst, I collaborate closely with product managers, designers, architects, developers, and testers, and act as a link between users and the technical team in charge of developing DHIS2, as well as providing input to the DHIS2 metadata packages. I stay in close contact... Read More →

Iitula Iitula

Insectary manager, NMCP

Sameen Babur

Health Informatics Technical Advisor, Africa, Clinton Health Access Initiative

I support National Malaria Control Programs in planning for, designing, developing, rolling out, and monitoring digital solutions for a variety of malaria use cases

Mwalenga Nghipumbwa

Technical Officer, WHO

I support the development of the core WHO malaria elimination modules for case notification, investigation and foci investigation for countries to adopt and use.

Lucia Fernandez Montoya

Entomology and Vector Control, World Health Organization

I am developing DHIS2 modules to support malaria endemic countries to collect, manage and use entomology and vector control data to improve programatic decisions.

WILLIAM AVILES

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Highly motivated and experienced promoter of eHealth in the Latin America region. For the past three years I have been working with CHAI to support governments in the Mesoamerica region in the implementation of heath informatics projects to help eliminate malaria.

Varshana Rajasekaran

Technical Advisor

Thursday June 24, 2021 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 2

15:00 CEST

Securing DHIS2: people, process, and policy

The DHIS2 security team will present an update about security practices implemented by the core team, will introduce the new DHIS2 vulnerability management and disclosure policy, and will discuss the roadmap for increased security and privacy support of DHIS2 implementations including software features, best practice guidelines, and automated security tools.

Join the live Zoom session here.

Speakers

Austin Mcgee

Deputy Tech Lead, DHIS2, HISP Centre, University of Oslo

Leading platform architecture, developer advocacy, and innovation at DHIS2

Bob Jolliffe

Implementation Engineer, HISP UIO

Thursday June 24, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 4

15:00 CEST

Data Quality

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In this session will have three parts. First Scott will present the latest DHIS2 functionalities to support data quality checks.
Then Ahn Chu Hong will present the new WHO guidance and support material for data quality checks. Next, Bob will quickly demostrate how DHIS2 tools can be used at district level for routine (i.e. monthly) data quality assuance -- the "10 minute training". Tuzo will round off the session by describing a workshop held last October in Tanzania for training of staff from a set of districts.

Speakers

Scott Russpatrick

Analytics product manager, University of Oslo

Tell me what you like and don't like about DHIS2 analytics!

Tuzo Engelbert

IS Advisor, HISP Tanzania

I have over Eight years’ experience in working in the design and development of health information systems. Currently I am working with the HISP Tanzania as Senior Information System Advisor

Bob Pond

Independent consultant, Independent consultant

I consult for UiO as well as for the WHO. My focus has been on data quality review (facilitating a series of DHIS2 DQ Academies; https://dhis2.org/who-dq/ ) and use of DHIS2 to visualize aggregate health facility data (the WHO Toolkit for Routine Routine Health Information Syste... Read More →

Anh Chu

Technical Officer, WHO

I am a public health M&E specialist with years of working in South East Asia and have moved to WHO HQ 2 years ago. Before that, I was with WHO Lao supporting the MOH to establish the DHIS2 integrated HIS that include most of the routine health facility data nationwide. My current... Read More →

Wilfred Senyoni

DHIS2 Implementer & Advisor, HISP Tanzania

Thursday June 24, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

15:00 CEST

DHIS2 Design Lab

Join the live Zoom session here.

Read more on Magnus Li's presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice here.

In the DHIS2 Design Lab, we explore how we can support and promote user-oriented design and innovation within the DHIS2 ecosystem. With ‘user-oriented design and innovation’, we refer to efforts particularly aimed at building usable and relevant tools that are valuable to the end-users’ (e.g., health workers) practices and needs.
In our session, we will talk a bit about what we do, some of our key findings from the past, and our plans for the future. Particularly, we will look at how three conditions affect the potential for user-oriented design and innovation in DHIS2 implementation projects: 1) affordable design flexibility, 2) implementation-level design practices, and 3) project configuration. Related to the three conditions, we will discuss their implications and how we aim to address them in our ongoing projects.

We are very interested in getting in touch with you if you have experience (positive or negative) with user-oriented design and innovation, DHIS2 web-app development, or the use of agile methods during DHIS2 implementation. If you are interested in sharing your experiences, please submit your email here, and we’ll get in touch with you for a chat!

Speakers

Magnus Li

Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo

Researcher, lecturer, and leading the DHIS2 Design Lab at the University of Oslo. In the lab, we are interested in how we can facilitate and promote design and innovation within the DHIS2 ecosystem.

Thursday June 24, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 2

15:00 CEST

DHIS2 Research

Watch a recording of this session on YouTube.

Speakers

Johan Ivar Sæbø

Associate Professor, University of Oslo

Sundeep Sahay

Faculty, University of Oslo

Sundeep Sahay is a Professor of Informatics at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway since 2000. His research focus concerns broadly ICTs for Development, particularly with a focus on public health systems. He has worked extensively in various African and Asian... Read More →

Jørn Braa

Thursday June 24, 2021 15:00 - 16:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 1

16:00 CEST

Metadata Management with Attribute Option Combos and Approvals

See the recording of the session here and the questions and answers from the session here.

There are many ways to manage metadata. This session covers two DHIS2 features that were designed with the PEPFAR instance of DHIS2 in mind, and also have broad usefulness in other DHIS2 installations.

First, we'll talk about Attribute Option Combos, covering using categories to disaggregate data sets (as opposed to data elements) as well as using category option groups to analyze disaggregated data sets.

Then, we'll cover Data Approvals. This deep dive has something for everyone, including standard use cases and PEPFAR’s somewhat unusual use case.

Jim and Ben offer to buy an in-person beverage for anyone who wasn't able to learn something from this talk!

Speakers

Ben Guaraldi

DATIM Development Team Lead, PEPFAR

Ben Guaraldi is the Technical Lead for DATIM, the PEPFAR installation of DHIS2. In that role, he creates and maintains big and little pieces of code that keep the metaphorical trains running on time. Previous positions include Solutions Architect for iFactory, a web design, and development... Read More →

Jim Grace

DHIS2 and DATIM core developer, HISP US

Thursday June 24, 2021 16:00 - 17:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 4

16:00 CEST

Use-case Bazaar

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This year again, we will be showcasing the incredible work around various DHIS2 implementations from different Organisations in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Read more on the different speakers' presentation on the DHIS2 Community of Practice thread for this session here.

Please see below the list of presenters and the order of presentations:

Presentation 1: Integrating anti-corruption thinking in health management information systems: Lessons for development agencies. Presenter: Daniel Sejerøe Hausenkamph, adviser on anti-corruption in the health sector, U4 Anti-corruption Resources center.

Presentation 2: Validation of the Performance-Based Framework for evaluation of Electronic Health Information Systems in Developing Countries: Case of Uganda. Presenter: Nagwovuma Margaret, Assistant Lecturer, Makerere University

Presentation 3: Leveraging a DHIS2 Custom Dashboard App to Make Standard Analysis More Accessible to Users. Presenter: Kristen Kelly, DHIS 2 Analyst, BAO Systems

Presentation 4: Use DHIS2, Keep Your Excel: PEPFAR’s Experience Ingesting Excel Spreadsheets with a DHIS2 Custom App. Presenter: Timothy Harding, Systems Architect, BAO Systems

Presentation 5: Development of Harmonized Monitoring and Reporting System in Zambia using DHIS2. Vikwato Kamanga, Strategic Information Officer, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia

Presentation 6: How DHIS2 became a cornerstone for data use? Presenter: Tsegaye Shewangzaw Zergaw, Monitoring and Evaluation Expert, Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau

Presentation 7: Indonesia's COVID19 Cases System and DHIS2 Contact Tracing : DHIS2 Integration Process from other System. Presenter: L. Yuda Rahmani Karnaen, Castellum Digital Indonesia, University of Oslo

Presentation 8: DHIS2 Helpdesk Unit as the Main Key of Knowledge DHIS2: Contact Tracing Case Study in Indonesia - Presenter: Eka Dewi Srituti Mulyati, Castellum Digital Indonesia; Universitas Halu Oleo

Presentation 9: DHIS2 Contact Tracing Mobile Application: Local Design and Implementation in Indonesia. Presenter: Lalu Lian Hari Wangi, Castellum Digital Indonesia, University of Oslo

Presentation 10: DHIS2: The South Sudan experience. Presenter: Ally Lasu, RTI

Presentation 11: Development and Rollout of a Standardized DHIS2 Tracker Metadata Package for HIV Programs. Presenter: Kayla Stankevitz, Technical Advisor, fhi360

Presentation 12: NepalEHR and DHIS2 integration; Automation in submitting facility based digital data into National HMIS using DHIS2 platform in Nepal. Presenter: Diwash Timila, Senior Healthcare Informatics Officer, Nyaya Health Nepal

Presentation 13: Critical features of the DHIS2 Usage Statistics app useful for monitoring user engagement with data. Presenter: Doreen Wamiti, DHIS2 Specialist, PSI Kenya

Presentation 14: Using DHIS to support Telehealth initiatives. Presenter: Farai Mutero, Software Developer, HISP SA

Presentation 15: Go.Data-DHIS2 interoperability app. Presenters: Sara Hollis, epidemiologist WHO and Pablo Rodríguez- Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona

Presentation 16: Case study: Consolidating HIV data from 19 DHIS2 instances. Presenter: Tomasz Sabala, Fjelltopp.

Speakers

Alice Ake Loba

Academy Coordinator, University of Oslo

Baktash Salehi

Timothy Harding

Sr. Systems Analyst, BAO Systems

Tim brings a keen eye for detail to BAO. He has 10 years’ professional experience burying his nose in Excel sheets, Access databases, aggregate collection forms, and ETL software of many stripes. Since joining BAO he has worked on myriad DHIS 2 implementations for many different... Read More →

Sara HOLLIS

Epidemiologist, WHO

Epidemiologist within WHO Health Emergencies Programme supporting Go.Data project.

Doreen Wamiti

DHIS2 Specialist, PSI

A DHIS2 specialist at PSI implementing DHIS2 in over 20 countries

Pablo Rodríguez

WHO

Farai Mutero

Senior Software Engineer, HISP South Africa

Tsegaye Shewangzaw Zergaw

Monitoring & Evaluation Expert, Addis Ababa Health Bureau

BSc in Public Health, MBA in Global Management and MA in International Relations & Diplomacy

Kayla Stankevitz

Technical Advisor - Health Informatics, FHI 360

Kayla Stankevitz is a Technical Advisor in Health Informatics and Data Science on the EpiC project at FHI 360, a global HIV and COVID-19 project operating in 65 countries. She leads the Health Informatics cluster, where she provides technical assistance in health information systems... Read More →

Kristen Kelly

DHIS2 Analyst, BAO Systems

Yuda Karnaen

Tomasz Sabała

Technical Director, Fjelltopp

Diwash Timilsina

Senior Healthcare Informatics Officer, Nyaya Health Nepal

I am a Public health professional from Nepal. I have been working as Senior Healthcare Informatics Officer with a non-profit organization called Nyaya Health Nepal (NHN). I am based in capital city of Nepal with frequent visits to rural places, deploying and supporting EHR.NepalEHR... Read More →

Daniel Hausenkamph

Adviser, CMI/U4 Anti-corruption resource centre

Margaret Nagwovuma

Assistant Lecturer, IT Department, Makerere University

I have passion for examining/evaluating performance of electronic Information systems for health care. To-date as healthcare organisations embace Information Communication Technology (ICT) enthusiastically to be able to survive and improve on health service delivery, they undergo... Read More →

Vikwato Kamanga

Strategic Information Officer, CIDRZ

Software Engineer with experience in implementation of countrywide DHIS2 systems in Zambia for reporting national HIV data, clinical trials and vaccine management.

Eka Dewi Srituti Mulyati

Lalu Lian Hari Wangi

Minallah Mustafa Bilal

Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant, RTI International

I am Monitoring and Evaluation officer with more than 4 years of experience and an IT professional with more than 7 years of experience. Knowledge in Web and app development, Content management systems (Drupal, Joomla & WordPress) and graphics design.

Thursday June 24, 2021 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
Annual Conference Virtual Room 3

12:00 CEST

Communication: Creating & sharing DHIS2 stories - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

How can we create and share stories about our work with DHIS2 so that we reach a variety of technical and general audiences? Meet with HISP UiO's communications lead to ask questions and discuss the topic of DHIS2 communication. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Max Krafft

DHIS2 Training & Comms Coordinator, HISP UiO

Friday June 25, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

Community of Practice - Experts Lounge

Join us on Gather for the Experts Lounge!

Do you have any questions related to the Community of Practice? Meet with our subject experts who will answer your questions. This session will also give the opportunity to network with your peers.

Speakers

Al-Gassim

DHIS2 Community of Practice coordinator, University of Oslo

Friday June 25, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

12:00 CEST

DHIS2 Meet & Greet! Virtual networking and social event

Friday June 25, 2021 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Gather

13:00 CEST

What's Next for DHIS2?

Plenary session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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This session will focus on explaining the high-level goals of DHIS2 roadmap for each product, DHIS2 as a platform, Analytics, Tracker and Android. Join to know what will be in the upcoming 2.37 release and what are the long term priorities of DHIS2.

Speakers

14:30 CEST

The App Competition

Plenary session, Interprétation en français sera disponible

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Discover and vote for the most our innovative work with DHIS2 for both web or mobile devices.

Speakers

15:30 CEST

Closing & Thank you