DHIS2 featured in digital public infrastructure collection by Digital Public Goods Alliance
DHIS2 is one of 18 open-source platforms selected for the alliance’s collection highlighting digital public goods that countries can use as shared, national-scale infrastructure.
The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) has included DHIS2 in its “DPGs for Digital Public Infrastructure” collection, a curated list of digital public goods (DPGs) that meet the alliance’s technical criteria for digital public infrastructure (DPI). DHIS2 is one of 18 platforms in the collection and one of four listed in the category of data exchange.
DPI refers to the secure, interoperable systems that countries use to deliver public services at population scale, such as digital identity, payments, data exchange and registries. The DPGA co-stewards the collection with the Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure (CDPI) and Co-Develop.
The DPGA review highlights DHIS2’s open, flexible design, which allows countries to connect it to other national systems, adapt it to their own needs, and build new tools on top of it. Originally developed for health, DHIS2 is now also used for education, climate, logistics and other types of data.
“Countries have made DHIS2 part of the foundation of their national health systems, and now we’re seeing the same in education, logistics and climate work too. This recognition reflects what governments can build with an open platform they own and control,” said Prof. Kristin Braa, director of the HISP Centre at the University of Oslo (HISP UiO), which coordinates DHIS2 core software development together with the global HISP network.
DHIS2 was among the first software platforms recognized as a DPG. In 2021, it was the subject of the DPGA’s first pathfinding pilot case study. DHIS2 is also recognized as a building block for DPI by GovStack, specifically for its support for Digital Registries.
Learn more about the DPGs for DPI collection and read the DHIS2 assessment on the DPGA website.
