Research

DHIS2 is the product of a long-running action research project led by the HISP Centre, and the use of DHIS2 systems and data is a frequent topic of research in fields such as Information Systems and Public Health. Here you can read summaries of and highlights from research work related to DHIS2.

Research Round-Up: Extending and Strengthening Routine DHIS2 Surveillance Systems for COVID-19 Responses in Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and Uganda.

A research article by Carl Kinkade, Scott Russpatrick, Rebecca Potter, Johan Saeboet al. in the CDC EID Journal elaborates on how DHIS2 has been used to emplace more effective surveillance systems for COVID-19 using lessons from the Ebola outbreak.

Research Round-Up: Lessons learned for surveillance system strengthening through capacity building and partnership engagement in post-Ebola Guinea, 2015 – 2019

A research article by Jennifer J. Hemingway-Foday, Boubacar Ibrahima Diallo, Salomon Compaore et al. in Frontiers in Public Health discusses how DHIS2 has been implemented in Guinea to strengthen disease surveillance.