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DHIS2 for Health Campaigns
Discover how you can optimize health campaign planning, real-time monitoring and improve the effectiveness of your interventions with innovative digital tools in DHIS2 and guidance based on WHO principles and best practices.
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Optimizing health campaigns with DHIS2
Digital tools and platforms like DHIS2 have enormous potential for streamlining health campaign data collection and real-time monitoring, as well as supporting functions during the pre-campaign planning phase, real-time monitoring, post-campaign evaluation and integration of campaign data with routine service delivery data to assess coverage and identify gaps. As a scalable, flexible platform, DHIS2 can serve as the backbone for integrated health campaign data and be effectively used for a range of campaign interventions: supplemental immunization activities (SIA), insecticide-treated net (ITN) distribution, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) and other types of mass drug administration (MDA), indoor residual spraying (IRS), nutritional supplements and more.
DHIS2 is recognized as a fit-for-purpose global good in UNICEF’s Digital Tool Selection Guidebook for Health Campaigns and has been used as a digital health campaign platform by more than 25 Ministries of Health. The DHIS2 Health Campaign Toolkit provides practical tools and guidance to help countries adopt an integrated digital campaign approach, as recommended by the WHO. On this page, you can explore DHIS2 features and resources for health campaign digitalization, read real-life examples of how countries have improved campaign effectiveness using DHIS2, and access free resources that can help you apply these tools and best practices to your own health campaigns.
DHIS2 features for health campaigns
The DHIS2 platform includes built-in functionalities that support key aspects of health campaign digitalization:
Geospatial analysis, target setting & campaign planning
- Maps & geospatial analysis supporting the comparison of various population data sources within or outside DHIS2.
- Google Earth Engine support for the import and visualization of Google Earth Engine layers in the Maps app, such as structure maps.
- Harmonizing external population estimates with local administrative units for dynamic population visualization and indicator calculation.
- Creating & storing catchment areas by importing polygons or by creating and importing them through third party services like CrossCut.
- Capturing and analyzing additional org unit locations such outreach team deployment and service delivery sites or infection sources.
Field-based data collection
- Organizing interventions and work load with working lists by creating tailored lists for follow-up for each campaign field team that can be filtered dynamically.
- Capturing accurate GPS coordinates to support better catchment area mapping, facility validation, household registration, and post-campaign analysis.
- Mobile data capture with full offline support allowing field teams to collect campaign data and update records in areas with limited power and electricity coverage.
- Bulk management of system users makes it easier to handle account creation, deletion, and access control for large numbers of campaign workers.
Analysis & real time monitoring
- Monitoring progress through Data Visualizer with dynamic disaggregation to understand which population segments are being reached and identify gaps in coverage.
- Real-time monitoring with DHIS2 Dashboards supporting automated analyses, easy export for reports and status updates, and continuous display for command centers.
- Advanced indicator calculations to generate cumulative coverage indicators or progress toward campaign targets, as well as more precise and granular indicators.
- Exchanging campaign data with other DHIS2 instances to allow integration of campaign data into the routine HMIS for more complete reporting and analysis.
Program-specific resources for malaria, immunization, and more
While the features described above can be applied to any kind of health campaign, we have also developed guidance and downloadable resources for specific kinds of common campaign activities that will help you implement them into your DHIS2 system without having to configure them from scratch.
Immunization campaigns and supplemental activities
Resources for vaccination campaigns, including microplanning, triangulation, and real-time campaign monitoring.
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Resources to configure a centralized dashboard for SMC data, enabling health programs to assess coverage and campaign outcomes.
Entomology & vector control
Tools for entomology and vector control activities such as ITN and IRS campaigns for malaria and neglected tropical diseases.
Nutrition supplement campaigns
Support for mass activities such as Vitamin A supplement campaigns as part of an integrated nutrition toolkit.
Climate-sensitive diseases
Tools to support analysis and forecasting climate-sensitive disease impacts to optimize timing and geographical focus of campaign activities.
Impact stories
Here are just a few examples from a selection of countries that show how DHIS2 can make an impact in planning and managing health campaigns.
Presentations & Webinars
Watch these informative webinars and presentations for more detail on using DHIS2 for health campaigns.
Integrated Health Campaigns & Immunization
A presentation of new features in DHIS2 v42 for campaigns and integrated health campaign use cases.
DHIS2 for Vaccination Campaigns
Webinar on DHIS2 for planning, monitoring and evaluating immunization campaigns, including real-world examples.
Micro-planning solutions for DHIS2
Webinar on innovations for DHIS2 on micro-planning, population estimates and mobility mapping, and more.
Documentation & Resources
Get started with DHIS2 for health campaigns with these helpful resources.
- Documentation on DHIS2 for Health Campaigns
- Unicef Digital Tool Selection Guidebook for Health Campaigns
- DHIS2 Community of Practice
You can also read published research about the role and effectiveness of DHIS2 for health campaigns:
- Imhansoloeva M, et al. (2025) “Lessons from piloting and scaling a real-time DHIS2 based treatment reporting tool for mass drug administration in Nigeria.”
- Khan, J, et al. (2024) “Usability of a digital tool to support long-lasting insecticide net distribution in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan.”
- Okello, R.F. (2025) “Policy review of the CAST campaign in Uganda through the narrative lens: why has it worked?”
- Sayem, A, et al. (2025) “HPV vaccination campaigns in Ethiopia and Bangladesh: Strategic implementation, challenges, identifying best practices and lessons for success in low and middle-income countries”
Developed in collaboration with local and global partners
The development of the DHIS2 Health Campaign Toolkit and the innovative DHIS2 features that support health campaign use cases was made possible with support from Gavi, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and The Gates Foundation. We also thank the many contributors who made this toolkit possible: the DHIS2 Community of Practice, Ministries of Health, partners and collaborative fora such as the Health Campaign Effectiveness Coalition.