Launching a collaboration to explore interoperability between MOSIP and DHIS2
A six-month project funded by Norad will support investigation of potential standards-based linkages for that could help countries connect their national health information and identity systems using digital public goods.
The HISP Centre at the University of Oslo (HISP UiO) has launched a new collaboration with the International Institute for Information Technology, Bangalore, to explore integration between the open-source DHIS2 and MOSIP software platforms.
DHIS2 and MOSIP are considered to be leading examples of digital public goods (DPGs), which are used by countries as components of their national information system architecture to support effective public sector data management and service delivery.
DHIS2, which is developed and maintained by HISP UiO, serves as the national health management information system in more than 75 countries, providing ministries of health and other stakeholders with a platform for holistic data management across health programs, from population scale down to the individual level. Many countries also use DHIS2 to manage other public sector programs, such as education, agriculture, and more.
MOSIP, developed by the International Institute for Information Technology, Bangalore, offers countries modular and open-source technology to build and own their national identity systems. Currently, MOSIP is currently used by 11 countries at national scale.
Through their initial collaboration, the partners will focus on knowledge exchange, architectural design, and community consultation to investigate how a standards-based linkage between these two systems could work. This work will include mapping the data models and integration capabilities of both systems, co-designing an interoperability blueprint and draft interface specifications, outlining a minimum viable technical approach to prototyping the solution, and sharing the results with the DHIS2 and MOSIP communities.
This six-month exploratory project is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), as part of its support for use of DPGs worldwide. If the teams’ investigation into DHIS2-MOSIP interoperability shows promising results, the second phase of the project would involve jointly working toward a production-ready solution that could be made available for global use.
