District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2)

Why it matters

For most ministries the national reporting platform is already chosen. More than 70 countries use DHIS2 as their national health management information system, representing key health data about more than 40% of the world's population [1]. The practical question is not what replaces it, but how facility systems feed it accurately and without double entry.

Key points

• DHIS2 collects aggregate data by facility and reporting period, and analyses it in dashboards and reports [1].
• DHIS2 Tracker holds individual level records that can be aggregated automatically, and capturing data closer to the individual reduces aggregation errors [2].
• Where a facility uses an electronic record, the national return can be computed from encounters and submitted electronically, for example using the IHE Aggregate Data Exchange profile [3], rather than retyped from tally sheets.
• A computed return is only as good as the coding in the record, so data quality work moves to the point of care.

In Moana

Moana supports DHIS2 reporting, computing national returns from the encounters in the record so each figure can be traced to the records behind it.

Sources

1. DHIS2: the world's largest HMIS, DHIS2, University of Oslo, accessed 2026
2. DHIS2 Tracker, DHIS2, University of Oslo, accessed 2026
3. Aggregate Data Exchange profile, IHE International, accessed 2026