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DHIS 2

DHIS2

At the heart of modern Health Management Information Systems (HMIS), DHIS2 is key to monitoring health service delivery, conducting disease surveillance, and empowering evidence-based decision-making. Its extensive implementation drives informed strategic planning and financial management within public health, significantly strengthening overall health systems.

Under the NHSP, DHIS2 is poised for further enhancement through the strategic integration of various databases. This integration is paramount for ensuring the effective utilization of health data across the system. The objective is to cultivate a unified information system capable of consistently generating standardized, high-quality data.

1. Understanding the System

DHIS 2 is a robust and complex software. Building capacity ensures that users understand its functionalities—from data entry to analysis. Without proper training, users may struggle with navigation, data entry, and generating reports

  1. Effective utilization of data tools, such as registers, forms, and reports: Capacity building for healthcare providers, CRPs, medicine dispensers, and those involved in referrals is essential at every stage to ensure accurate documentation of patient and client and provided service information, while also emphasizing the importance of proper documentation, data safety, and integrity.
  2. Accurate data collection and compilation: Ensuring proper data collection and compilation to prepare reports that minimize errors, providing reliable and validated information, which is confirmed by M&E personnel. Capacity building ensures that health workers know how to accurately enter, validate, and maintain data. Inaccurate or incomplete data collection can lead to unreliable health information and poor decision-making.
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2. Improved Decision-Making

  1. Data-Driven Decisions: DHIS 2 is designed to provide data that inform health policies, programmatic decisions, and resource allocation. Capacity building ensures of the MSs, DHOs, DDHOs, monitoring team and other relevant management team to interpret the data correctly, which is vital for informed decision-making at all levels, from the health facilities and to provincial.

  2. Monitoring and Reporting: Trained users can generate relevant reports, dashboards, and visualizations. These insights help policymakers and health professionals identify trends, gaps, and challenges in health service delivery, enabling them to take timely and effective actions.

3. Enhanced Data Quality and Reliability

  • Data Quality Assurance: Ongoing capacity building programs, including training, on-the-job coaching, and refresher courses for previously trained staff, are essential for maintaining quality assurance practices. Regular monitoring and guidance for healthcare providers, data personnel, and managers will help ensure consistency, completeness, timeliness, and accuracy in the data entered into the system, identify data inconsistencies or issues early, such as duplicate entries, missing values, or system errors, which can then be addressed before they affect health planning and services guaranteeing that the data used for decision-making is of high quality.

4. Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency

  1. Long-Term Skill Development: to decrease the dependency regular enhancing the knowledge and skills of the existing team local health workers and IT teams, the sustainability of the system helps in the long-term operation of the DHIS 2 platform.

In conclusion, capacity building is essential for the success of DHIS 2 as it enables users to fully utilize the system, making it an effective tool for improving health outcomes, monitoring public health programs, and supporting data-driven decision-making. Therefore, training at all levels is critical to achieving the desired results. This plan includes capacity building for healthcare providers, relevant data personnel, managers, and monitoring teams. It will involve new training for existing and newly hired staff, refresher courses for those already trained, and an increase in the number of data users across all health facilities to meet the goals, the refresher training will be determined by analyzing factors i.e. technological advancements, need assessment and the feedback from participants. Regular monitoring will be conducted to assess staff knowledge and skills, ensuring continuous capacity building efforts.

Data Health Information System DHIS-2

Training Capacitating Data Health Information System
1st ToT in six (6) districts: 27 participants in one batch
The first Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop, on Data Collection Tools and Reporting Forms of PHC & SHC level facilities developed on DHIS2 was, in six districts: Hyderabad, Tando Allahyar, Tharparkar, Umerkot, Karachi Malir, and Shaheed Benazirabad. Participants included representatives from EPI, Hepatitis, RMNCH, the Divisional Directorate, PPHI, and the Management Board.
2nd ToT in ten (10) districts: 35 participants in one batch
The second TOT was conducted in 10 districts: Mirpurkhas, Badin, Matiari,Tando Muhammad Khan, Karachi East, Karachi West, Karachi East, Karachi Central, Karachi South,Karachi Keemari and Karachi Korangi. Participants included representatives from PPHI, and PEI.
Roll out trainings
  1. Hyderabad: 66 participants trained in 2 batches.
  2. Tando Allahyar: 47 participants trained in 2 batches.
  3. Karachi Malir: 45 participants trained in 2 batches.
  4. Umerkot: 94 participants trained in 3 batches.
  5. Tharparkar: 298 participants trained in 9 batches.
  6. Matiari: 42 participants trained in 1 batch.
  7. Karachi-Central, Keemari & South 41 participants trained in 1 batch.
  8. Tando Muhammad Khan: 37 participants trained in 1 batch.
  9. Mirpurkhas: 109 participants trained in 3 batches.
  10. Badin: 114 participants trained in 3 batches.
  11. Karachi–West, East & Korangi 62 participants trained in 2 batches