The DHIS2 Academies aim to strengthen national and regional capacity to successfully set up, design and maintain DHIS2 systems. Through an intensive training combining theoretical and practical sessions, you will become a DHIS2 expert ready to support your organisation's data collection, analysis, and reporting needs using DHIS2. This capacity building is providing a better understanding of the available DHIS2 tools and their best practices. Go here if you are looking for the DHIS2 online academy.
6 reasons to attend a DHIS2 Academy
Get to know DHIS2 latest features
Network and interact with members of DHIS2 Community
Learn from DHIS2 experts how to address real life challenges
Receive a DHIS2 certificate
Ask questions and provide your feedback to our experts
Proven track record: Since 2011, over 4000 participants from 60 countries have been trained
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Upcoming Academies
You have already attended a DHIS2 Academy or completed the Online Course on DHIS2 Fundamentals:
Check out our next DHIS2 Academy Level 1 in your region
| Region | Dates | Location | Name | Registration & more info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia and The Pacific | 22 - 27 October, 2018 | Kalutara, Sri Lanka | DHIS2 Academy, Level 1: Tracker | Registration |
| Eastern and Southern Africa | 5 - 10 November 2018 | Zanzibar, Tanzania | DHIS2 Academy, Level 1: Tracker | Registration |
| Para paises de lingua Portuguesa | 26 de Novembro - 1 de Dezembro 2018 | Bissau, República da Guiné-Bissau | Academia DHIS2, Nível 1: Tracker | Registro |
| Southern Africa | 26th November - 1st December 2018 | Lilongwe, Malawi | DHIS2 Academy, Level 1: Design and Customization | Registration |
| Western and Central Anglophone Africa | 10 - 15 December 2018 | Abuja, Nigeria | DHIS2 Academy, Level 1: Design and Customization | Registration |
Check out our next DHIS2 Academy Level 2
| Dates | Location | Name | Registration & more info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 - 15 November 2018 | Zanzibar, Tanzania | DHIS2 Academy Level 2: Disease Surveillance | Registration |
| 17 - 21 December 2018 | Nha Trang, Vietnam | DHIS2 Academy Level 2: Immunization | Coming soon |
| 11 - 14 December 2018 | Zanzibar, Tanzania | DHIS2 Academy Level 2: Android Implementers | Registration |
Everything you need to know about the DHIS2 Academies
Purpose
The DHIS2 Academies aim to build a community of DHIS2 users and experts in the different regions and facilitate sharing of experiences on DHIS2 deployments and strategies for national-scale HIS implementations. DHIS2 experts will be available to guide you on practical work with your DHIS2 databases, whether it is in an initial or more advanced phase, e.g. help designing data sets and collection tools, or indicators and reporting outputs (charts, dashboards, maps, pivot tables etc.).
Who is attending
Everyone with a strong interest in DHIS 2! Whether you are a DHIS 2 implementer with over 5 years' experience, a system administrator, part of a management team or M&E officer and aim to achieve agreed learning objectives. Our Academies bring together representatives from Ministries of Health, Non-Governmental Organisations, International Organisations and Consultants from all countries, with the aim to build a community of DHIS2 users and experts to successfully set up, design and maintain DHIS2 systems. Please check out the prerequisites for each Academy. Each Academy has a ceiling on the maximum number of participants to ensure good quality training. Depending on the interest, we may put in place quotas on participants per country.
Language
Our Academies are conducted in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish depending on the host country official language. The training curriculum remains the same across the regions.
Format
The structure and material have gone through a complete makeover. We are now offering:
- One Online Academy to the Fundamentals of DHIS2; This Academy is now available (online only). Enroll now!
- Three different Level 1 Academies covering the main features of the software;
- Level 2 Academies that cover a range of more specialized topics, both a continuation of the three core topics from Level 1 as well as additional themes such as app development, server administration, mobile deployments, implementation strategies, disease surveillance and more.
Whether you are new to DHIS2, have a limited experience with the software or have previously attended an Academy, these new Level 1 Academies will provide interesting insights and the opportunity to go into more advanced features with more time for in-depth discussions than in any of the previous Level 2 Academies.
Check out the prerequisites for: Online Academy on DHIS 2 Fundamentals, the DHIS 2 Information Use Academy, the DHIS 2 Tracker Academy, and the DHIS 2 Design & Customization. We are hosting up to 3 Level 1 Academies in Eastern & Southern Africa, Western & Central Africa, Asia.
Our Regional Partners
The Level 1 Academies are hosted by our regional partners who are all DHIS2 experts with vast regional implementation experience.
DHIS2 Online Academy
As a result of taking this course, you will progressively:
Get a working knowledge of DHIS 2 principles and terminology, with an overall understanding of how DHIS2 can be used to collect and analyze aggregate and individual based data;
Have a broad understanding of how DHIS2 can be used to meet multiple health information system requirements;
Be able to choose your next specialized Level 1 Academy: Design and Customization, Tracker or Information Use.
Level 1 Academies
This 6 day course will teach you how to fully utilize the DHIS2 downstream data analysis tools and key methods for data quality analysis. You will also be introduced to data feedback mechanisms to guide resource allocation and promote program ownership at the grassroots level. You will learn:
How to produce relevant information from DHIS2;
How to present this information in charts, tables, and maps, and how to share these with others, such as in dashboards.
Get introduced to basic concepts of designing, collecting, analyzing and performing preliminary administration on event and case-based data. The 6 day course will focus on:
How to set up tracking and event based programs for both web and android. Configuring tracker for surveys will also be covered;
The sharing model.
This 6 day training provides a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of best and worst practices in DHIS 2 design and customization by:
Providing participants with skills regarding the design and customization of DHIS 2 to support aggregate data collection, validation, visualization, presentation and information sharing;
Enabling you to specialize further in DHIS 2 Aggregate Design & Customization.
Level 2 Academies
The Level 2 Academies cover a range of more specialized topics, both a continuation of the three core topics from Level 1 as well as additional themes such as app development, server administration, mobile deployments, implementation strategies, disease surveillance and more. Topics include disease surveillance, server administration, community health, web apps development and android implementation.
If you are an experienced DHIS2 implementer who has already completed a Level 1 Academy and is ready to learn more, the Level 2 Academies are designed for you.
This Academy is for national and local-decision makers involved in the design, planning, deployment, governance and scale up of successful DHIS2 based CHIS that support community-based health service providers and the communities they work in.
DHIS2 Community Health Information System Guidelines
Guide pratique DHIS2 sur le système d’information sanitaire au niveau communautaire
Previous DHIS2 Academies
Have a look at our previous Academies training materials here.
Contact
For any questions regarding DHIS2 Academies please contact us at post@dhis2.org.
For any questions regarding the DHIS2 Online Academy please contact us at onlineacademy@dhis2.org