Bangladesh Directorate General of Family Planning implements the DHIS2 in collaboration with USAID eMIS partners (MEASURE Evaluation, MNCSP, icddrb) and UNFPA.

1. An Overview of
DGFP DHIS2
Mohammad Golam Kibria
HIS/M&E Advisor, MEASURE Evaluation;

2. What is DHIS2
• DHIS2- District Health Information System, version 2
• Developed by University of Oslo
• A software tool for collection, validation, analysis, and
presentation of aggregate and patient-based statistical data
• Open source software released under the BSD license
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3. Key features of DHIS2
• Comprehensive data management solution: can capture
community & health facility data either be in the form of
standard lists or tables, or can be customized to replicate
paper forms and data warehousing.
• A modular structure which can easily be customized to the
different requirements of a management information system
• Easy to use - one-click reports with charts and tables for
selected indicators or summary reports
• A user-specific dashboard for quick access to the relevant
monitoring and evaluation tools including indicator charts and
links to favorite reports, maps and other key resources in the
system.
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4. Key features of DHIS2…
• Different kinds of tools for data validation and
improvement of data quality
• Functionality to design and modify calculated indicator
formulas.
• User access management module for passwords,
security, and fine-grained access control (user roles).
• Interoperable health information architecture -
integrated as per user needs, either as part of the DHIS2
portal user interface or a more loosely-coupled external
application interacting through the DHIS2 Web-API.

5. Three dimensions of DHIS2
Three dimensions of DHIS 2 that describe data
• Where, related to the organization unit
• When, related to period of report
• What, related to data element which is collected
All data values will at minimum have these 3 dimensions
Organization
Unit
Data Element Period Value
01.Chauhat
Union
mis2 ম োট
সক্ষ দম্পতির
সংখ্যো
March, 2019 4296

6. Building DGFP Organizational Unit List
• List all public organizational units (health facilities)
• Determine which ones are active
• Identify new facilities
• Resolve duplicate names
• Determine other types of facilities to include
• NGO, multi-sectoral etc.
• Establish unique ID codes
• Central administration of list

7. • Strong commitment from the Government
• Non-achievement of DHIS2 related OP level indicators that have
been presented in the PIR 2017, SmPR 2017, APIR 2018 and
SmPR-2018
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Why shift towards DHIS2?

8. Current scenario with Service Statistics
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FPI
UFPO
FW A
MIS1
MIS2
MIS4 Aggregation
FW V/
SACMO/
MCW C
MIS3
Hospital/ Clinic/ NGO/
Multi-sectoral/ Others
MIS3
Community
Union
Upazila
District
Service
StatisticsData
Entry
Facility Level
Paper Based Paper Based
MIS5 Aggregation

9. Scenario with DGFP DHIS2
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10. Three parts of DGFP DHIS2
• Data entry
• Report Generation – MIS 4 and MIS 5
• Data visualization for decision making
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11. Data entry – login screen
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12. Data entry – organization unit & MIS 2 form
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13. Data entry – organization unit & MIS 3 form
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14. Report – MIS 4 form – automatic aggregation
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15. Report – MIS 5 form – automatic aggregation
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16. Data Visualization – District
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17. Data Visualization – Upazila
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18. Data Visualization – Upazila

19. Immediate Next Steps
• Add new reports in the Dashboard
• Establish linkage between eMIS and DHIS2 to avoid
double burden of data entry
• Roll-out in the selected districts

20. Timeline – DHIS2 Development and Testing
AUGUST
2018
SEPT.
2018
OCTOBER
2018
NOV.
2018
DEC.
2018
JANUARY
2019
FEB.
2019
MARCH
2019
APRIL
2019
MAY
2019
JUNE
2019
A B C D E F G H I J K L
Planning
System
Study and
Design
Planning
Mock Design
Presentation
and Fine
Tuning
Pilot
Testing
Tangail
Training
Cumilla
Training
Roll-outDhaka
Training-
2 upazila
(informal)

21. DHIS2 Implementation Plan
DHIS2 already implemented
in Tangail, Cumilla, Dhaka
and Habiganj Districts.

22. Live Demo
Nibras Ar Rakib
Programmer, icddrb
Anik Mahmood
Sr. Web Programmer, MNCSP