Eric Adu-Gyamfi
University of Oslo, Ole-Johan Dahls Hus, Gaustadalléen 23 B, 0373, Oslo, Norway
Petter Nielsen
University of Oslo, Ole-Johan Dahls Hus, Gaustadalléen 23 B, 0373, Oslo, Norway
Johan Ivar Sæbø
University of Oslo, Ole-Johan Dahls Hus, Gaustadalléen 23 B, 0373, Oslo, Norway
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Published in: SHI 2019. Proceedings of the 17th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics, November 12-13, 2019, Oslo, Norway
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 161:13, p. 73-79
Published: 2019-11-07
ISBN: 978-91-7929-957-6
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
The Health Information Systems Programme (HISP) is a sustainable and scalable research project enabling and supporting health information systems implementation in more than 100 developing countries. In this paper, we present the historical roots, the status, and discuss the future of HISP and its software (DHIS2). We also reflect on factors contributing to the project’s global success and find the open and participatory approaches to HISP and DHIS2 software development, and implementation in countries as key. For the future, we discuss strategies to stabilise as well as grow the HISP and DHIS2 community into a sustainable ecosystem.
HISP, DHIS2, health information systems implementation, participatory action research, open-source software
