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Fostering Digital Health Innovations and Inclusive Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development in Tanzania

To creatively develop innovative solutions and use digital technologies to support the provision of quality, sustainable and inclusive social services (health, water, energy, agriculture) to all citizens so that they can effectively participate in Tanzania's industrial and social-economic development to achieve sustainable development goals

Featured Innovation

DHIS 2 Touch

HTML5, Javascripts & CSS powered light-weight offline solution for android, apple and windows phoneRead more

Our Services

UDSM DHIS2 Labtechnically we offer following services

Software Development

We are responsible for supporting and further developing the Tanzania HMIS and new complementary digital health tools, including its integration and interoperability with other systems in the health sector

Capacity Building

Our trainers have designed different data and systems training modules and programs to suit various cadres in the health system levels. These trainings are conducted on-site and offsite during system deployment, support and use.

Research and Training

Our MSc/Ph.D. students and members conduct their research studies resulting in various academic outputs (Articles, Dissertations, manuscripts). Our innovations are also used to equip the students with practical skills in teaching the MSc health informatics program.

Data Analytics, Visualization & Use

Information is the key to making evidence-based decisions. We embark on innovating different mechanisms to present data analysis in simple and easily understood informative dashboards using charts, maps and tables, scorecards, and bottleneck analysis techniques.

About us

This project started 17 years ago as a small-scale research project supported by the University of Oslo, whose initial implementation achievements in the Coast Region led to DHIS2 adoption by Tanzania's Ministry of Health. The pilot success in the Coast region acted as a catalyst to enable DHIS2's full-scale rollout in the health sector of Tanzania. Apart from the Ministry of Health, which is the leading partner and beneficiary of DHIS2, our innovative solutions have continuously attracted the attention of vertical health programs (TB, HIV, Malaria, Immunization, and others) and various other stakeholders....Read More

Our Partners

College of Information and Communication Technologies(CoICT)

Department of Computer Science and Engineering(CSE)

DHIS2 Office(HUB) - Block B - Room No. B108