The DHIS2 is an open source software platform for reporting, analysis and dissemination of data for births, deaths, diseases and various health programs, initiated by Professor Jørn Braa and his group at the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo.
The MY-NORTH-project has paved the way, enabling DHIS2 to become the common health information platform for Myanmar, and Senior Engineer Knut Staring, member of the MY-NORTH steering group, has played a key role in this work since 2014. Our ambition is that the MY-NORTH partner university, University of Public Health, Yangon, will become the training hub for health information systems in Myanmar.
The establishment of DHIS2 as the national platform for health information systems is a great achievement for Myanmar, and represents a success for Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo and for the MY-NORTH project.