How do countries select and use digital global goods in emergency settings? Lessons learned from the DHIS2 COVID-19 data management experiences in Burkina Faso, Mali and Suriname
Lauren Gilliss, Caitlin Madevu-Matson, Colleen Boyle, Derek Kunaka, Madina Kouyate, Rahim Kebe, Vijay Sewradj, Stephanie Watson-Grant

TL;DR
This paper examines how three countries used the DHIS2 software during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, highlighting lessons on selection, adaptation, and challenges.
Contribution
The study provides new insights into the adoption and use of digital global goods in health emergencies, focusing on real-world implementation in three distinct countries.
Findings
Ministries of health in three countries selected DHIS2 for vaccine tracking, but selection and configuration varied.
Supportive supervision and data quality reinforcement were key to effective DHIS2 use.
Infrastructure and funding challenges limited system effectiveness in some contexts.
Abstract
Digital health global goods software are accessible, adaptable and scalable tools that can contribute to strengthened health data management and service delivery. This study explored how government stakeholders in three countries (Burkina Faso, Mali and Suriname) selected digital health global goods for COVID-19 vaccine response efforts, including whether and how these digital tools were adapted and scaled, challenges that were encountered and lessons learned from the experience. Primary data were collected through 28 purposively sampled, semi-structured key informant interviews between March and May 2023 with national- and regional-level stakeholders involved in COVID-19 vaccination response efforts. Qualitative data were analyzed deductively and inductively using thematic coding. Ministries of health in each country selected District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) as a COVID-19…
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Taxonomy
TopicsCOVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
