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HealthRef: https://www.health.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NDOH-09-2026-26-Additional-Information.pdf

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Source domain: health.gov.za

Collected on 3 August 2026

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What this means

This document is a technical stack overview for South Africa’s webDHIS (DHIS2) system used by the National Department of Health (NDoH) for health information management. It describes the DHIS2 three-tier architecture (browser UI, Java/Tomcat application layer, and PostgreSQL data layer), supported clients and security/identity integration (RBAC, organisation-unit controls, and integration with AD/LDAP/SSO). It also lists the hosting/deployment model and provides a detailed inventory of DHIS2 server instances and URLs (including production, non-production, staging, and provincial instances), plus some operational metrics and notes on DHIS licensing and the facility hierarchy aligned to the Master Health Facility List (MHFL).

Facts

Places

Eastern Cape

Reference

https://www.health.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/NDOH-09-2026-26-Additional-Information.pdf

Key Takeaways

  • Document subject: webDHIS (DHIS2) Technical Stack Overview for South Africa NDoH
  • Architecture: three-tier (browser UI; Java DHIS2 stack on Apache Tomcat; PostgreSQL database)
  • Primary function: national health information management (aggregate reporting, indicator management, programme monitoring, dashboards/analytics, tracker use cases)
  • Supported clients: DHIS2 Capture, data entry apps, dashboards/analytics, pivot tables, maps/GIS, event & tracker apps, custom DHIS2 apps
  • Browser support: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
  • Security: role-based access control and organisation-unit-based data access; integration with Active Directory, LDAP, SSO and other approved mechanisms
  • Integration: DHIS2 REST Web API; exchange formats include JSON, CSV, XML, ADX, and FHIR-based payloads
  • Hosting model: centrally hosted and managed; multi-instance deployments; physical/virtualised/cloud-hosted; high availability, redundancy, backup/recovery, disaster recovery
  • Operational metrics mentioned: active DHIS2 users increased by 58% since Sep 2019; facility capturing and data timeliness/data entry timeliness rates shown for 2019–2025
  • DHIS licensing note: NDoH has a non-exclusive license to use DHIS software modules; District Health Management Information System Policy governs use with relevant SOPs
  • Facility hierarchy: province, district, sub-district, health facility, reporting unit; aligned with Master Health Facility List (MHFL)
  • Server inventory includes URLs such as https://nhc-portal.dhis.dhmis.org, https://nqpr.dhis.dhmis.org, https://ripda.dhis.dhmis.org, https://sarms.dhis.dhmis.org, https://za.dhis.dhmis.org, and provincial instances like https://ec.dhis.dhmis.org
  • National Department of Health (NDoH)
  • DHIS2 (webDHIS)
  • HISP
  • Apache Tomcat
  • PostgreSQL
  • Active Directory (AD)
  • LDAP
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Master Health Facility List (MHFL)