HDSS Tool Expert Evaluation
Ethiopia's Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) network runs across roughly 16 university-based sites, most of them still on an aging OpenHDS, ODK, and MySQL stack. The network is choosing its next platform. Your expert judgment on one candidate (DHIS2, OpenHDS, HDS-Explorer, or CommCare) feeds directly into that choice.
Rate the tool assigned to you honestly. Note where it falls short as carefully as where it performs well. A generous rating here means a site inherits a tool that can't do what the rating promised.
This evaluation is part of the ImpactHDSS Ethiopia platform-selection process, led by Techally Consult and building on the IT Task Team's baseline assessment.
Before you start
- 35 indicators across 7 thematic areas (data model, offline field collection, configuration, reporting, multi-site integration, security, sustainability).
- Expect roughly 45–60 minutes for a thorough, evidence-based pass.
- Each indicator asks for a 1–5 rating, a capability mode, and supporting evidence and/or gap notes.
- We calculate weights and composite scores separately and don't show them here, so they can't skew your rating on any item.
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