How long does this certification take?

The programme is 11 Week and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

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What level is this certification?

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Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform) (CHISS) | Online Certification

Executive Summary

Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform)

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform) (CHISS) delivers a rigorous Advanced-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in human resource management, talent development and organisational effectiveness.

This 11 Week programme is structured around SHRM, CIPD and ILO Labour Standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s DHIS2 Platform holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform)

Acronym

DHIS2 Platform

Who Should Enrol?

Security and Data Protection — applied to your own work
Cloud, Connectivity and Cost — applied to your own work
Automation, AI and Their Limits — applied to your own work
Adoption and Lifecycle — applied to your own work
Requirements and the Real Problem — applied to your own work
Data Quality and Sources — applied to your own work

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards CHRO and senior people-management roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with SHRM, CIPD and ILO Labour Standards

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex human resource management functions

Organisational Impact

Design and implement human resource management systems that drive performance and measurable results

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to human resource management

Global Employability

Qualify for human resource management roles across multinationals, NGOs and international organisations worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Data Engineering and Management

✦Analytics, Machine Learning and AI

✦Performance, Reward and Employee Relations

✦HR Strategy, Analytics and Workforce Planning

✦Employment Law, Compliance and HR Governance

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform)

Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform): industry context, trends and professional standards
Computing fundamentals and IT concepts
The role of IT in business and value creation
IT operating models and organisation
Hardware, software and systems overview
The technology landscape and trends
IT professional roles and standards
Digital transformation and IT strategy
Ethics, responsibility and digital citizenship
IT service and product mindset
Career pathways and professional development

Security and Data Protection

Cybersecurity fundamentals and the human factor
Data protection and privacy by design
Cloud, infrastructure and the connectivity constraint
Vendor selection and managing technology suppliers
Big data platforms (Spark, Hadoop)
Streaming and real-time data
Business continuity and disaster recovery
Cloud data platforms
Statistics and exploratory data analysis
Digital user experience and accessibility
Analytical techniques and bias
Management accounts and dashboards
Managing technology teams and technical work
Natural language processing
Forecasting and planning

Cloud, Connectivity and Cost

Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Compliance and audit in ERP
Data governance in enterprise systems
Data visualisation for finance
Measuring ERP value
Decision support and insight
Communicating financial results
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Attachment and developmental theory
Performance and optimisation
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Managing boundaries and dual relationships

Automation, AI and Their Limits

Automation and where it genuinely pays
Artificial intelligence: capability, limits and responsible use
Correlation, causation and experiment design
ERP concepts and business processes
Peer support and consultation
Finance, procurement and supply modules
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Master data and configuration
ERP platforms and vendors
Fit-gap analysis and selection
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Duty of care and risk management
Record-keeping and data protection
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies

Adoption and Lifecycle

Delivering technology change that people adopt
Technical debt and system lifecycle
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Client feedback and satisfaction
Emerging-technology evaluation
Evidence-based improvement
Business models for new tech
Ethics and responsible innovation
Managing risk and difficult cases
User adoption and change
Risk and regulatory considerations
Lessons learned and development
Roadmapping and investment
Scaling innovation to production
Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test

Requirements and the Real Problem

Requirements and the specification gap
Delivering technology change that people adopt
Turning analysis into a decision
Network design, LAN/WAN and topologies
TCP/IP, DNS and routing
Wireless, mobile and edge networking
Cloud platforms and services
Containerisation and Kubernetes
Serverless and microservices
Platform engineering and reliability (SRE)
Monitoring, observability and logging
Network security and zero trust
Cost, performance and capacity management
Designing and facilitating groups
Evaluation metrics and monitoring

Data Quality and Sources

Data quality and the fitness-for-purpose test
Systems integration and the single source of truth
Turning analysis into a decision
Psychoeducation and workshops
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Designing an intervention or programme
Professional case study and presentation
Evidence-based practice
Risk assessment and safety planning
Goal setting and contracting
Treatment planning and review
Managing complexity and comorbidity
Workplace and organisational contexts
Cost, performance and FinOps
Change talk and readiness

Learning and Knowledge

Knowledge management and organisational learning
Inclusive learning and accessibility
Principles of teaching, training and learning
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Strategic learning and the adaptive organisation
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Goal setting and action planning
Complaint data and learning
Active and experiential learning
Learning objectives and outcomes
Learning strategy and business alignment
Learning cultures and the learning organisation
Blended and hybrid learning design
Motivation and self-directed learning

Health and Safety Context

Customer and brand health metrics
Brand health and measurement
Regulatory compliance and biosafety
Safety management systems (ISO 45001)
Product safety and standards
Safety management systems overview (ISO 45001)
Safety culture and leadership
Safety communication and campaigns
Influencing and safety leadership
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Confidentiality and health data
Brand safety and responsible marketing
Driving measurable safety improvement
Designing a safety programme or control
Job safety analysis (JSA) and task risk

Technology Foundations

Digital transformation strategy
Scaling technology and teams
Measuring digital transformation impact
Professional ethics in technology
Digital accessibility and inclusion
System performance and reliability metrics
Bridging business and technology
Capstone scoping: a real technology problem
Designing a technical solution or system
Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Ethical and responsible technology
Digital transformation roadmaps
Innovation and technology investment
Team leadership in technology
Cloud and data security

Data and Evidence

Dashboards, reporting and the metric that misleads
Data storytelling and communicating findings
Data modelling and database design
NoSQL and modern data stores
Data warehousing and data lakes
ETL, data pipelines and engineering
Data analytics and visualisation
Big data technologies and platforms
Data privacy and protection
Dashboards and data storytelling
KPIs and metric design
Turning insight into decisions
Servers, storage and data centres
Data ethics, privacy and protection
Continuous improvement and DevOps metrics

Governance and Risk

Project governance and risk
Testing, quality assurance and defect economics
Version control and collaborative development
Governance, risk and compliance
Quality assurance and code review
Risk management and security frameworks
Governance, compliance and standards (ISO 27001)
IT governance frameworks (COBIT)
Enterprise architecture governance
Risk, compliance and audit
Cyber risk management
Quality management systems and audits
Regulatory compliance and market requirements
Governance of service standards
Governance of the CX programme

Legal and Regulatory

Regulatory and privacy requirements
Smart contracts and dApps
Regulatory awareness (GDPR and beyond)
Vendor, contract and asset management
Compliance and regulatory projects
Procurement and contract value
Procurement and contract management
Advocacy and policy engagement
Habit change and behaviour design
Regulatory and fair-treatment obligations
Data privacy and consent
The regulatory landscape and central banking
Data ethics and customer privacy
Regulatory duty and accountability
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules

Delivery and Projects

Agile delivery and iterative development
Agile and product operating models
Continuous improvement in delivery
IT project and portfolio management
Leading IT projects and change
Range planning and category management
Mine planning and methods: surface and underground
Accountability and follow-through
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Media planning and buying
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Scaling delivery capability
Building project management maturity
Measuring change and project impact
Sustainability and social impact in projects

Leadership and Decisions

IT service management and ITIL
Incident, problem and change management
Configuration and asset management
IT financial management and value
Identity and access management
Vulnerability management
Training and change management
Vendor and partner management
Upgrades and roadmap management
IT service management and support operations
IT operations and service management
Innovation management and R&D
Incident and problem management
Patching and change management
DevOps, CI/CD and release management

Capability and Training

Front-end and back-end development
Building digital capability in an organisation
Web and mobile application development
High-potential identification and talent reviews
Creating a coaching culture
Delegating for development
Assessment that measures capability
Managing the training function as a business
Coaching, mentoring and on-the-job development
Managing resistance and capability building
Supplier development and improvement
Project management plan development
Schedule development and optimisation
Team development and effectiveness
Coaching and developing team members

Change and Adoption

Data literacy and adoption
Managing resistance and upskilling
Digital and self-service transformation
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Managing resistance and reskilling
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Technology governance and change control
Foreign exchange and hedging
Change management and adoption
The finance function and digital transformation
Measuring growth and transformation impact
Measuring coaching outcomes
Digital and market transformation
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations

Operations and Service

Incident response process
Process optimisation and RPA
Software design patterns and quality
Quality, defects and reliability
Process modelling and mapping
APIs and service design
Service strategy, design and transition
Continual service improvement
Quality management on site: inspections, hold points and defects
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Reporting quality and governance
Quality control and continuous improvement
Integrated risk and quality control
Data quality and governance
Cross-functional collaboration with product and service

Cost and Investment

Vehicle financing, insurance and total cost of ownership conversations
Costing production: standard costs, variances and the true cost of scrap
Non-revenue water, metering and cost recovery
Pricing, promotions and markdowns in retail
Strengths, flow and engagement
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Preparing financial statements
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis
The banking system, intermediation and financial markets
Anti-corruption and financial-crime ethics
Operational efficiency and cost-to-income
Financial statement and cash-flow analysis

Stakeholders and Vendors

Negotiation with vendors
Data products and stakeholder value
Stakeholder and gap analysis
Stakeholder mapping and business partnering
Presenting and influencing
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Influencing and persuasion
Stakeholder identification and analysis
Vendor selection and management
Stakeholder engagement strategy
Managing expectations and influence

Communication and Documentation

Professional and technical documentation
Cryptography and secure communications
Business intelligence and reporting
Professional documentation and presentation
Communication planning and management
Reporting and dashboards
Project data, reporting and analytics
Document and configuration management
Integrated marketing communications
Dashboards and performance reporting
Professional presentation and pitching
Influencing and presenting insights
Professional and persuasive communication
Transaction monitoring and suspicious reporting
Process and control documentation

Users and Customers

Managing user and customer expectations
Backlogs, user stories and prioritisation
Market analysis and environmental scanning
Customer personas and insight
Product and portfolio strategy
Go-to-market and channel strategy
The marketing concept and customer orientation
Innovation and new product launch
Market and customer analysis
Campaign or go-to-market plan
Customer success and retention
Ethics and fair customer treatment
Professional ethics in customer service
Customer service and CX strategy
Designing voice-of-customer programmes

Strategic Context

IT strategy and business alignment
Innovation and experimentation culture
Data-driven and platform business models
Automated testing strategies
Emerging threats and defensive strategy
Vision, mission and strategic intent
Competitive strategy and positioning
Business model design and innovation
Setting strategic priorities and choices
Aligning teams around strategy
Strategy execution and the balanced scorecard
Competitive analysis and differentiation
Brand and reputation as strategic assets
Growth strategy and demand generation
Designing a marketing or sales strategy

Security

Security by design
Awareness and security culture
Risk, security and feasibility analysis
Cybersecurity and fraud technology
Fraud risk and controls
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Security risk management methodology
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Claims investigation and fraud indicators
Meaning, purpose and values
Professional ethics and conduct in security
Cybersecurity governance
Data breach and incident governance
Cybersecurity and information governance
Cybersecurity and data protection in HR

Performance Measurement

Performance and load testing
Measuring IT value and performance
Performance tuning and optimisation
Scalability, availability and performance
IT KPIs, SLAs and scorecards
Concurrency and performance
Capacity and performance management
Setting objectives, indicators and targets
Linking CX to business performance
Service KPIs: CSAT, NPS, CES, SLAs
Performance management in service
Investment principles and objectives
Performance management systems and cycles
Performance measurement and KPI dashboards
Continuous feedback and performance conversations

Procurement and Supply

Third-party and supply-chain risk
Supply markets and the enabling environment
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
E-procurement and procure-to-pay systems
Supply chain visibility and control towers
AI, blockchain and digital supply chains
Sustainable procurement principles and standards
Fair trade and responsible supply
Inventory service levels and the cost of stockouts
Emergency, humanitarian and constrained procurement
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Outcome and process measures
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Conflicts of interest and procurement ethics
Supply market analysis

Workforce

Communicating risk to the workforce
Workforce and shift management in retail
Workforce management and scheduling
Workforce planning and scheduling
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Customer (employee/manager) satisfaction
Recruitment marketing and candidate attraction
Talent, succession and workforce learning
Applicant tracking systems and recruitment analytics
Digital HR and the employee experience platform
Data protection and employee privacy

Ethics and Standards

Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Ethics of technology in practice
Professional ethics and responsibility (PMI)
Professional standards and ethics
Marketing and sales ethics
Sustainability and responsible marketing
Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Corporate social responsibility and community impact
Responsible and ethical service
Ethics and integrity in banking
Embedding responsible business
Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct in HR
Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
Ethics and duty of care

International Context

Cross-border data and transfers
The agricultural sector: systems, actors and global food value chains
Requirements and analysis
Malware and attack analysis
Systems analysis, design and modelling
The business analysis discipline and role
Escalation and decision-making
Team leadership and motivation
Scheduling and planning tools
Programme governance and assurance
Strategic alignment of investments

Sustainability

Sustainability and green IT
Energy efficiency and demand management
Mine water, tailings and environmental management
Integrated and sustainability reporting
The project environment and stakeholders
Monitoring sustainability outcomes
Monitoring, evaluation and sustainability plan
Sustainability certification and standards
Responsible and sustainable banking
Sustainable and green banking
Control environment and risk assessment
Responsible and sustainable governance
ESG principles and frameworks
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Environmental governance and climate risk

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Security and Data Protection — applied to your own work
Cloud, Connectivity and Cost — applied to your own work
Automation, AI and Their Limits — applied to your own work
Adoption and Lifecycle — applied to your own work
Requirements and the Real Problem — applied to your own work
Data Quality and Sources — applied to your own work

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the DHIS2 Platform certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with SHRM, CIPD and ILO Labour Standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the DHIS2 Platform?

This certification is ideal for HR Managers and Directors, HR Business Partners, Learning and Development Managers and Employee Relations and OD Specialists, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in human resource management, talent development and organisational effectiveness with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the DHIS2 Platform certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 Week and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the DHIS2 Platform internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the DHIS2 Platform certification?

The Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform) is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 449 and Live Virtual at USD 649. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the DHIS2 Platform certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the DHIS2 Platform?

The Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform) is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the DHIS2 Platform?

The Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform) carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the DHIS2 Platform while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the DHIS2 Platform?

Graduates progress towards CHRO and senior people-management roles. The DHIS2 Platform strengthens your expertise in human resource management, talent development and organisational effectiveness and positions you for advancement across multinationals, NGOs and international organisations.

Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform)

Certified Health Information Systems Specialist (DHIS2 Platform)

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

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