Omutsani Nandi , Digital Health Lead and DHIS2 Core contributor

Omutsani Nandi Digital Health Lead · DHIS2 Core Contributor

I am passionate about building country-owned digital health systems that are sustainable long after partners step away. I believe health workers deserve practical, reliable tools that help them deliver care more effectively.

Through my work, I collaborate with governments, implementers, and technical teams to integrate sustainable features into existing platforms, strengthen local capacity, and ensure digital solutions are designed around the needs of frontline users. Technology should empower health workers and health systems, not create additional burdens.

Over the last 10+ years, I have supported and led digital health initiatives across 18+ countries, contributed to the integration of supportive supervision functionality into DHIS2 Core v43, supported the migration of more than five country instances to national ownership, and trained over 280 Ministry of Health staff to independently manage and sustain their systems.

james.dhis2.ts

// what I do, distilled
const james = {
  role: "Digital Health Lead",
  based: "Nairobi, Kenya",
  countries: "18+",
  platform: "DHIS2 Core v43",
  migrated: "5+", // to govts
  trained: "280+",
  northStar: "govt ownership",
};

export default james;

Career highlights

Own product · In development

Hospital Management System

A hospital information system I am building end to end: patient registration and a master patient index, triage and queueing, consultation notes and orders, laboratory, pharmacy and inventory, billing and claims, with role-based access and an audit trail throughout. Designed for facilities that need something they can afford to run and actually own.

Patient recordsPharmacy & inventoryBillingRole-based accessPostgreSQL

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PATH · BAO · University of Oslo · 2026

Supportive Supervision in DHIS2 Core

Led the integration of supportive supervision features directly into DHIS2 Core v43 and Android 3.4, released globally on 5 May 2026. Eliminated the need for custom supervision apps. Structured supervision is now available to every DHIS2 user worldwide. Designed the frontline UX: colour-coded scoring, markdown formatting, side-by-side key/value displays.

DHIS2 Core v43Android 3.4Open sourceUX designAward finalist

PSI · Impact Malaria · 2019 – 2021

100+ Supervision Checklists, Digitized

Designed and digitized over 100 supportive supervision checklists into DHIS2 Event programs across 12 country programs, and ran the global helpdesk as focal point, streamlining feedback across multiple time zones.

DHIS2 EventsOTSS12 countriesGlobal helpdesk

PATH · REACH Malaria · 2024 – present

REACH Malaria Data Hub

Multi-country DHIS2 data hub underpinning the REACH Malaria portfolio across 18 countries. I lead system administration, dashboard development, validation rules, and the metadata governance and helpdesk SOPs that keep the whole estate coherent.

DHIS2 TrackerData governanceValidation rulesDashboardsPostgreSQL

REACH Malaria · 2026

REACH Malaria Resource

Writes the feedback text supervisors and facility teams see in HNQIS malaria supervision checklists. It reads each question in the workbook, drafts the guidance against WHO and national sources, and refuses to invent a figure or a document: where the sources do not support a standard, it says what evidence to check instead. Every line is reviewed and approved by a person before it reaches the workbook.

HNQISDHIS2WHO guidanceClaude APIHuman approval

Own product · 2026

Consultancy Operations System

The books my own practice runs on, built because the alternatives assume a finance department. Double entry throughout, so there is a balance sheet rather than a list of payments: quotes and invoices in shillings and dollars, each frozen as a PDF the moment it is issued, receipts photographed and read into a review queue, and bank and M-Pesa statements reconciled against the ledger so what is missing becomes visible. Kenyan specifics are built in, including tax withheld at source carried as an asset rather than written off.

PHPSQLiteDouble entryClaude API343 tests

Freelance · Ongoing

Custom Websites & Web Applications

Portfolio sites, dashboards and internal tools built to order. This site is one of them: hand-written HTML, CSS and PHP, no framework and no page builder, so it loads fast, reads well to search engines, and can be handed to someone else without a licence or a subscription attached.

HTML & CSSJavaScriptPHPPostgreSQLResponsiveSEO & accessibility

PSI · Global Services Hub · 2021 – 2024

Five Instances, Five Governments

Co-led the localization and migration of 5 country server instances into national government ownership, transitioning metadata, data, governance structures, and sustainable financing plans so ministries could run their own systems without partner dependency.

System migrationSustainable financingMoH partnershipMetadata transition

Advisory · Hospitals & health systems · Ongoing

Information Systems Audit & Migration

Independent review of hospital and health information systems before, during and after a change of platform. Discovery and gap analysis, schema comparison and field-level mapping, data quality profiling, master patient index and duplicate resolution, interoperability assessment, reconciliation testing, cutover and rollback planning, and a board-facing findings report with go or no-go recommendations.

Systems auditData migrationSchema mappingData quality profilingInteroperabilityCutover planningPostgreSQL

JHPIEGO · 2016 – 2018

PrEP Rollout Impact Assessment

Led assessments and quality improvement initiatives that contributed to significant gains in PrEP service data completeness, accuracy, and reporting performance across Nairobi, Machakos and Kiambu Counties, and trained more than 250 Ministry of Health staff on data management, system use, and data quality improvement.

PrEPImpact assessmentPower BIQuality assurance

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1. Apr 2026 – Present

   Digital Health Lead

   PATH · REACH Malaria

   Lead digital health strategy, systems strengthening, and AI integration for a REACH Malaria program spanning 18+ countries. Direct technical collaboration between PATH, BAO Systems, and the DHIS2 Core Team at the University of Oslo, while providing senior technical leadership to country teams and Ministries of Health on sustainable digital health investments, system governance, and national ownership.

2. 2024 – Mar 2026

   Digital Health Specialist

   PATH · REACH Malaria

   Led multi-country DHIS2 implementation and configuration efforts focused on data governance, supportive supervision, quality improvement, and system sustainability. Designed validation frameworks and quality assurance processes, delivered technical training in English and French, and supported the transition of project-funded platforms into nationally owned health information systems.

3. 2021 – 2024

   DHIS2 Specialist

   Population Services International (PSI)

   Led DHIS2 and HMIS design, configuration, and capacity-building activities across multiple countries. Co-led the migration of five country DHIS2 instances to government ownership, supporting sustainable financing, governance structures, and long-term operational plans that strengthened national stewardship of digital health systems.

4. 2019 – 2021

   DHIS2 Officer

   PSI · Impact Malaria

   Provided technical leadership for digital health deployments across 12 country programs. Digitized more than 100 supportive supervision and quality improvement tools into DHIS2, strengthened data use for decision-making, and served as a global focal point for DHIS2 user support and troubleshooting.

5. 2018 – 2019

   Community of Practice Coordinator

   PSI & University of Oslo

   Facilitated the global DHIS2 Community of Practice, promoting peer learning, knowledge exchange, and collaborative problem-solving among implementers, developers, and health information system professionals worldwide.

6. 2016 – 2018

   Data Management Assistant

   JHPIEGO

   Trained and mentored more than 250 Ministry of Health staff on data management, system use, and data quality improvement. Led assessments and quality improvement initiatives that contributed to significant gains in PrEP service data completeness, accuracy, and reporting performance in Nairobi, Machakos and Kiambu Counties in Kenya.

7. 2013 – 2016

   M&E and Research Assistant → Program Associate

   JHPIEGO

   Developed dashboards and reporting tools that improved data-driven decision-making across seven health programs. Supported operational research, tools digitization, and led implementation of the FUNGUO Life Plan initiative, empowering adolescent girls through mentorship, life skills, and health-focused interventions.

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