The NEP Custom Data Import Application is a standalone Grails application that was developed by 2Paths Solutions Ltd. for Johns Hopkins University to support a data repository for their National Evaluation Platforms (NEP).
From 2014 through 2017, four African countries — Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, and Tanzania are building their own National Evaluation Platforms, with technical guidance from the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Institute for International Programs (IIP) and funding support from the Government of Canada. Public institutions are leading actors in every aspect of NEP's development and use. Each country has identified a "home institution" to manage NEP by maintaining the data, conducting analyses, and leading hands-on capacity-building workshops with teams of other public sector NEP stakeholders. A national steering committee of high-level leaders from stakeholder institutions identifies priority evaluation questions and receives NEP findings.
The NEP hosts its data repository with DHIS 2, and the NEP Custom Data Import App facilitates the import of data in csv format into DHIS 2. The application supports both Tracker (Survey) data, and Aggregate Data Set data (eg: Census data).
Please see the NEP Custom Data Import Manual for a full description of the system and its functionality:
TODO: link to Manual from JHU
The NEP Custom Data Import Application is open source software licensed under the liberal BSD license and is free for everyone to install and use.
Please see the License for the NEP Custom Data Import Application
This codebase was developed in partnership with 2Paths Solutions Ltd. and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and was finalized for the purposes of the project on July 31, 2017. If you have questions about this project, please contact the 2Paths Development Team at nep-os@2paths.com or Emily Wilson at JHU at ewilso28@jhu.edu.
The NEP Custom Data Import Application has been developed against DHIS 2 versions 2.24 and 2.25. This github repository has the following corresponding branches:
- nep-v2.24
- nep-v2.25
Please ensure you use the appropriate branch for the version of DHIS 2 that you are connecting to.
Please refer to the following documentation:
- License
- User Manual TODO
- High Level Architecture
- Server Setup and Installation
- Development Environment Setup
- Build and Deployment
- Application Maintenance
- DHIS 2 version 2.25 Upgrade From 2.24
If you are interested in contributing to this project, please contact the 2Paths Development Team at nep-os@2paths.com.
Emily Wilson
Research Associate
NEP Program
Johns Hopkins University
ewilso28@jhu.edu
2Paths Development Team
2Paths Solutions Ltd.
nep-os@2paths.com