Maahir M&E vs DHIS2

The world's most deployed health information system.

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Executive overviewOctober 2026

Enrolled

18,240

of 20,900 target

Completion

87%

target 85%

Placement

62%

target 60%

At risk

institutes

Punjab · Batch 392%

Sindh · Skills of Tomorrow74%

Punjab · Takamol58%

Executive overview · October 2026

Pick DHIS2 if

You are in health and your ministry already mandates DHIS2
You need the DHIS2 data model and interoperability
You need its tracker and analytics depth

Pick Maahir if

Field collection that works offline, out of the box
Donor reporting as a first-class feature
AI today rather than in a roadmap
Education, social and multi-sector work without a health data model

The honest note

DHIS2 is a national health information system backed by a huge implementation ecosystem. If your ministry mandates it, that settles the question. Maahir M&E is for programmes that collect their own field data and report to donors. It does not try to run a national health system.

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KoboToolboxThe free, open-source field collection tool most NGOs already run.ODKThe reference implementation of XLSForm and the most capable open-source collector.SurveyCTOThe strongest research-grade collection platform, with encrypted submissions and offline case transfer.CommCareThe pioneer of real case management for frontline workers.

A census enumerator in Bangladesh holding the tablet they collect household data on — Every record starts with one person and one tablet.

The programme being measured: a classroom in Padang.

Two apprentices at a bench in a vocational training workshop while an instructor points at a checklist on the wall — The bench a monitoring visit checks.

A field data collector outside a rural concrete school building, working through a checklist on a tablet — Collecting it with no signal, outside a village school.

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