How GitHub volunteers built an Open-source metrics dashboard for the World Health Organization

  • Author: Bagirishya D. Rwema
  • Type: Article
  • DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26554.66246
  • Status: Published
  • Institution: GitHub, WHO
  • Year: November, 2025
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Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) became the first UN agency to establish an Open Source Programme Office (OSPO), positioning the institution as a leader in applying open-source governance and innovation to global health. In partnership with GitHub since 2020, WHO has strengthened its innersource development practices and expanded its open-source ecosystem to more than 100 repositories. To ensure this ecosystem remains secure, reliable, and well-maintained, WHO needed a consistent way to evaluate performance and identify areas for improvement. Through GitHub’s Social Impact Skills-Based Volunteering program, GitHub employees provided technical support to help develop tools and processes that enhance WHO’s open-source governance and operational maturity.