IHIP Portal Guide: Integrated Health Information Platform Explained

What IHIP is and why it replaced paper reporting

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched IHIP virtually on 5 April 2021. The PIB release called it "the next generation highly refined version of the presently used Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP)". (One journal article gives 1 April 2021; we follow the PIB date.)

According to the PIB release, IHIP:

• tracks 33 diseases, up from 18 under the earlier IDSP system;
• replaces paper-based reporting with near-real-time digital data entry;
• gives real-time, case-based information, integrated analytics and advanced visualization;
• lets reports be viewed on mobile and other devices;
• allows outbreak investigations to be started and monitored electronically;
• is compatible with the National Digital Health Mission.

Data come from grassroots workers using tablets, doctors at PHCs, CHCs, sub-district hospitals (SDHs) and district hospitals (DHs), and diagnostic labs. WHO India reported that the platform was rolled out across all states in the week before 14 April 2021, with more than 64,000 participants trained in over 600 districts. The NCDC newsletter (Oct to Dec 2023) says IDSP moved to IHIP reporting phase-wise from October 2021, the last states migrated in 2023, and the platform now has more than 250,000 reporting units.

IHIP is not only for IDSP. The same NCDC newsletter lists other programmes using it, including the National Programme for Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH), the National Malaria Elimination Programme, the National One Health Programme for Prevention and Control of Zoonoses and the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme.

Who uses IHIP

Each IHIP user ID is tied to one health facility or lab. The official manuals name these main users:

For responsibilities in detail, and how user IDs are built, read IHIP user roles and hierarchy.

S, P and L forms at a glance

NCDC describes three reporting formats: "S" (Suspected Cases), "P" (Presumptive Cases) and "L" (laboratory Confirmed Cases), filled by health workers, clinicians and laboratory staff respectively. They follow the same patient story at three levels of certainty:

On IHIP, P form cases that need a test are automatically forwarded to the linked L form user. If you are unsure which form is yours, the form picker on our S, P and L forms comparison matches your post and facility to the right form and guide.

How a report travels from sub-centre to CSU

IHIP is one shared platform, so data entered at the bottom becomes visible to higher levels without being posted on paper. A typical path looks like this:

1. Sub Centre: the health worker (the S form user; a 2023 journal article names ANMs) records suspected cases on the S form, from a desktop or the IHIP Android app.
2. PHC, CHC or hospital: the medical officer enters presumptive cases and deaths on the P form. Cases needing a test are auto-forwarded to the linked lab.
3. Laboratory: the lab user adds the result on the Laboratory Cases Form. The manuals ask that results be entered within 7 days of testing.
4. District Surveillance Unit (DSU): the DSO reviews reporting status, checks unusual increases and raises or follows up Event Alerts.
5. Rapid Response Team: if an outbreak is suspected, the RRT investigates and updates the outbreak record in the portal.
6. State Surveillance Unit (SSU): the SSO sees day-wise status for the last 2 weeks and week-wise status beyond that.
7. Central Surveillance Unit (CSU) at NCDC: national monitoring and the published Weekly Outbreak Report.

Older paper guidance (historical, from the 2008 IDSP form guidelines) had fixed days: sub-centres to PHC by Monday, PHC to district by Tuesday. We found no official current IHIP deadline that replaces them, so confirm your local reporting day with your district surveillance unit.

The reporting week and daily entry

IDSP has always used a Monday to Sunday reporting week. On IHIP, the P form user manual says users are expected to enter data every day, while state performance reports (for example the NHM Assam IDSP guideline for 2024 to 26) still measure S, P and L reporting week by week. So in practice: enter daily, and expect to be judged weekly.

Official weekly outbreak reports carry week numbers such as "49th week 2025" (1 to 7 December 2025). In our own checks, these numbers match the ISO 8601 week system, but we found no official written rule for week 1, so treat that as our observation. To find the week number for any date, use the epidemiological week calendar on the IHIP reporting schedule page.

Outbreak alerts and the weekly outbreak report

Any health worker (through the mobile app), medical officer, IDSP nodal officer or district, state or national user can raise an Event Alert. Outbreaks are then started and investigated in the portal by the RRT, and can be marked "Completed" when there are no new cases for twice the incubation period after the last onset.

NCDC figures show how much reporting has grown: 554 outbreaks in 2020, 728 in 2021, 1,027 in 2022, 1,862 in 2023, 3,020 in 2024 and 2,285 in 2025, with 1,103 reported in 2026 up to week 27. Trigger levels, alert fields and report columns are covered in outbreak reporting in IDSP.

IHIP, IDSP and HMIS: not the same thing

These three names are often mixed up:

• IDSP is the programme, launched in November 2004 with World Bank assistance and run by NCDC. See IDSP explained.
• IHIP is the digital platform where IDSP (and some other programmes) now report.
• HMIS is a separate web system for monthly, facility-wise aggregate data used to monitor the National Health Mission. In our own summary of the official sources, it tracks service delivery rather than disease surveillance.

If you used the earlier system, IHIP vs the old IDSP portal explains what changed.

Staying safe: official addresses and help

The current official address is ihip.mohfw.gov.in, with IDSP reporting at ihip.mohfw.gov.in/idsp. Older manuals (2020) used ihip.nhp.gov.in and idsp.nhp.gov.in; these have been superseded. Keep these points in mind:

• There is no self-registration. Your user ID is created by the State Surveillance Officer after a request from your DSO.
• Forgot your password? Use "Reset Password" on the official Sign In page; the OTP goes to the mobile number saved in "My Profile". See IHIP login help.
• The manuals show a toll-free "IDSP Helpdesk" number, 1-800-180-1104, and an in-portal "Report Problem" form. We could not verify that the number is still live in 2026, so confirm with your district surveillance unit.
• The Android app is offered from the "Downloads" menu inside the portal. We found no confirmed official Play Store listing, so do not install look-alike apps.
• Never share your password or OTP, even with colleagues or anyone claiming to be support staff.

New to the terms used above? Our public health glossary lists the full forms.