This implementation guide is meant to facilitate operationalization of the Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates (DDCC) technical specifications and implementation guidance issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). This page includes links to the published DDCC: Vaccination Status (DDCC:VS) and DDCC: Test Result (DDCC:TR) guidance, as well as a small subset of other references from the guidance.

For additional resources, see the Dependencies page, which includes the standards referenced in this implementation guide, the Content Profiles page for examples of DDCC implementations and use, and the references sections in the linked guidance documents.

• DDCC:VS Technical specifications and implementation guidance
• Web annex A: DDCC:VS core data dictionary
• Web annex B: DDCC:VS technical briefing

• Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates (DDCC): Test Result (DDCC:TR)
• Web annex A: DDCC:TR core data dictionary

• DDCC Resource Library, within the WHO SMART Guidelines collection of the Digital Square Resource Library
• Open Health Information Exchange (OpenHIE) DDCC Implementation Guide.
• Digital implementation investment guide (DIIG): integrating digital interventions into health programmes. Geneva: World Health Organization; 15 September 2020 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240010567).