Session Name: Implementers’ Experiences: Country Sharing Roundtable
Time / Room: 3:45 - 4:45 Marquee
Notes:
5 countries represented:
Representant of Malawi DUP
- Dykki: what did you enjoy of the OHIE event?
- Happy to see how people are oprganizing this event themselves
- Hope his tech team had the chance toi interact with HIE implementers
- Malawi is around 6 on 10 for their HI
MoH Rwanda:
Happy to see how other countries porgress and are developing their HI via OHIE
Scale on 1 to 10, Rwanda is at 2 based on where they want to be. BUt they are very confidnet to scale up
TZ:
Scale of 1 to 10 - difficult to provide, but 4.5
MIke MOba: Liberia
- My concept of OpenHIE has been broadening
- Stage at Implementation of the OHIE, it's 3
- I have learned a lot from the stories. Especially the countries that have implemented HIE. I'm looking forward to learning more about health insurance, across boarders and logistics management.
- ? representing Eritria, Ethiopia, Djbouti, Uganda, Kenya regional block
- How data and information can be shared.
- Do you see OHIE being able to help with cross-border - yes.
Q: can you share some examples of where you are beginning to see results that are improving access/ availibility or use of data?
- A: ?? - Most of our countries are migrant populates and let's say a mother travels from Sudan to Uganda. The child is given a dose before migrating and then three months latter in Uganda the child needs another dose of immunization. Sharing data makes it easier.
- A: Malawi - bringing data from systems together
Q: What can external institutions like Africa CDC and WHO do to support the future directions in HIS?
- A: Uganda- Capacity building in ICT
- A: Liberia- Also capacity building in ICT, health system analysts, etc. Infrastructure needs- Internet penetration is only at 8% in liberia, so applications reliant on internet have challenges in scaling. Electricity reliability and access is also an issue across the country.
- A: Tanzania: issues of standards and human resources across technical experts and users.
- A: Rwanda - our partners should be part of the journey
- 1st, Make sure to have a contact in the MoH in the country you plan to work