Digital Public Goods & Health

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Featuring consecutive session on Digital Public Goods and Health:
10:45 - 11.30 Session by eGov Foundation
11.30 - 12.00 Case study by BAO Systems and FHI 360
12.00 - 12.15 Discussion & Wrap
More details to follow.

Health | Digital public infrastructure/goods | Local leadership Breakout Session

Mar 20, 2024 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM(Africa/Accra)

Venue : Britannia

20240320T1045 20240320T1215 Africa/Accra Digital Public Goods & Health Featuring consecutive session on Digital Public Goods and Health: 10:45 - 11.30 Session by eGov Foundation 11.30 - 12.00 Case study by BAO Systems and FHI 36012.00 - 12.15 Discussion & WrapMore details to follow. Britannia 12th ICT4D Conference adminict4dconf@crs.org

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Reimagining Health Campaigns with DIGIT HCM: Lessons Learned from Mozambique

Case StudyLocal Leadership for a Digital Future 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM (Africa/Accra) 2024/03/20 10:45:00 UTC - 2024/03/20 11:30:00 UTC

Understand a platform-first approach to health campaigns that was co-created with partners for faster, cost-effective & accountable health campaigns. Objectives: ● Educate stakeholders about the benefits of the DPI approach in public health campaigns. ● Demonstrate how the adoption of an open-source product like DIGIT HCM not only improves end-to-end campaign management but also enhances the accountability and adaptability of health campaigns beyond just malaria. ● Elaborate the importance of ‘more than technology’ needed for successful implementations.

Lessons learned● When customised to local needs, the platform enhances state capacity and digital progress through government collaboration. ● Data collected through shared data repositories control data quality and ensures a ‘single source of truth’ ● A convergence of the collective in public health is more robust than a stand-alone solution. Partnerships formed the backbone of this rollout. ● Using a DPI and collaborative approach can significantly enhance the reach and effectiveness of health campaigns, providing a model that can be replicated and adapted in other countries. ● Beyond the deployment of technology, capacity building and good governance are critical components for success.

Results and impact● Faster, cost-effective & efficient end-to-end campaigns. ● Reached the at-risk population, achieving higher and more accurate coverage. ● Through real-time data and insights, the platform enabled quick adjustments, optimising resource allocation and improving campaign outcomes.

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Accelerating HMIS adoption with digital public goods - A use case from Liberia

Case StudyLocal Leadership for a Digital Future 11:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Africa/Accra) 2024/03/20 11:30:00 UTC - 2024/03/20 12:00:00 UTC

Explore the power of free open-source tools to accelerate HMIS adoption and the idea of software platforms as a digital public good. Hear about the development of a standardized HMIS metadata platform and experience from countries that have used it.

Detailed description and methodObjectives of the session include:
- To educate participants about the benefits, challenges, and opportunities of utilizing digital public goods, specifically for accelerating HMIS adoption.
- To demonstrate the benefits of using open source, low-code approaches, instead of proprietary software.
- To facilitate collaborative discussions and knowledge sharing among participants about how standardization and adoption of digital public goods can enable and hinder sustainability.
- To empower participants to consider whether their work could be made public as a digital public good.

The session will be structured as follows:
- Presentations and case studies
- Interactive knowledge exchange

Lessons learned- Open-source solution helps promote sustainability of project-supported systems as well
- Making the system freely available and open source has led to external adoption
- Not all system differences necessitate adjustments, but in some cases, countries modified their data collection to enhance system robustness within comprehensive systems.

Results and impactStandardizing has allowed rapid scale-up of the solution
- pre-standardization: 9 trackers in last 7 years
- post-standardization: 10 in the first 12 months

The use of open source technology has eased integration with other national data systems

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