The GIZ is happy to be part of the openIMIS community and connect with stakeholders, implementers as well as developers involved in digital health at the openHIE (Health Information Exchange) Community Meeting in Tanzania. The team is involved in the Sub-community UHC aiming at exploring interoperable solutions that facilitate the systems oriented integration of healthcare services and sharing experiences on how to harmonize tool development with implementation needs.…

Presentation at ICT4D: How low cost technology can standardize and bring greater transparency to micro-insurance schemes.
Xuân-Mai Kempf from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) presents openIMIS and its implementation in the South-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In many low- and middle-income countries, community-based health insurance schemes are being promoted to protect populations from catastrophic payments for health care.…

On the second day of the Transform Africa Summit, the International Telecommunication Union, World Health Organization and Novartis Foundation launch the Africa Alliance for Digital Health Network.