the registry of all health workers

Two MoH registries / resources

DHIS2central repository of all HMIS

systems for the country

and

the registry list for all facilities

iHRIS

… but they are not connected

mHero

mHero

Connect DHIS+IHRIS data flows

Allow realtime data input from frontline workers on basic mobile phones

And information management for supervisors through smartphones

For example…

1) for CDC: sending Ebola lab results to field workers

2) for WHO: polls of facility worker safety

3) for UNICEF: household visit follow-up through SMS

4) …for MoH…: validation of iHRIS database

These opportunities draw from the same government databases, and all of feed into (connect) common data storage

They use open standards so they can connect to other platforms

Extending DHIS+IHRIS gives us opportunities

mHero will extend these systems to give the MoH:

1) realtime data for action

2) better access to and connection with field workers and uReporters

3) connections to the database that CDC/WHO/UNICEF and others are using for forms-based data projects

With collaborations from partners including: Mercy Corps, RBHS, MSF, USAID GEMS, Intrahealth, INSTEDD, Google, and others

mHero: Extending IHRIS

1) Sustainability

2) Being open source

3) Local-ownership

mHero is based upon Principles of Innovation agreed upon by UNICEF, USAID, UN EOSG, WFP, UNDP and others including:

(see more at www.unicefinnovation.org/principles)

Emergencies and creating stronger national systems:

Time in Nameebo Rural HealthClinic from collection of early infant diagnosis sample to delivery of HIV result:

April 2009:(paper data)

66 days

February 2011:(SMS data)

34 days

Project Mwana

Real-time reporting through basic mobile phones on over 18 million births in Nigeria

Antenatal care across Rwanda (400k pregnant women + nutritional screening for 800k <2-year children through SMS)

1) Prototype a common set of tools (DHIS2, IHRIS, RapidPro, ODK/DCP, etc.) identified and quick, agile development of solutions:

1) Action: MoH supported by UNICEF, USAID, CDC, WHO, WFP, eHealth Africa, Google and others

2)Finalize agreements with Mobile Network Operators for shortcodes, data access, phone numbers, and engineering support through the LTA –

2) Action: MoH followup with LTA supported by UNICEF and USAID: GEMS

3)Create a coordination team in MoH for assessing new projects as they come in and coordinate across partners

2) Action: MoH set up team, with RBHShelping craft this with input from UNICEF experience in other markets

chris fabian / unicef / twitter @unickf / www.unicefinnovation.org

To move forward