Ethiopia’s first and second health sector strategic plans, Health Sector Transformation Plans (HSTP I and II) identified the Information Revolution (IR), a strategic document for digital health systems investments, as a key priority area. The Ministry of Health (MOH) developed a variety of national electronic health (eHealth) applications to meet the country’s priority health needs. There was no framework or set of standards to normalize health data and govern standard-based health information exchange among existing eHealth systems. Moreover, there were no mechanisms to institutionalize or assess existing eHealth system maturity level. Figure 1 depicts how the eHA aligns with other national eHealth strategic documents.

Source: Ethiopian News September 20, 2022 19:52 UTC