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DIPC Ghana

Digital Innovation in Pandemic Control: Ghana

Strengthening digital systems for immunization in Ghana

As part of the GIZ-funded Digital Innovation in Pandemic Control (DIPC) project in Ghana, Digital Square partnered with Ghana Health Service (GHS) to better understand the landscape of tools currently used in Ghana's immunization health domain.

This landscaping resulted in the publication of a country profile, which provides an overview of current digital systems that support immunization used in Ghana. The profile also outlines priorities so that Ghana—led by the direction of GHS and its existing governance mechanisms and supported by other key stakeholders—can use the findings to inform its journey to develop and operationalize interoperable digital systems that support immunization from end to end. 

These efforts will unify Ghana’s digital health ecosystem and bolster effective vaccine planning and service delivery with the goal of increasing high-quality vaccination services.

Activities

DIPC project implementation in Ghana is strengthening existing digital immunization systems by working to: 

  1. Enhance the DHIS2 e-Tracker so it can serve as Ghana's electronic immunization registry for COVID-19 and routine immunization.

  2. Strengthen the capacity of health workers by updating content for the GHS eLearning platform so that system users can effectively build their knowledge of digital systems to support immunization.

  3. Support interoperability of current digital immunization tools by providing detailed requirements for an interoperability layer (IOL) and evaluating potential software systems that best meets GHS needs.

DIPC Ghana Resources

DIPC is a partnership between the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Digital Square at PATH. The two-year project is working with ministries of health in Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania to select and adapt digital tools to strengthen immunization systems.