The Ugandan Ministry of Well being has immediately acquired model new Data Know-how (IT) Gear price USD 222,594 (equal to UGX 865,029,221) to assist the Ministry of Well being (MoH) within the ongoing digitization of well being service supply and the scale-up of Digital Medical Data (EMR) system throughout all public well being amenities.

The IT tools, comprising 95 laptops and 130 scanners, was donated by the Federal Republic of Germany, by means of World Well being Group (WHO), as a part of their partnership to enhance common well being protection. The tools can be channeled to the Nationwide Referral Hospital, chosen Regional Referrals, and Common hospitals.

The Ministry of Well being is digitizing well being service supply in step with the Well being Data and Digital Well being Strategic Plan 2020/21-2024/25 as aligned with the Well being Ministry’s Strategic Plan 2020/21. This was in response to the Nationwide Growth Plan (NDP) III and following a Presidential Directive to leverage info know-how as a car for enhancing medical provides accountability, the standard of well being care in addition to continuity of care based mostly on a transferable medical file.

Through the handover ceremony, Dr. Diana Atwine, Everlasting Secretary Ministry of Well being, welcomed the assist of WHO and Germany, which is able to contribute to enhancing digital medical information in well being amenities.

 “Ministry of Well being is rolling out a complete Digital Medical File system in a phased method to all well being amenities throughout the nation beginning with Nationwide Referral hospitals all the way down to excessive quantity Well being centre IIIs. We nonetheless nonetheless require a whole lot of funding in computer systems, in addition to networking tools to facilitate deployment and scale of the system in these well being amenities,” Dr. Atwine stated.

Echoing the identical appreciation, Dr. Christine Chakanyuka Musanhu, Officer In Cost – WHO Uganda Nation Workplace, stated that “Scaling up Digital Medical Data is an space WHO and its companions just like the Federal Republic of Germany are comfortable to assist. It resonates effectively with WHO’s imaginative and prescient of enhancing the nation’s well being system to fulfill the wants of its inhabitants.” She additional expressed gratitude for the partnership with the Federal Republic of Germany and the Ugandan authorities.

Hans von Schroeder, German Deputy Ambassador to Uganda, reiterated his authorities’s dedication to supporting the folks of Uganda, noting, “We imagine that by supporting the digitization of medical information, we’re taking part in a component in making certain well timed entry to healthcare by all who want it.”