Open-source tools as a foundation of global health infrastructure

Introduction to presentation

One of the essential pillars of a well-functioning health system is health financing. Health information systems are a driver of many health system functions since they enable the majority of the operations within the health ecosystem. Due to the intricacies of their operations, many nations have had difficulty managing their health financing systems. openIMIS is a flexible, interoperable, open-source platform that has been utilised for the management and administration of health financing and social protection programmes. openIMIS has been effectively implemented in multiple countries across the globe, with over 10 million beneficiaries already recorded. Since 2016, Nepal has used openIMIS to administer its national social insurance programme via the National Health Insurance Board.

Recording of presentation

Background Global Digital Health Forum

GDHF is the leading global public health industry networking and relationship-building opportunity for technology vendors, donors, researchers, government representatives, and implementing organizations working in low- and middle-income countries.

GDHF 2023 was conducted as a hybrid Forum again and featured 3-days of virtual and in-person content. Washington D.C. acted as the main hub for the in-person portion of this hybrid event and satellite locations around the globe were announced for so called ‘Watch Parties’, among them Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Indoniea, Chile and St. Lucia.  The virtual platform had a capacity for 5,000+ participants.

The presentation featured above was prepared by Dr. Sylvia Mwelu, Kenyan Health Informatics Assoication (KeHIA) for one of the watch parties.

GDHF 2023 website