Another openIMIS implementation project, implemented by Enabel, has recently started in Mauritania, within the PASS project financed by the European Union. The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is supporting Enabel to implement openIMIS to help operate a voluntary health insurance system, managed by the CNASS (Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Santé; National Health Solidarity Fund) during a 4-year phase (2021-2025). Initially, the system will be tested in two regions of Mauritania, namely the Nouakchott region represented by its Wilayas/arrondissements (Nouakchott South and Nouakchott North) and the Brakna region represented by three of its Moughataa/districts (Aleg, Boghé and Bababé). To ensure the successful implementation of the scheme, one of the key needs highlighted by the involved parties was to have a professional and efficient information management system established for which openIMIS has been chosen. Swiss TPH will aid in setting up the software over a six-month period as a pilot to operationalise the digitalisation efforts of the insurance programme. The pilot phase concerns a population of 190.000 inhabitants (two departments), the extension phase 400.000 inhabitants (five departments), equivalent to 10% of the country's population.
The pilot will aim to learn from the implementation to better advise the subsequent scale up of the solution. The operational objectives of the pilot are to:
Evaluate the costs related to deployment, hosting and maintenance for the "test" phase in 5 departments
Install and implement the openIMIS software in 2 departments
Train and assist user personnel
Define a development and extension plan for the solution beyond the test phase
We look forward to seeing openIMIS being used in this new context!