30th March 2017

Report of the Sierra Leone National eHealth Coordination Hub Launch Ministry

of Health and Sanitation

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Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................... 1

List of Acronyms ..................................................................................................................................... 2

Background ............................................................................................................................................. 3

Launch of the eHealth Coordination Hub .............................................................................................. 4

Objectives of the Launch..................................................................................................................... 4

Participants ......................................................................................................................................... 4

Chairperson’s opening remarks .......................................................................................................... 4

Summary of keynote statements and addresses ................................................................................ 5

Presentations .......................................................................................................................................... 6

Participants’ comments, contributions and discussions ..................................................................... 7

Panel Discussion ..................................................................................................................................... 9

Participants’ discussions ................................................................................................................... 12

Responses from the panel and closing comments ........................................................................... 13

Appendix – Agenda ............................................................................................................................... 14

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List of Acronyms CBOs Community Based Organisations

CSR Corporate Social Responsibility

DCMO Deputy Chief Medical Officer

DHIS District Health Information System

DHMT District Health Management Team

DPPI Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information

eHealth Electronic Health

eIDSR Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and

Reporting

EMR Electronic Medical Records

ERC Ebola Response Consortium

EVD Ebola Virus Disease

FHCI Free Health Care Initiative

HIS Health Information Systems

HMIS Health Management Information System

ICT Information, Communication Technology

iHRIS Integrated Human Resource Information System

ISP Internet Service Providers

M&E Monitoring and evaluation

mHealth Mobile Health

mHero Mobile Health Worker Electronic Response and

Outreach

MIC Ministry of Information and Communication

MNOs Mobile Network Operators

MOHS Ministry of Health and Sanitation

NCRA National Civil Registration Authority

NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations

PHU Peripheral Health Unit

PPP Public-Private Partnership

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

SMS Short Message Service

UHC Universal Health Care

UN United Nations

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID United States Agency for International Development

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Background

The 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, prompted the proliferation of eHealth and mHealth

initiatives in Sierra Leone. As more and more eHealth initiatives are introduced into the country’s

health system, it has become imperative to ensure there is adequate government-led coordination

and regulation of these eHealth initiatives, and to ensure that they address targeted health systems

challenges and yield meaningful results. In view of this, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in

close collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Communication is leading the effort to

establish a national coordinating and regulating structure that will support the advancement of

eHealth in Sierra Leone. This coordinating body will drive the development of a government-led

eHealth agenda in the country, and support the coordination of eHealth initiatives and stakeholder

engagement, building on synergies to avoid the duplication of efforts and ensure that deployed

initiatives are aligned with national health system goals. This effort is supported by UNICEF with

funding from USAID as part of a larger contribution from the United States Government for health

information systems strengthening and eHealth scaling in Sierra Leone.

The National eHealth Coordination Hub was officially launched in Freetown, at the Shangri-La

Hotel, Aberdeen, on the 30th of March 2017. The event was chaired by Dr. Amara Jambai – Deputy

Chief Medical Officer II, representing the Minister of Health and Sanitation, with the participation

of special guests including, Ms. Laurie Meininger – Deputy Chief of Mission, United States of

America Embassy, Sierra Leone, Mr. Geoff Wiffin – Country Representative, UNICEF, Ms.

Khadijat Mojidi – Mission Director USAID, Sierra Leone, Mr. Bakarr Tarawally, Director

Communications, Ministry of Information and Communications and Dr. SAS Kargbo – Director,

Policy Planning and Information Ministry of Health and Sanitation as the event moderator. The

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Brima Kargbo, who arrived later during event, was also in attendance.

“This is the eHealth revolution and we need to be a part of it, Sierra Leone cannot

be left behind”

Dr. Brima Kargbo, Chief Medical Officer, MOHS

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Launch of the eHealth Coordination Hub

Objectives of the Launch

To formally launch the Sierra Leone National eHealth Coordination Hub and introduce its

vision and objectives to stakeholders

To initiate discussions on eHealth coordination localization and the scaling of pilot eHealth

initiatives for sustainability

To identify and establish champions of eHealth and promote innovation in health through the

use of Information and Communication Technology

Participants

Participants included representatives from the various directorate and programmes of the Ministry

of Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Information and Communication, District Health

Management Teams, national non-governmental organisations (NGOs), UN agencies

representatives, bilateral donors, and international NGOs, mobile network operators and other

private sector eHealth stakeholders and the media.

Chairperson’s opening remarks

Dr. Amara Jambai, chairing the meeting on behalf of the Minister of Health and Sanitation, gave

the welcome address and thanked everyone for making the time to attend the launch. He went on

to relay the apologies of the Minister of Health and Sanitation — Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah, who

was unable to attend, because he had been summoned to attend an emergency meeting at the State

House that morning. He described eHealth as the future of health care delivery, with the potential

to fast-track country health reforms towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

and Universal Health Care (UHC), adding that the initiative will help to strengthen the country’s

health information systems and support the delivery of high quality health care services at large.

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Summary of keynote statements and addresses

Speaking during the launch, the Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy congratulated

the MOHS on this initiative and expressed her joy to be at the event. She highlighted the importance

of eHealth Coordination Hub and its role in coordinating and regulating eHealth initiatives in the

country, pointing out that this initiative builds on the core guidelines of the Bintumani declaration

and will go a long way towards improved data use within the health system. She went on to say

that this is particularly important because

the ability of a health system to respond to

emergencies is largely determined by the

speed at which the relevant data can be

transmitted and acted upon. Improved data

flow and use helps establish a stronger and

more robust healthcare system, and in the

long run, improve health outcomes for all

Sierra Leoneans.

Geoff Wiffin, Country Representative of UNICEF in his address, highlighted the need to coordinate

the many digital health initiatives that have proliferated the lower levels of the health care system;

he warned against overburdening the limited staff at PHUs, who are already stretched with service

delivery and reporting, saying that we should guard against collecting data just for the sake of it. It

is important to first think of how that data will be used. He went on to say that we cannot continue

to have and create vertical systems, because it simply costs too much to keep duplicating efforts.

Greater efforts need to be put towards coordination of initiatives to streamline our efforts and build

on synergies.

“We are taking a step in the right direction looking at and

recognizing the growing importance of eHealth

Coordination Hub for future ... health sustainable

development goals in Sierra Leone.”

Laurie Meininger, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy,

Sierra Leone

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Speaking for the Minister of Information and Communication, Mr. Mohamed Bangura, the Director

of Communication — Mr. Bakarr Tarawally apologised on behalf of the Minister, who was

unavoidably absent, and thanked everyone for participating in the launch. He went on to speak

about the need for improved coordination of eHealth initiatives to promote the more efficient use

of resources, stating that a lack of coordination leads to the duplication of efforts and is also

wasteful. Referring to the recent Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Sierra Leone, he highlighted one

of the key lessons learned, which was that a lot of preventable deaths occurred mainly due to a

delayed and poorly coordinated response to the outbreak.

A key element in coordination eHealth is the institution of policies and legislation to guide the

deployment of eHealth initiatives. He stated that the Ministry of Information and Communication

is committed to supporting this initiative of the MOHS, and looks forward to collaborating with

the MOHS in developing a National eHealth Strategy and investment framework. He concluded by

saying that the Ministry of Information and Communication is also happy to deploy the necessary

ICT staff needed to support eHealth coordination, all the way down to the district level.

The Director, Policy, Planning and Information — Dr. SAS Kargbo, welcomed all participants,

thanking everyone for attending the launch. He gave a brief background on the initiative and an

overview of the eHealth and mHealth applications that have already been deployed in the country.

He reiterated the commitment of the Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information (DPPI) to

establish a responsive and strong coordinating body that would support eHealth deployment in the

country and ensure these initiatives are aligned with national health priorities. Following the

delivery of keynote statements and addresses by the invited speakers, the National eHealth

Coordination Hub was formally launched by Dr. Amara Jambai on behalf of the Minister of Health

and Sanitation, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah. Dr. SAS Kargbo rounded up the opening session and

invited participants to contribute actively to discussions and share suggestions on how the structure

and functioning of eHealth Coordination Hub can be improved.

Presentations

The next session commenced with a presentation on the eHealth Coordination Hub by Mr. Edward

Foday – chairperson of the core strategy team. A copy of the presentation on the National eHealth

Coordination Hub is embedded and can be viewed below:

eHealth Coordination

in Sierra Leone.pptx

Mr. Abdul Konomanyi, ICT Manager, DPPI, followed with a presentation on mHero/RapidPro – a

two-way, mobile phone-based communication system that uses basic text messaging, or SMS, to

connect the Ministry and health workers. mHero brings together several technologies including

iHRIS and RapidPro; allowing it to access health worker contact details in iHRIS and generate

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message/response flows on the RapidPro platform. A copy of the mHero/RapidPro presentation is

embedded and can be viewed below:

mHero-RapidPro-

eHub Launch.pptx

He also conducted out a quick demo using RapidPro with a quick survey on participants’ views on

the necessity of government-led eHealth coordination. The response rate was a hundred percent,

with all participants fully in support of the initiative. Participants found the RapidPro demonstration

quite engaging and were interested in learning about other possible applications of RapidPro. Some

existing uses include tracking medical supplies and commodities for the Free Health Care Initiative

(FHCI) and monitoring the case management performance of malnourished children—a pilot being

implemented in Kenema with support from UNICEF.

Participants’ comments, contributions and discussions

During the discussions that followed, a number of pertinent related issues were raised and discussed

by the participants, a summary of discussions follows:

Some participants expressed their satisfaction with the launch of the National eHealth

Coordination Hub, stating that it was a timely and laudable initiative, with a robust structure

that reflects the way eHealth coordination is structured in other countries. A number of

participants suggested changing the name of the eHealth Coordination Hub to reduce the

possibility confusing it with eHealth Africa, a well-known private organisation working in the

eHealth space. Some name options suggested were: Health Hub, Digital Health Hub, Electronic

Health Hub and eHub.

A suggestion was made that the MOHS and MIC should deploy some young ICT experts to the

DHMTs to support the use of eHealth at district level.

One major concern raised was related to the sustainability of various initiatives, particularly as

relates to personnel and staffing — the government is often unable to continue funding such

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staff after donor funding is withdrawn. In order to address this, it is important to engage the

Public Service Commission and Human Resources Management Office in planning for staffing

at national and district levels. This will help engender their support in providing ICT personnel

that can be deployed to the districts, and also help address some of the disruptions faced when

staff are rotated. DHMTs would also need to institute skills and knowledge-transfer mechanisms

so that when staff move on, the requisite expertise can be retained in the DHMT.

The UNICEF country representative also pointed out the need for proper planning for

sustainability by taking into consideration the full costs of maintaining scaled up initiatives;

citing RapidPro as an example, he cautioned that although it is free at the point of use, the actual

SMS costs have to considered because those are currently covered through donor funding. Such

costs need to be factored into the overall national budget to ensure the MOHS can maintain the

services when donor funding is no longer available. Another strategy would be to engage mobile

network operators (MNOs), to cover some of the costs under corporate social responsibility

(CSR).

Data protection and security was raised, particularly regarding data storage, data recovery and

business continuity; the hub will need to work with implementers to ensure that source codes

are retained in the country to support maintenance of data and recovery when necessary. The

Ministry of Information and Communication would need to ensure that cybersecurity issues are

properly addressed through appropriate regulation and enforcement of policies and data

standards.

Another issue raised was related to the utilization of health data; too often a lot of data is

collected by various programmes, NGOS and partners, with no plans in place for the utilization

of the data collected. It is important that the Hub takes into consideration the level of planning

that goes into data requests, to ensure that the data is actually needed and will be used for

decision making. Similarly, there should be improved feedback to the health workers after the

data is analysed, so that they can use this information to improve service delivery.

Responding to the issues raised around data use, Dr. SAS Kargbo, the Director, DPPI, agreed with

the need to plan better for data collection and use, saying that data use for decision making and

service delivery improvement has long been a challenge; he however stated that to help address

these challenges, the directorate, with support from its partners, has instituted measures to improve

the quality of data generated to promote data use. So far, DHIS2 has been upgraded and a number

of programmes have had their databases, which were previously running parallel, integrated into

the national instance of DHIS2. Last year, Amref Health Africa trained 60 Programme and District

M&E officers on data analysis and use. Amref Health Africa will conduct another training in April,

for M&E officers from the district hospitals, NGOs and CBOs working in the districts. The

directorate also plans to send 16 MOHS staff to Tanzania, to be trained at Masters’ level in Health

Management Information Systems (HMIS). Upon their return, these staff will be deployed to all

the districts to support DHMTs with data analysis and help DHMTs generate actionable health

information products.

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Panel Discussion

Topic: “Coordinating, regulating and scaling eHealth in Sierra Leone: Moving from pilots to

sustainable eHealth initiatives”

The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. SAS Kargbo, who started by introducing the speakers

on the panel. Members of the panel included: Dr. Sekou Conde – Health Coordinator, GOAL;

Ms. Dayo Spencer– Walters, Deputy Country Director, eHealth Africa; Dr. Saad El-Din Hassan –

Health Advisor, USAID; Dr. Alison Jenkins – Chief, Child Survival and Development, UNICEF;

Mr. Mohamed Jalloh – CEO, Focus 1000; and Mr. Mahmoud Idriss – CEO, Niche Technologies.

Dr. SAS Kargbo started by introducing the topic of discussion: “Coordinating, regulating and

scaling eHealth in Sierra Leone: Moving from pilots to sustainable eHealth initiatives”. He

called on Dr. Sekou Conde to start off the discussions.

Dr. Sekou Conde noted the growing importance of ICT in health, stating that the establishment of

the hub presents a great opportunity for Sierra Leone to harness the utility of ICT in health. He said

that the private sector, particularly the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), the Internet Service

Providers (ISPs), and other private sector players in the eHealth field, need to be brought on board

to contribute towards improving the coordination of eHealth in the country.

Mr. Bakarr Tarawally, Director of Communications, Ministry of Information and Communications,

started by saying that a key part of his Ministry’s mission is to support the work of government to

develop the ICT sector in Sierra Leone by enabling the deployment of information systems that can

support the effective delivery of services to all the citizens of Sierra Leone. He reiterated that

eHealth has a great role to play in alleviating the stress on the health system in Sierra Leone,

pointing out that this role can be enhanced through improved coordination and cooperation among

the players on eHealth in Sierra Leone, as well as the relevant Ministries and Directorates.

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He emphasised that this will go a long way towards

improving the efficiency of eHealth implementation in

Sierra Leone and by extension improve health service

delivery in general. He highlighted some of the

challenges faced during the Ebola Virus Disease

outbreak, when poor coordination made the situation far

worse than it should have been. He concluded by saying

that the Ministry of Information and Communication

has already laid a fibre-optic backbone across the

country and plans to extend this to every health facility

in the country, in order to facilitate access to the internet

and promote the use of ICT for health.

Dr. Alison Jenkins — UNICEF, responding to a question

posed by the moderator on her views regarding the

proposed governance structure, stated that the links the

coordinating body has with existing structures within

the MOHS, will support the sustainability of this

initiative. She went on to say that the MOHS needs to

ensure that the structure and processes established for

the running of the hub, facilitate the rapid deployment

of use cases and do not become bottlenecks that can

prevent the MOHS and its partners from responding

quickly to health needs.

Dr. Saad El-Din Hassan — USAID, spoke about the

need to keep in view the primary objective, which is to

make information available for decision making and

action. He echoed the concern already raised by a

number of speakers that there is not enough actionable

information available in the health sector; saying this

lack of information could be attributed to a lack of

coordination. He suggested that the Hub should be a

repository of information and help to keep track of all

lessons learnt in coordinating eHealth over time.

Regarding the current structure of the Hub, he noted that

roles and responsibilities should be clearly defined and

processes are streamlined to ensure the Hub is well-

equipped to respond quickly to requests.

Discussion Highlights

eHealth can greatly improve health

care service delivery in Sierra Leone

Coordination will improve the

efficiency of eHealth implementation

Deployment of ICT infrastructure is

key to support the successful

development of eHealth

eHealth is more than data collection;

service delivery and clinical practice

management uses should also be

developed

The hub’s structure and processes

should be streamlined to facilitate

rapid response and prompt

deployment of eHealth solutions

Full engagement of the districts and

private sector is important to foster

sustainability

eHealth Hub should serve as a

repository for health data and

information

Standards and regulations are

important for data security

Pilots are important and necessary,

but there should always be a plan for

evaluating and scaling up successful

pilots

Scale-up of eHealth is facilitated,

when eHealth initiatives actually

address users’ needs in a timely

manner.

Interoperability is important because

too much data currently exists in silos

EMRs in health facilities would

facilitate real-time data entry,

improve the quality of data generated

through the District Health

Information System (DHIS 2) and

facilitate increased data use.

A key step in moving the agenda

forward is the development of a

national strategic plan for eHealth

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Mr. Mohamed Jalloh spoke next, reiterating the need for proper coordination, particularly with the

proliferation of eHealth projects and partners working in the eHealth space. He pointed out that

when there are a lot of players, with no regulation or standards in place, there is a huge potential

for chaos and the duplication of efforts; and where there is duplication, there are invariably gaps.

In terms of the structure of the hub, he agreed with the previous speaker on the need to clearly

define roles and responsibilities at each level of coordination, to avoid infringements across levels.

Mr. Mahmoud Idriss pointed out that a lot of emphasis has been laid on the need for coordination

in terms of addressing data gaps and on the use of eHealth for data collection. He highlighted that

it is also very important to look at other areas of eHealth; such as the service delivery and clinical

practice management components, to see how these can be used to improve quality of health care

services. Speaking about clinical practice management software and electronic medical records to

support patient care and management of patient records, he reiterated the importance of recognising

that gaps exist not only in the area of data management but also in quality of health care and patient

records. He went on to say that Sierra Leone should not only focus on one area of eHealth but rather

work on developing all eHealth domains. On the issue of regulating eHealth in the country, he

recommended learning from and adopting the experiences and best practices of other countries, so

as not to reinvent the wheel. He also warned, that it is important to ensure that these regulations do

not become an impediment to the rapid deployment of needed eHealth solutions. He emphasised

that regulations are important, because a lack of regulations around data security can be damaging

to consumers and the Government of Sierra Leone. He suggested that this is another area where

Sierra Leone can learn from other countries, to see how they have been able to adequately secure

health data generated through eHealth applications.

Mr. Bakarr Tarawally also pointed out that a lack of regulations and standards could lead to the

proliferation of substandard eHealth services in the country.

Dr. Alison Jenkins, addressing the issue of scaling up of eHealth in the country, noted that scale up

is facilitated, when eHealth initiatives actually address users’ needs in a timely manner. She went

on to say that while it is not desirable to have initiatives remain in pilot stages indefinitely, we also

need to recognise that we cannot completely do away with pilots because they are needed to test

initiatives and determine if they work properly. She advised that pilot initiatives however, must

always plan for sustainability from the onset. This, in her view, is where the hub can help, by

streamlining the introduction of eHealth platforms, particularly since they often target the same

end-users —health workers at PHUs. She emphasised that if eHealth initiatives continue to be

deployed in an uncoordinated manner, it would further increase the burden on health workers.

Ms. Dayo Spencer-Walters followed by saying she believes there is a lot of room to leapfrog from

pilots, citing the example of eIDSR, which is being piloted by eHealth Africa in collaboration with

the Disease Prevention and Control Directorate in Port Loko. The pilot has so far shown good

results in real-time disease notification and is ready for scale up. She stated that the eHealth

Coordination Hub should engage other partners to support the scaling of eIDSR across the country.

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Dr. Saad El-Din Hassan agreed that interoperability is imperative to facilitate information sharing

across platforms and suggested that the eHealth Coordination Hub take an inventory of existing

initiatives across all areas of health including the private sector to determine what stage of

implementation they are at, whether they are pilots or not, and to what extent they have been

successful. He pointed out that many initiatives and platforms have already gone beyond the pilot

stage but still need to be institutionalised. He also reiterated the importance of bringing the private

sector on board, stating that they can contribute greatly to the growth of eHealth in Sierra Leone.

Dr. Conteh followed with a recommendation for the hub to hold a strategic planning meeting and

workshop on eHealth where lessons learned can be shared, with experts from other countries

invited to share their experiences in the coordination of digital health in their countries.

Dr. SAS Kargbo, then opened the floor for discussions.

Participants’ discussions

Renaming and branding of the eHealth coordination hub – some participants felt the current name

should be retained while others agreed it should be changed. A consensus was reached that the

Hub would make a final decision on the naming at the next meeting.

Interoperability is important to facilitate information sharing because too much information exists

in silos, with little or no access afforded to those who need to use the information. The hub should

serve a national repository for all this information and promote capacity building in eHealth across

all levels of the health sector.

Piloting is important – Following the piloting of RapidPro for monitoring the case management

performance of malnourished children in Kenema, the Directorate of Food and Nutrition decided

to extend the pilot phase after a year of implementation, because during the performance review,

it became apparent that greater engagement and involvement of all relevant stakeholders, was

needed for greater buy in and improved response rates, before embarking on scale up.

A major challenge that has plagued the country‘s health information management system is

related to data accuracy and usability. The introduction of electronic medical records systems

(EMRs) in health facilities would facilitate real-time data entry, improve the quality of data

generated through the District Health Information System (DHIS 2) and promote data use.

A number of participants pointed out the importance of engaging districts in the activities of the

hub because they are often the first port of call when eHealth initiatives and pilots are introduced.

It is therefore important that they participate in supporting a coordinated approach.

A key consideration should be that initiatives run on open source software rather than proprietary

software to promote sustainability. Measures should be put in place to ensure health data is

retained in country. A lot of data generated during the Ebola outbreak, is no longer accessible.

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Responses from the panel and closing comments

Mr. Mohamed Jalloh said next steps should include mapping existing initiatives; conducting a

capacity gap analysis and planning to address gaps; ensuring standards and guidelines are

instituted; and monitoring and evaluation of eHealth to better understand what is working.

Mr. Mahmoud Idriss said the private sector is a key stakeholder that can support sustainability

of initiatives and should not be neglected. We need to identify good initiatives of both public

and private sector that can be scaled up. The MOHS should engage with the National Civil

Registration Authority (NCRA) to create unique medical records for its citizenry, which can

be linked to the EMRs.

Dr. Alison Jenkins stated that this initiative has laid a solid foundation to take this eHealth in

the country forward and strongly recommended rapid follow up action to avoid losing

momentum. She also said that greater efforts need to be made to close the data feedback loop

to district and facility levels to promote greater data use at all levels of the health system.

Mr. Bakarr Tarawally said this is indeed a very promising effort and the multi-sectoral

collaboration that will ensure the success of this initiative.

Dr. Conteh recommended harnessing effective Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for health,

saying this was a great opportunity to involve the MNOs and ISPs to contribute to making

eHealth coordination a success.

Ms. Dayo Spencer-Walters stated that the hub is a good model to move forward with for

improved coordination and said that eHealth Africa is willing to serve on the technical

advisory group and provide support for the “technical” side of things.

The Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, bringing the meeting to a close,

acknowledged the contributions of the panellists and thanked the participants for their active

participation during the event. He reiterated his conviction that this launch is a very important

initiative of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. He spoke about his experiences during a recent

visit to South Africa, where paperless clinics are becoming the norm. He went on to say that eHealth

is the future of healthcare and Sierra Leone should not be left behind. Mr. Wogba Kamara- M&E

Specialist, DPPI gave the vote of thanks on behalf of the MOHS.

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Appendix – Agenda

Agenda

Time Activity Facilitator

08.30 – 09.00 Registration All

09:00 – 10:00 Opening Session

Prayers

Chairman’s Opening Remarks/Welcome Remarks by the CMO

Statements:

US Ambassador, UNICEF Country Representative, Other Representatives

Hon. Minister of Information & Communication

Official Launch of the Hub: Hon. Minister of Health & Sanitation

All

Dr. Brima Kargbo

US Ambassador John

Hoover,

UNICEF Rep-Geoff

Wiffin

Other Representatives

Mr. Mohamed Bangura

Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah

10:00 –10:15 Objectives of the meeting

Dr. SAS Kargbo

10:15 – 11:15 Introduction of the eHealth Coordination Hub

Mr. Edward Foday

11:15 – 11:45 Tea Break All

11:45 – 12:15 RapidPro/mHero Demo Mr. Abdul Konomanyi

12:15 – 13:15 Panel Discussion:

Topic: “Coordinating, regulating and scaling eHealth in Sierra Leone: Moving from pilots to sustainable eHealth initiatives”

Dr. SAS Kargbo

13:15 –13:45 Q&A All

13:45 –14:00 Closing Remarks Dr. SAS Kargbo

14:00 –14:15 Vote of thanks Mr. Wogba Kamara

14:15 Lunch

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION

Launch of the National eHealth Coordination Hub

Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Aberdeen, Freetown

Date: 30th March, 2017