What Big Aid Can Learn from the Ugandan Ministry of Health

“If you want to do M4D in Uganda, you have to be willing to coordinate.” This is the underlying message of UNICEF Technology Specialist David McCann’s blog, “A Ugandan mHealth Moratorium Is a Good Thing.” According to McCann, proliferation of Big Aid-supported mobile interventions, coupled with a severe lack of integration and collaboration, has hindered Uganda’s ability to take ownership of its development.

The Ugandan Ministry of Health, on the other hand, is quickly becoming a leader in mobile integration. By migrating its databases to free open source District Health Information software (DHIS2), the Ministry is encouraging community collaboration and reducing dependency on the tracking of aid-biased health indicators. According to McCann, the Ministry’s adoption of DIHS2 is now forcing Big Aid to “do M4D in a more coherent way.”

To learn more about this pioneering initiative, read McCann’s blog here.

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