National Health ICT Strategic Framework 2015-2020

National Health ICT
Strategic Framework
2015-2020
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Table of Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Acronyms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Important Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
List of Figures and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Part I: Vision for Health ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

PART I. SECTION 1: Strategic Context For Health ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART I. SECTION 2: Vision For Health ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART I. SECTION 3: Foundations For Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Part II: Action Plan for Health ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PART II. SECTION 1: Health ICT Theory of Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PART II. SECTION 2: Health ICT Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Part III: Monitoring & Evaluation Plan for Health ICT . . . . . . . . . 35
PART III. SECTION 1: Monitoring & Evaluation Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
APPENDIX 1: List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
APPENDIX 2: Health ICT Scenario Illustrating

Change and Impact on Stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
APPENDIX 3: Recommended Nigeria Health ICT Architecture . . . . . . . . . 39
APPENDIX 4: Proposed Governance Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
APPENDIX 5: Detailed Health ICT Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
APPENDIX 6: Health ICT M&E Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Endnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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Acknowledgements
This Health ICT Strategic Framework document has been developed and pro-
duced through the visionary leadership provided by the Honorable Minister of
Health and Honorable Minister of Communication Technology. Their leadership
and recognition of the synergies between health and technology has been
priceless.
Several organizations have been involved in developing the strategy. It is

impossible to name all that contributed to this piece of work, but we would like
to acknowledge as many as we can. They include but are not limited to: de-
partments of Federal Ministry of Health the Federal Ministry of Communication
Technology, the Saving One Million Lives (SOML) Programme Delivery Unit; the
Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency; the National Health
Insurance Scheme; the National Identity Management Commission; the Federal
Capital Territory Administration Health and Human Services Secretariat Health
Planning Research and Statistic; the State Ministries of Health; and the State
Ministries of Communications or Science and Technology.
Others are the Nigerian Communications Commission; the Digital Bridge
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Institute; the Universal Service Provision Fund; the Nigerian Communications
Satellite Ltd.; the Centre for Management Development; and Galaxy Backbone
Ltd.; the National Primary Health Care Development Agency; the National
Agency for the Control of AIDS; the SURE-P MCH PIU; National Agency for Food
and Drugs Administration and Control; the National Universities Commission;
the Standards Organization of Nigeria; the Medical and Dental Council of
Nigeria; Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria.
We cannot thank enough and acknowledge the immense contribution from

partners in non-governmental organizations and the private sector, such
as the World Health Organization; John Snow Incorporated; Clinton Health
Access Initiative; Health Information System Program (HISP); InStrat Global
Health Solutions; Technology Advisers; AAJIMATICS; Pathfinder International;
the Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria; the Praekelt Foundation; Maternal
Action for Mobile Alliance; Groupe Speciale Mobile Association; and the
Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria.
Lastly, this collaborative multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral development

process would not have been possible without the funding support from the
Norwegian Agency for Development and Cooperation through the United
Nations Foundation. Gratitude is also due to the ICT4SOML In-Country Team
for facilitating and coordinating this collaborative drafting process. We would
also like to acknowledge the Regenstrief Institute for the wonderful support
on the architecture and health information exchange (HIE) piece and several
others who worked tirelessly in the background: PATH; VitalWave; and Asia
eHealth Information Network, to name a few.
We sincerely express our heartfelt gratitude to all who have contributed in

one way or another to the development of this Nigerian Health ICT Strategic
Framework 20152020.
Dr. NRC Azodoh,

Director of Planning Research and Statistics,
Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
CCT Conditional Cash Transfer
CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CHAI Clinton Health Access Initiative
CMD Center for Management Development
CR Client Registry
CRSV Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
DBI Digital Bridge Institute
DPRS Department for Planning Research and Statistics
EMPI Enterprise Master Patient Index
EMR Electronic Medical Record
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FCTA Federal Capital Territory Administration
FMCT Federal Ministry of Communication Technology
FMF Federal Ministry of Finance
FMOH Federal Ministry of Health
FR Facility Registry
GBB Galaxy Backbone
GSMA Groupe Speciale Mobile Association
HDCC Health Data Consultative Committee
HDGC Health Data Governance Committee
HIA Health in Africa
HIE Health Information Exchange
HIS Health Information System
HISP Health Information Systems Program
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HRH Human Resources for Health
HRIS Human Resource Management Information Systems
HWR Health Worker Registry
ICT Information and Communication Technology
ICT4SOML ICT for Saving One Million Lives
IFC International Finance Cooperation
IHE Integrating the Health Enterprise
IL Interoperability Layer
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IVR Interactive Voice Response
JSI John Snow International
LGA Local Government Area
LMIS Logistic Management Information System
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MAMA Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action
MCCT Mobile Conditional Cash Transfer
MCH Maternal and Child Health
MDCN Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
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MDA Ministries, Departments and Agencies
MDG Millennium Development Goal
MEMS Monitoring and Evaluation Management Services
MSH Management Sciences for Health
NACA National Agency for Control of AIDS
NAFDAC National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control
NASCP National AIDS Control and Prevention Programme
NCC Nigeria Communications Commission
NCH National Council on Health
NCS Nigeria Computer Society
NDST Network Data Services and Technology Ltd.
NHIS National Health Insurance Scheme
NHMIS National Health Management Information System
NIGCOMSAT Nigeria Communications Satellite
NIMC National Identity Management Commission
NIMS National Identity Management System
NIN National Identification Number
NITDA National Information Technology Development Agency
NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
NPHCDA National Primary Health Care Development Agency
NPSCMP National Product Supply Chain Management Programme
NTBLCP National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme
NUC National Universities Commission
OPENHIE Open Health Information Exchange
PHC Primary Health Care
POS Point-of-Service
RH Reproductive Health
SCMS Supply Chain Management System
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SHR Shared Health Record
SMS Short Message Service
SOML Saving One Million Lives
SON School of Nursing
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SURE-P Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program
TS Terminology Service
TWG Technical Working Group
UHC Universal Health Coverage
UN United Nations
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USD United States Dollar
USPF Universal Service Provision Fund
WHO World Health Organization
Important Definitions
Both Health Information and Communication Technology (Health ICT)

and electronic health (eHealth) refer to the use of information and com-
munication technology (ICT) in support of health and health-related fields,
including health care services; health surveillance; health literature; and health
education, knowledge, and research. However, Health ICT is a more accessible
term and extends beyond electronic to involve concepts and systems (e.g.,
architecture and information systems) and communication (e.g., phone calls,
bi-directional transfer of information) along with the necessary physical and
technology infrastructure. Health ICT is more than electronic health records;
it is applied across the health system and services to ensure continuity of
patient care across time. It includes mobile health (mHealth) services, tele-
health, health research, consumer health informatics to support individuals in
health decision-making, and eLearning by health workers. In practical terms,
Health ICT is a means of ensuring that correct health information is provided in
a timely, coordinated and secure manner via electronic means for the purpose
of improving the quality and efficiency of delivery of health services and
prevention programs. mHealth services, in particular, focus on the application
of mobile and other wireless technologies for health systems strengthening.
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A Health ICT Strategy can serve as an umbrella for planning and coordinating
different national Health ICT efforts while considering fundamental elements
in terms of regulatory, governance, standards, human capacity, financing and
policy contexts. An effective National Health ICT Strategy presents a set of
interventions that the health sector plans to use to facilitate the efficient and
effective delivery of services. Without an overarching national level strategy,
ICT initiatives are left at the hands of individual organizations without coordi-
nation and a guarantee that they are in the best interest of clients. A national
level Health ICT Strategy with sector-wide participation and ownership is an
effort to fill this gap.
Frameworks serve as guides, rules or well-defined approaches towards ad-

dressing a particular matter. A Health ICT framework is specifically concerned
with applying ICT in a health system. Different frameworks exist and can range
from being general, and providing comprehensive approaches to governing
the regulatory environment and guiding implementations within that context,
to being specific and focusing on a particular aspect of Health ICT, such as
data standards.
A roadmap is similar to a framework but is geared towards action. In a road-

map, goals and their corresponding activities are aligned in sequence to
achieve an overarching vision. Thus, roadmaps contain action plans, mecha-
nisms to monitor progress and resource forecasts (i.e., time, human resources,
equipment, budget). Roadmaps are typically developed with stakeholders and
reflect consensus. Inputs include a vision, current state of affairs, barriers and
recommendations.
A health information system (HIS) is a system that collects, transmits, stores

and manages health-related data. The data can be patient-specific (or row-level
data) or aggregate. Reports can typically be generated from an HIS. If a system
is primarily being used to inform and support health management practices,
the system is referred to as a health management information system.
An architecture is a conceptual framework that is used to inform data collec-
tion, transmission, storage and sharing. Architectures show the integration of
many components into a whole, as well as the interoperability that enables
these components work together. Interoperability is the ability of an applica-
tion or platform to establish a data exchange with another application or plat-
form. For interoperability to occur, both services must use the same standards
[for communication].
Standards serve as rules or guidelines that ensure consistency in the context

in which they are applied. Standards can be used to align data, processes
and systems. The standards development process is variable (e.g., govern-
ment-mandated versus stakeholder-based). As such, it is possible for multiple
standards to exist. Accordingly, formal alignment among the different stan-
dards is necessary.
These definitions were adapted from Assessing the Enabling Environment for
ICTs for Health in Nigeria: A Review of Policies. 1
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List of Figures and Tables
Figures
FIGURE 1. Current State of Nigerias Enabling Environment for Health ICT
FIGURE 2. Nigeria National Health ICT Vision
FIGURE 3. A National Health Information Architecture Drawing from

Existing Initiatives
FIGURE 4. Health ICT Governance Structure
FIGURE 5. Key Findings from Baseline Inventory Assessment on

Number of Health ICT Implementations by Program Area
FIGURE 6. Theory of Change for the Nigeria National Health ICT Vision
Tables
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TABLE 1. Components of the Health ICT Enabling Environment
TABLE 2. Summary of Recommendations to Improve Health ICT

Enabling Environment
TABLE 3. N
igeria National Health ICT Vision Integrated Action
Plan 2015 - 2020
Executive Summary
Beginning in late 2014 and in the first half of 2015, the Nigerian Federal
Ministry of Health (FMOH) and Federal Ministry of Communication Technology
(FMCT) led the multi-sectoral and stakeholder development of the National
Health Information and Communication Technology (Health ICT) Strategic
Framework. This framework, which incorporates the effort and inputs of over
150 public and private health and technology sector stakeholders, is a three-
part document that articulates the collective vision and necessary actions
of stakeholders involved in the health system in Nigeria. Borne out of the
recognition for the opportunities that ICT present to support health systems
strengthening and the achievement of health system goals, the National
Health ICT Strategic Framework positions Health ICT within the current con-
text of the health system. This means addressing Universal Health Coverage
(UHC), one of the main priorities of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Strategic Context
Nigeria is poised to become a major global powerhouse. Currently, Nigeria

is Africas largest economy and most populous nation. By 2050, Nigeria is
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expected to be one of the ten largest economies in the world and is already
Africas most populous country. Despite these economic gains, close to half of
the population lives in poverty and life expectancy is projected to only increase
marginally. Accordingly, health needs and priorities, along with demographic
trends, must be considered to ensure the appropriate allocation of resources
and optimize strategies to address the issues.
The government is developing and implementing policies and programs to

strengthen the National Health System to support attainment of UHC. Initial
focus is on primary health care, and innovations including the use of Health
ICT to improve service delivery, access and coverage have been prioritized.
Health ICT must be in alignment with the clear, actionable goals of the health
system to help achieve UHC and improve service delivery.
Health ICT Vision
Subsequently, the National Health ICT Vision was established through an iter-
ative stakeholder engagement process led by the FMOH and FMCT. With UHC
as a national health priority, the vision was articulated through the following
powerful statement:
By 2020, health ICT will help enable and deliver universal

health coverage in Nigeria.
To ensure that the vision can be achieved, the enabling environment com-
ponents of the World Health Organization-International Telecommunications
Union eHealth Strategy Toolkit were used to structure and craft the
Health ICT Framework. The specific prioritized activities within Leadership
and Governance; Strategy and Investment; Architecture, Standards and
Interoperability; Legislation, Policy and Compliance; Capacity Building;
Infrastructure and Solutions (Services and Applications) reflect the current
state and needs of the Nigerian health system as well as stakeholder recom-
mendations on the appropriate Health ICT response.
Action and M&E Plans
Drawing from the recommendations for Health ICT to support the achieve-
ment of UHC and other health system goals and activities, an action plan was
developed. A Theory of Change included as part of this plan articulates the
pathway to change from Health ICT enablers to prioritized ICT-related actions
to health system priorities and the achievement of UHC. The action plan
forms the basis for the roadmap and orients the implementation of prioritized
activities. It informs the steps that those governing and involved with the
achievement of the Health ICT vision will need to make. The monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) plan and budget build on activities outlined in the action
plan. The M&E plan provides a link between the vision, action plan and desired
results and the budget estimates the resources needed to attain the vision.
The indicators captured in the M&E plan reflect short- and long-term activities
as guided by the Theory of Change.
The overall approach is separated into three phases over a five-year time period.
PHASE 1: Set-up (Year 1)
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PHASE 2: Deploy, Maintain and Support (Year 2 and Year 3)
PHASE 3: Consolidate and Continuous Review (Year 4 and Year 5)
Over the next five years, the National Council on Health, as owners of the
Health ICT vision, will oversee the activities according to the action plan. The
council will be guided and supported by the Health ICT Steering Committee,
Project Management Office and Technical Working Group. Working collabora-
tively, the vision of Health ICT can be achieved.
This Nigerian National Health ICT Strategic Framework provides a vision and
guide for alignment of current investments in technology within the health
system towards a digitized health system that will help Nigeria achieve UHC
by 2020.
Part I: Vision for Health ICT
PART I. SECTION 1:
STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR HEALTH ICT
With a growing population and economy, Nigeria is emerging as a major
global powerhouse. To maintain the path to prosperity, improvements in the
health system are needed to ensure and optimize the health and wellbeing of
the countrys citizens. The Government of Nigeria recognizes that a healthy
population is important for socio-economic development.
As Africas largest economy and most populous nation, Nigeria is experiencing

substantial economic expansion, yet the countrys health system is strained.
The countrys economy is growing at an average annual rate of 7% and is
expected to be among the ten largest economies by 2050.2,3 Despite the
countrys economic gains, the overall health status of the Nigerian population
is poor (as defined by the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey);4
infectious and non-communicable diseases remain among the leading causes
of morbidity and mortality,5,6,7,8 continuing to take their toll on the health and
survival of Nigerians; and health coverage and financing remains low.9,10,11
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Population and health status
Over 46% of the population continues to live in poverty (2010 estimate)2,3
Rural-urban divide is projected to increase 2,3
Maternal and under-five mortality rates remain high at 576 deaths per
100,000 live births and 201 deaths per 1,000 live births, respectively 4
Life expectancy at birth is projected to only increase marginally from

54.2 years to 56.2 years over the next 10 years (2015-2025) 2,3
Burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases
Nigeria is second to South Africa in the number of people living with

HIV/AIDs worldwide. This represent 9% of Global burden of the disease
and a declining prevalence rate of 4.1 as of 2010. (NDHS 2013, page 224)
Malaria is the leading cause of infant and child mortality 7
Diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease

also represent an increasing share of Nigerians burden of disease 4
Low health coverage and financing
As of 2013, fewer than 5% of the population were insured 4
Nigeria is among the 23 African nations that spends more than USD44
per capita on health care, however, the government expenditure on
health is 6.1% of the gross domestic product which is below the
Abuja Declarations target of 15% 7, 9
Despite the health challenges, Nigerias rising telecommunications and infor-
mation and communication (ICT) sectors and the global proliferation of ICT for
health (Health ICT) are creating new opportunities to strengthen the health sys-
tem and improve the overall delivery of health services. Accordingly, Health ICT
can be used to generate demand, increase access to and improve the quality
of health services. Furthermore, Health ICT addresses the critical need to coor-
dinate information and resources across the health system in a timely manner.
As a result of these opportunities and the Government of Nigerias commit-

ment to ICT, an assessment of the enabling environment for Health ICT was
conducted in 2014. The report, Assessing the Enabling Environment for ICTs
for Health in Nigeria, identified the need for a coordinated Health ICT Strategy.
In addition, the report concluded that Nigeria is transitioning from experimen-
tation and early adoption to developing and building up (see Figure 1).12
In order to advance the enabling environment and support scale-up of ini-

tiatives, a unifying Health ICT Strategic Framework is required. A Health ICT
Strategy will enable Nigeria to leverage current and future ICT investments
to build an integrated national health information infrastructure and help
enable Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2020.
FIGURE 1. Current State of Nigerias Enabling Environment for Health ICT 13
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ESTABLISHED ICT
ENVIRONMENT
MAINSTREAMING
DEVELOPING & SCALE UP

BUILDING UP
EMERGING ESTABLISHED
ENABLING II. III.
ENABLING
ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT
FOR eHEALTH I.
FOR eHEALTH
EARLY
ADOPTION
EXPERIMENTATION
CURRENT STATUS
OF NIGERIA ICT
COMPLETED TRAJECTORY
OF NIGERIA ICT
EMERGING ICT
ENVIRONMENT DESIRED TRAJECTORY
OF NIGERIA ICT
Identifying the potentials of Health ICT, the Government of Nigeria has
begun to prepare and introduce the necessary building blocks to facilitate
the digitization of the health system. The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)
and the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT) have collab-
oratively led an inclusive effort to set-up this strategic framework for Health
ICT as well as a guiding architecture, health information exchange (HIE)
and supportive policies, plans and budgets to improve health and wellbeing
for all citizens through technological advancements and innovation. This
document, the National Health ICT Strategic Framework, is meant to guide
the deliberate and judicious use of ICT within the health system to enable
the delivery of quality, affordable and equitable health services to all citizens.
This National Health ICT Strategic Framework will facilitate the identification,
prioritization and implementation of appropriate technologies that can
potentially lead to a strengthened national health system.
PART I. SECTION 2:
VISION FOR HEALTH ICT
The FMOH, in collaboration with the FMCT and other Government of Nigeria
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs); donors; and implementing
partners, (see Appendix 1) has developed, through an inclusive and iterative
process, a collective vision for the use of Health ICTs in Nigeria.
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By 2020, health ICT will help enable and deliver universal
health coverage in Nigeria.
UHC attainment will ensure that all Nigerians have access to the services they
need without incurring financial risks. Specifically, UHC means health insur-
ance becomes economical, whereby the cost of care is not a burden. It means
equitable access to affordable and quality health services. It also means that
the health system must be functional to ensure that supply meets the needs
specified by demand. It is because of this last point that the value of Health
ICT is so substantial. With its ability to support health systems strengthening,
Health ICT can be used to improve the health system and ensure its adequacy
for scaling up health insurance and health coverage over the next five years.
The successful use of Health ICTs to achieve UHC in Nigeria will achieve:
Improved access to health services through the effective use of tele-

medicine and other ICTs for health worker training and support
Improved coverage of health services through the effective use of Civil

Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), National Identity Management
System (NIMS), Human Resource Management Information Systems
(HRIS), National Health Management Information System (NHMIS) and
Logistic Management Information System (LMIS) for tracking demand
and supply of health services and commodities
Increased uptake of health services through the effective use of mobile

messaging and cash transfer incentives for demand creation
Improved quality of care through the effective use of ICT for decision
support within the continuum of care
Increased financial coverage for health care services through the ef-
fective use of ICT for the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) and
other health-related financial transactions
Increased equity in access to and quality of health services, informa-

tion, and financing through the effective use of ICTs for delivering
appropriate health services for those who need them
Figure 2 depicts the Nigeria National Health ICT Vision, mapping the goal of
UHC with Health ICT outcomes and the long-term ICT output. The National
Health ICT Vision embodies the development goals of the Government of
Nigeria and provides a concrete target for stepwise, long-term investments
into nationally scaled and integrated Health ICT services and applications. This
would all be supported by a national Health Information Exchange (HIE), and
implemented with appropriate governance, funding, infrastructure & equip-
ment, training and policies.
FIGURE 2. Nigeria National Health ICT Vision
NIGERIA
By 2020, Health ICT will help deliver and enable universal health coverage whereby
NATIONAL HEALTH
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Nigerians will have access to the services they need without incurring financial risk.
ICT VISION
Increased
equity in,
Improved Increased Increased Increased
access to, and
access to coverage of uptake of Improved financial
UHC OUTCOMES quality of
health health health quality of care coverage for
health services,
services services services health care
information,
and financing.
Effective use
of ICTs for
Effective use of Effective use
delivering
Effective use of CRVS, HRIS, Effective use Effective use of of ICT for
appropriate
telemedicine NHMIS & LMIS of mobile ICT for decision health
health services
HEALTH ICT and use of ICT for tracking messaging & support & insurance &
for those who
OUTCOMES for health demand and cash transfers within the other
need them
worker training supply of health for demand continuum health-related
most based on
and support services and creation of care financial
epidemiology
commodities transactions
and ability
to pay
Nationally scaled integrated Health ICT services and applications supported by

LONG-TERM
Nigerian Health Information Exchange implemented with appropriate funding,
ICT OUTPUTS
infrastructure & equipment, training & policies.
In recognition of the significant Health ICT investments already underway in
Nigeria, this Health ICT Strategic Framework draws from and seeks to coor-
dinate existing projects. As a part of this, an architecture that focuses on the
long-term impact of Health ICT will be established. Such a forward-looking
architecture will enable the achievement of the vision, while also setting the
stage for the sustainable use of Health ICTs across the entire health system.
Figure 3 provides an example of what the integration of several key information
systems (private and public sectors) in Nigeria could look like within an over-
arching architecture. Existing and planned digital point of care tools, such as
insurance registration and claims systems, Electronic Medical Records (EMRs),
laboratory and hospital information systems, mobile health (mHealth) solutions
and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) applications could leverage shared health
information services.
Building on both the Vision (with its Health ICT outputs) and architecture, the
following scenario illustrates the crosscutting impact that could be possible
FIGURE 3. A National Health Information Architecture Based on Some Existing Initiatives
Existing Institutional NACA +

M&E-DPRS NHIS + NIMC M&E-DPRS NAFDAC HRH-DPRS
Initiatives NPHCDA
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Existing Shared Health
Registry of Registry of National Shared Health Terminology Registry of
Information Services Health Clients Health Records Service Health
Facilities Management Workers
Information
System
(NHMIS)
Interoperability Layer
SECURITY + INTEROPERABILITY Not yet in development
Point Of Care Systems
M&E Mobile Clinical Record Hospital Laboratory

Applications Applications Systems Information Information
Systems Systems
with an integrated ICT-enabled health system. It describes a collection of Health
ICT advances that are not currently deployed across the three tiers of the
Nigerian health system. (See Appendix 2 for the entire scenario and Appendix
3 for information on the Health ICT Architecture.)
While the scenario presented is aspirational, it identifies several capabilities of

an ICT-enabled health system, such as the following:
Ability to capture and exchange patient-level healthcare information
Ability to exchange and report aggregate healthcare information
Ability to enroll, pay for health insurance and verify coverage
Ability to send appointment and care alerts to patients and

health workers
Ability for patients to send alerts to health care facilities
Availability of electronic training and reference materials
TABLE 1. Components of the Health ICT Enabling Environment
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COMPONENT DESCRIPTION
Leadership and Governance Focuses on the oversight and coordination of Health ICT activities at the federal, state and
local levels, ensuring alignment with national health goals and priorities
Strategy and Investment Describes the planning for, engagement of and alignment with all stakeholders involved in
Health ICT activities and procurement of financing for Health ICT. It also outlines strategies to
mobilize ICT in positioning health as an investment with good return to Nigeria economy.
Legislation, Policy and Covers national policies and legislation for Health ICT in terms of development, alignment and
Compliance regular review
Architecture, Standards and Describes the development and use of enterprise architecture and standards for enhanced
Interoperability interoperability, integration and health information exchange
Capacity Building Details the empowerment of the health and ICT workforce to develop, use and maintain
Health ICT through education and training programs
Infrastructure Refers to the physical facilities and related assets that forms the foundation for Health
ICT implementations
Solutions (Services and Reports on devices and tools utilized by end users to collect, transmit, access and maintain
Applications) health information
Adapted from the 2012 WHO-ITU eHealth Strategy Toolkit,15 Table 4
First printed in the report, Assessing the Enabling Environment for ICTs for
Health in Nigeria: A Review of Policies 16
SCENARIO: THE HEALTH ICT VISION IN PRACTICE IMPACT ON STAKEHOLDERS
A few months ago, Fatima enrolled with the NHIS*. Now, Fatima was expecting and due at any
time. When she first learned that she was pregnant, she decided to sign up for weekly SMS*
notifications about her pregnancy and to receive appointment reminders and pregnancy-care
health information. When Fatima felt contractions, her family members texted the local clinic
and called a taxi. Fatima proceeded to the clinic.
Mary arrived at work right on time. She was excited for the day. During shift hand-over, she
and her co-worker huddled over one of the clinics tablets going through the different cases of
clients present at the clinic. They prioritized the cases and she got to work. Shortly thereafter,
Mary saw that a woman in labor was making her way to the clinic.
When Fatima arrived, she and her husband realized they had left the NHIS card at home in
the hurry. But they were lucky, her NIN* was stored in her husbands phone contact. With the
cross-reference she was triaged. During her assessment of Fatima, Mary observed that the baby
was in a breech position. When she had a break, she read up on breech deliveries using the clinic
tablet. After reading, Mary decided to review Fatimas chart again through the EMR* system
accessible using the tablet. Mary retrieved Fatimas shared health record and learned that her
first baby had been breech and did not survive. To be safe, Mary requested a brief consult with
the obstetrics/gynecology department at the referral hospital. After speaking with the on-call
DRAFT
physician, Mary was instructed to contact the physician through phone or videoconference if any
complications arose. Mary felt confident going in to the delivery and provided support to Fatima.
After a successful delivery, Mary updated Fatimas EMR, and updates were automatically sent
from the EMR system to the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics database, NHIS database for
facility reimbursement, the facilitys LMIS* to account for supplies used during the birth and the
NHMIS* for health services planning. The local government M&E* officer was reviewing aggre-
gate electronic NHMIS reports and supply requests from each of the LGAs*; he was pleased to
see the decline in maternal and neonatal mortality continue.
Meanwhile, mum and baby were doing fine.
*E
MR = Electronic Medical Record
LGA = Local Government Area
LMIS = Logistic Management Information System
NHIS = National Health Insurance Scheme
NHMIS = National Health Management Information System
NIN= National Identification Number
M&E = Monitoring and Evaluation
SMS = Short Message Service (or text)
PART I. SECTION 3:
FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE
The Foundations for Change for the successful application of Health ICT in
Nigeria draws from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) National eHealth Strategy Toolkit. The WHO-
ITU components of an enabling environment (see Table 1) are used to provide
a strategic and policy-oriented framework to help realize the Nigeria National
Health ICT Vision, address critical gaps and track progress.14 The Foundations
for Change ensure that investments in Health ICT will help enable and deliver
UHC, while setting the stage for the sustainable and effective use of Health
ICT across the entire health system.
In this section on Foundations for Change, the current status, critical oppor-
tunities and gaps, and recommendations for short- and long-term outputs for
each framework component are discussed. Table 2 provides a summary of the
recommendations. The recommendations were iteratively developed through
an extensive stakeholder engagement process. The Action Plan in Part II
builds off of the recommendations and identifies specific inputs and activities
required to achieve the desired outcomes.
3.1 Leadership and Governance
DRAFT
Effective leadership and governance of Health ICT activities at all levels is es-
sential to ensure coordination, sustainability and alignment with national health
priorities. While the National Council on Health (NCH) supports the strategic
leadership of the FMOH in collaboration with the FMCT, there is currently no
national governance structure in place for Health ICTs and to facilitate coordi-
nation across MDAs, with development partners and the private sector.
Therefore, it is essential for Nigeria to establish a National Health ICT Steering

Committee and supporting structure. The Steering Committee will be re-
sponsible for overseeing Health ICT planning, implementation, coordination,
governance and evaluation to the achievement of the Health ICT Vision.
Specifically, the National Health ICT Governance Committee will be respon-
sible for the following:
Oversight of the implementation of the National Health ICT

Framework and Strategy
Ongoing coordination of Health ICTs across MDAs and with

development partners and the private sector
Alignment of Health ICT investments and activities with health

system priorities
Promoting awareness of Health ICT policies, regulations and best

practices, and encouraging, incentivizing or mandating adoption of
nationally-supported Health ICT services
Oversight of Health ICT strategic planning, including integration of

Health ICT into new health programs and workflows and evolution
of the National Health ICT Architecture
Implement National Health ICT Monitoring and Evaluation Plan to

ensure delivery of expected outcomes
Support and facilitate required change across MDAs
TABLE 2. Summary of Recommendations to Improve Health ICT Enabling Environment
COMPONENT RECOMMENDATIONS
Leadership and E
stablish a National Health ICT Steering Committee and supporting structure to oversee Health ICT
Governance planning, implementation, coordination, governance and evaluation
E
ngage in broad stakeholder engagement beyond the Federal Government to involve State
governments, private sector and development partners
Strategy and Develop and periodically review the National Health ICT Strategy
Investment
S
ecure sustainable funding to further develop and operationalize the National Health ICT environment,
align existing projects and investments and explore incentives and additional sources of both traditional
and catalytic funding
S
et up structures and processes to ensure proper investment and management of allocated funds at
the National and State levels
Leverage existing information systems, including the Health Finance Information System
Legislation, C
onduct an extensive review of policies relevant to Health ICT and develop recommendations in
Policy and collaboration with other ministries to harmonize existing policies and to address current and future
Compliance policy gaps, including privacy and security of personal health information
E
stablish a mechanism for regular review of Health ICT policies, implementation guidance and best
practices
Address key policy and regulatory gaps (i.e., privacy and security or standards and interoperability)
DRAFT
Architecture, D
efine and implement a National Health ICT Architecture that defines high-level nationally-supported
Standards and health information services, while harvesting from existing projects, supporting long-term meaningful
Interoperability use of ICTs within the health system
Implement and harmonize digital registries, data collection instruments and reporting indicators that
meet the needs of UHC and other prioritized services and applications
E
stablish guidelines, minimum functional requirements, and interoperability standards that allow for the
consistent and accurate collection and exchange of health information across the health system
Capacity E
stablish a system for Health ICT workforce monitoring and evaluation, readiness, adoption and
building practices
D
evelop incentive mechanisms to encourage workforce development of Health ICT skills and
competencies, leveraging the FMOH Collaborative Center Training Program and other existing
mechanisms where possible
E
stablish methodology for accreditation and revision of Health ICT training Curriculum
E
stablish special Health ICT education, training and career path development programs
D
evelop and implement a strategy for the training and recruitment of a cadre of professionals into
government positions to design, implement and maintain Health ICT systems
Infrastructure R
einforce existing strategies for ongoing funding and investment in power provision, acquisition,
installation and maintenance at all health facilities throughout the country, including exploring
mechanisms (i.e. regulatory) for promoting distribution of alternate power
D
efine minimum infrastructure and computing requirements for each type of health facility and health
administrative office and link to accreditation and assessment
D
evelop and introduce a basic ICT and related equipment package for health facilities based on
prioritized services and application needs that encourages local ownership and capacity building
S
trengthen local and regional support programs, such as the Rural Information Technology Centers, to
ensure ongoing support for infrastructure development and maintenance
Install and maintain Internet and/or broadband connectivity for all tertiary and secondary along with
prioritized primary health facilities as well as State and LGA level health administrative offices
Develop incentive mechanism for Health ICT infrastructure improvement
Solutions Develop and implement services and applications to enable and deliver UHC, including at minimum
(Services and digital beneficiary enrolment, premium payment, coverage verification, and recording of encounters
Applications)
Select additional priority Health ICT services and applications for scale-up based on need, strategic
alignment with Health and Health ICT priorities, preparedness and evidence
Gather and disseminate best practices for the implementation of Health ICT services and applications
The National Health ICT Steering Committee and supporting structure will
direct the application of ICTs to achieve the Health ICT Vision. The Steering
Committee will report to the National Council on Health, which will own the
Health ICT Vision and approve periodic updates. The Steering Committee
will set up a Health ICT Technical Working Group to coordinate technical and
operational inputs. A Health ICT Project Management team will be established
to carry out the implementation of the Health ICT Vision in support of the
Steering Committee and Technical Working Group (TWG). The National
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisory Group will facilitate M&E and
linkages to the NHMIS. The recommended Health ICT governance structure is
depicted in Figure 4. Refer to Appendix 4 for a detailed description of each
entity in the governance structure.
3.2 Strategy and Investment
The Health ICT Vision requires sufficient funding, sustainable financing

mechanisms, incentives and accountability structures to support priority
Health ICT activities. The combination of the strategy and investments
ensures the development of a responsive plan and approach for improving
the Health ICT environment and securing financing for sustained activities.
Accordingly, four recommendations were provided that address current
gaps in strategy and investment:
DRAFT
Develop and periodically review the National Health ICT Strategy
FIGURE 4. Health ICT Governance Structure, State Health ICT Governance
Health Sector Leadership State Steering Committee

National Council on Health HCoH & HCCT
Oversee activities and own the vision State eHealth Steering Committee
Health ICT Steering Committee

HMoH & HMCT
Provide strategic management
Health ICT Project Health ICT Technical

Management Working Group
Provide operational management Provide technical inputs and also
responsible for standards and guidelines
HMoH Honorable Minister of Health HCoH Honourable

HMCT Honorable Minister of Commissioner of Health
Communication Technology HCCT Honourable
ICT Information and Communication Commissioner of Communication
Technology Technology
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
NHMIS National Health Management Note: in some states, the lead
Information System inTechnology is a Special Adviser
to the Governor or the Head (DG
or ES) of a State Agency for ICT
Secure sustainable funding to further develop and operationalize the
National Health ICT environment, align existing projects and invest-
ments and explore incentives and additional sources of both traditional
and catalytic funding
Set up structures and processes to ensure proper investment and man-

agement of allocated funds at the National and State levels
Leverage existing information systems, including the Health Finance

Information System
By drawing from existing health information systems and ongoing and planned
activities, such as the Health Finance Information System, NHMIS, Human
Resources for Healths (HRHs) Health Worker Registry and the National
Health Insurance Scheme, the National Health ICT Strategy can leverage
current investments in lowering overall costs while maximizing downstream
value and providing direction to ensure achievement of the National Health
ICT Vision. The National Health ICT Strategy can also capitalize on current
funding sources.15 Creative means of funding catalytic funding, incentives
for entrepreneurs and developers may also be explored for their viability
in addition to existing funding sources (e.g., donors and external funders and
private sector investments). A recommendation has been made to establish
a trust fund for Health ICT to pool government and development partner
DRAFT
resources to simplify the management and investment of funds and promote
transparency and accountability.
3.3 Legislation, Policy & Compliance
This component of the enabling environment addresses the legal and regula-
tory measures, public policy, and observance of rules and regulations related
to Health ICT initiatives. There is a special focus on ensuring privacy and secu-
rity of personal health information. To maintain and strengthen trust between
consumers, the private sector and the health system, use of Heath ICTs must
support and improve the safe, effective, efficient, equitable and timely delivery
of care. In addition, policy and regulatory guidance must be clear. Three legis-
lation, policy and compliance recommendations were suggested:
Conduct an extensive review of policies relevant to Health ICT and devel-

op recommendations in collaboration with other ministries to harmonize
existing policies and to address current and future policy gaps, with a
particular focus on privacy and security of personal health information
Establish a mechanism for regular review of Health ICT policies, imple-

mentation guidance and best practices
Develop and put in place systems of accountability and compliance

mechanisms for key measures of the Health ICT Framework
There are existing privacy and security policies that are applicable to Health
ICT, including Nigerias Medical Code of Ethics, Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria and National Health Law 2014. The Code of Ethics contains
a special telemedicine provision. The provision covers the safety and mainte-
nance of personal health information when that information is stored; sent;
or received by fax, computer, e-mail or other electronic means.17 Sections 37,
45 and 46 of the Constitution establish a general right of privacy for Nigerian
citizens, which can be applied to health.17 The National Health Law 2014 also
provided for authorized access and storage of patient records.18 Awareness
of these provisions is limited, and education and capacity building in how to
apply them to the use of Health ICT is needed.19
3.4 Architecture, Standards and Interoperability
The architecture, standards and interoperability component of the enabling

environment addresses the development of a blueprint of nationally sup-
ported digital services, such as the NHMIS and Health Worker Registry and
their interactions, and the adoption of standards to maximize the meaningful
use and sharing of health information. This is of particular importance given
the federal structure of Nigerias health system and diversity of systems and
actors involved in the delivery and administration of health services.
A National Health ICT Architecture, that builds off of existing Health ICT
solutions in Nigeria and best practices from other countries, was proposed in
Part I, Section 2. The architecture defines the high-level structure of systems
that the Nigeria FMOH is already supporting. With strategic coordination, the
systems could support a broad set of health system use cases, in addition
to enabling and delivering UHC by 2020. Proposed nationally-supported
architectural components include the NHMIS; a digital facility registry based
on the FMOH Department for Planning Research and Statistics (DPRS) regis-
try; a digital health worker registry based on the FMOH HRH Health Worker
Registry; a terminology service building off of the National Agency for Food
DRAFT
and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) drug formulary; a registry
of clients leveraging NHIS and the National Identity Management Commission
(NIMC) and a shared digital patient record building off existing EMR im-
plementations by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency
(NPHCDA), National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) and others. In a
heterogeneous environment with incompatible software projects and limited
data and security standards, setting up a standards-based and interoperable
National Health ICT Architecture is a prerequisite to a coordinated and con-
nected health system.
Standards define how information is stored in Health ICT systems and how it
is transferred between them, enabling interoperability. The absence of man-
dated Health ICT standards and interoperability requirements and guidelines
has exacerbated fragmentation, limited scale-up and increased market risk.
Establishing interoperability, data and software functionality standards and
requirements will allow for consistent and accurate collection and exchange of
health information across health systems and services.
Recommendations within Architecture, Standards and Interoperability are

as follows:
Define and implement a National Health ICT Architecture that defines

high-level nationally-supported health information services, while align-
ing existing projects, supporting long-term meaningful use of ICTs
within the health system and helping enable and deliver UHC by 2020
Implement and harmonize digital registries, data collection instruments

and reporting indicators that meet the needs of UHC and other priori-
tized services and applications
Establish guidelines, minimum functional requirements and interoper-

ability standards that allow for the consistent and accurate collection
and exchange of health information across the health system. Outputs
may include guidelines for use of Health ICT within public facilities and
requirements for electronic reporting of health data and indicators
3.5 Capacity Building
Skilled and empowered health and ICT workforces are needed to design,
develop, maintain, govern and use the services and applications critical to
meeting the National Health ICT Vision. Recent estimates put the density of
doctors and nurses/midwives in Nigeria at 4 and 16 per 10,000 populations,
respectively.20, 21 However, there are significant urban-rural and regional differ-
ences in health worker distribution. Health ICT training is limited and there are
no career paths available to specialize in Health ICTs in Nigeria. Additionally,
no incentive schemes exist for the adoption of ICTs in health service delivery.
A recent baseline field assessment of Health ICT implementations across
Nigerias six geopolitical zones found that 32% of Local Government Area
(LGA) M&E Officers interviewed and fewer facility-level health workers had
been trained on the use of the widely implemented and adopted NHMIS.22
In response to challenges with managing the health workforce, the FMOH

designed and developed an electronic health workforce registry (eRegistry)
that has improved the management of a subset of the health workforce and
enabled the tracking of capacity building activities and health worker com-
petencies. In addition to incorporating Health ICT training into standardized
curricula, the eRegistry and other Health ICT services and applications present
DRAFT
an opportunity for a nationally scaled health workforce registry and digitally
supported health and ICT workforce education and training.
Specific recommendations for the Capacity Building component are as follows:
Establish a system for Health ICT workforce monitoring and evaluation,

readiness, adoption and use
Establish special Health ICT education, training and career path devel-
opment programs, leveraging the FMOH Collaborative Center Training
Program and other mechanisms where possible
Develop incentive mechanisms to encourage workforce development

of Health ICT skills and competencies
E stablish methodology for accreditation and revision of Health ICT

training curricula
Develop and implement a strategy for the training and recruitment of a

cadre of professionals into government positions to design, implement
and maintain Health ICT systems
3.6 Infrastructure
Infrastructure refers to the physical facility and related assets that form the
foundation for Health ICT implementations, consisting of reliable electricity,
cellular and Internet connectivity, and ICT equipment (e.g., computers, servers
and data warehouses). Currently, infrastructure is inadequate to scale up
Health ICT systems nationally, especially in under-served areas of the country.
Given the magnitude of the gap, infrastructure investments should be co-

ordinated to ensure that they are in step with Health ICT and health system
priorities (e.g., to enable UHC by 2020). Existing programs, like the Rural
Information Technology Centers and the Universal Service Provision Funds
Community Resource Centers, may be leveraged.
Specific infrastructure recommendations include the following:
Establish a workable strategy for ongoing funding and investment in

electrical power provision, acquisition, installation and maintenance at
all health facilities throughout the country, including exploring other
mechanisms (i.e., regulatory) for promoting distribution of power
Define minimum infrastructure and computing requirements for each

type of health facility and health administrative office and link to ac-
creditation and assessment
Develop and introduce a basic equipment package for health facilities

based on prioritized services and application needs that encourages
local ownership and capacity building
S trengthen local and regional support programs, such as the Rural

Information Technology Centers, to ensure ongoing support for infra-
structure development and maintenance
Install and maintain Internet and/or broadband connectivity for all

tertiary and secondary along with prioritized primary health facilities as
DRAFT
FIGURE 5. Key Findings from Baseline Inventory Assessment on Number of
Health ICT Implementations by Program Area (UNF Assessment Report)
Immunizations Nutrition
20 12
Essential
Maternal, Newborn Commodoties
& Child Health
16
63
Malaria
eMTCT
22 11
In 2014, when the baseline assessment was conducted, 84 Health ICT projects were identified and included in the
inventory. 28% of those initiatives were pilots and 24% were in the process of scaling up from pilot implementations.
well as State and LGA level health administrative offices
D evelop incentive mechanism for further Health ICT infrastructure

improvements
3.7 Services and Applications
Services and applications provide the tangible means for end users to derive
benefits from the application of ICTs to health. They facilitate service delivery
and provide access to the information required for health planning and ad-
ministration. Examples range from electronic medical records and laboratory
information systems to mobile applications for health insurance enrolment,
premium payment and verification. The focus of the services and applications
component is to facilitate selection of a small number of Health ICT solutions,
building off of existing projects where possible, that align with national health
system priorities, have sufficient preparedness and evidence for national
scale-up and simultaneously drive strategic investments into the National
Health ICT Architecture.
Although health services delivery in Nigeria is primarily based on traditional

or paper-based approaches, there are numerous Health ICT tools at varying
degrees of maturity implemented throughout the country. Prevalent cellular
coverage and mobile subscriptions throughout Nigeria has encouraged exper-
DRAFT
imentation with mHealth or mobile-supported interventions, especially within
maternal and child health. An opportunity remains to integrate mHealth into
national health programming, especially in underserved regions. Patient and
supply-chain information systems, though at their infancy, are being adopted
for health services delivery, as well. NHMIS is the most prevalent Health ICT
application in the health system, but routine data is generally still collected
manually on paper forms and then entered electronically at the LGAs.23
Specific recommendations for the services and applications component are:
Develop and implement services and applications to enable and deliv-

ery UHC, including at minimum digital beneficiary enrolment, premium
payment, coverage verification, and recording of patient encounters
Select additional priority Health ICT services and applications for scale-
up based on need, strategic alignment with Health and Health ICT
priorities, preparedness and evidence
Gather and disseminate best practices for the implementation of Health

ICT services and applications
Part II: Action Plan
for Health ICT
PART II. SECTION 1:

HEALTH ICT THEORY OF CHANGE
ICT is well positioned to help achieve the key UHC outcomes of improved
equity, access, service and financial coverage, uptake, and quality. 25 Each of
these aspects of UHC can be supported by ICT services and applications that
contribute to its accelerated achievement. The elements required to achieve
the vision of Health ICT in the delivery of UHC have been layered on to the
National Health ICT Vision, UHC outcomes, Health ICT outcomes and long-term
ICT outputs to form the Theory of Change (see Figure 6). The set of intercon-
nected elements are presented in a graphical form and illustrate the pathway of
change from the Health ICT enablers, short- and long-term ICT-related outputs
and Health ICT outcomes as they align with UHC outcomes. The Health ICT
enablers, directly and indirectly support activities that make other more direct
outputs and outcomes possible, ensuring that there is a career path within the
health sector for technology professionals; there is also a requirement that
DRAFT
appropriate governance structures are in place to make informed decisions and
FIGURE 6. Theory of Change for the Nigeria National Health ICT Vision
NIGERIA
By 2020, Health ICT will help deliver and enable universal health coverage whereby
NATIONAL HEALTH
Nigerians will have access to the services they need without incurring financial risk.
ICT VISION
Increased
equity in,
Improved Increased Increased Increased
access to, and
access to coverage of uptake of Improved financial
UHC OUTCOMES quality of
health health health quality of care coverage for
health services,
services services services health care
information,
and financing.
Effective use
of ICTs for
Effective use of Effective use
delivering
Effective use of CRVS, HRIS, Effective use Effective use of of ICT for
appropriate
telemedicine NHMIS & LMIS of mobile ICT for decision health
health services
HEALTH ICT and use of ICT for tracking messaging & support & insurance &
for those who
OUTCOMES for health demand and cash transfers within the other
need them
worker training supply of health for demand continuum health-related
most based on
and support services and creation of care financial
epidemiology
commodities transactions
and ability
to pay
LONG-TERM Nationally scaled integrated Health ICT services and applications supported by
ICT OUTPUTS Nigerian Health Information Exchange implemented with appropriate funding,
infrastructure & equipment, training & policies.
Strategic Define
Health ICT Prioritized
framework, Review and minimum
Guidance on assessment, services &
SHORT-TERM adoption / package &
governance existing curriculum applications
OUTPUTS structure & policies & gaps
adaptation of
developed,
plan for
identified &
(1 YEAR) Health ICT Fund prioritized connectivity,
identified career path requirements
established standards power &
developed gathered
equipment
Leadership,
Legislation, Solutions
HEALTH ICT governance, Standards & Capacity
policy, and Infrastructure (services &
ENABLERS strategy &
compliance
Interoperability building
applications)
investment
investments in technology. The enablers are based on the WHO-ITU eHealth
Strategy Toolkit14 and highlight the importance of investing in the enabling envi-
ronment in addition to the implementation of ICT services and applications. The
Health ICT outcomes include the use of ICT to facilitate and track the coverage
and delivery of health services and commodities through digitized CRVS, HRIS,
LMIS, health service delivery and timely decision-making (through NHMIS) as
well as enrollment, claims and reimbursement software for managing financial
transactions within the health system (particularly in relation to insurance).26
The long-term outputs of nationally scaled integrated Health ICT services

and applications are the bridge that maps and aligns key Health ICT enablers
and short-term outputs with the achievement of UHC. This is supported by a
Nigerian Architecture implemented with appropriate funding, infrastructure,
equipment, training and policies. Targeted outputs detailed in this National
Health ICT Strategic Framework serve as catalysts towards creating the appro-
priate combination of governance, strategy, financing, workforce ICT-readiness,
infrastructure, policy, standards and prioritized services and applications that
will ultimately inform and generate the enabling environment needed for Nigeria
to move towards nationally scaled integrated digital health systems that con-
tribute to improved health outcomes and greater well-being.
PART II. SECTION 2:

HEALTH ICT ACTION PLAN
DRAFT
A detailed action plan was developed using the Theory of Change along with the
stakeholder-generated recommendations from Part I, Section 3. Reflective of the
key stakeholders inputs and needs, the action plan will be used to direct imple-
mentation for the realization of the Health ICT vision (including development of
the budget), and the M&E plan will be used to track and assess progress.
The vision recommendations, categorized by the seven components of the

enabling Health ICT environment, were converted into an actionable, measur-
able form in the detailed action plan (see Appendix 5). Each recommendation
has a set of steps that informs how the recommendation will be achieved. The
steps have been organized into activities and sub-activities, with dependen-
cies noted. The persons or entities responsible for carrying out each of the
activities are clearly identified in the plan, as well. The following integrated
action plan is a high-level summary of the detailed action plan (see Table 3).
Based on the Theory of Change, the recommendations are connected along a

logical pathway of activities with short- and long-term impact. The activities
reflect a five-year process, separated into three phases, to support the attain-
ment of UHC. The phases are:
PHASE 1: Set-up (Year 1)
PHASE 2: Deploy, Maintain and Support (Year 2 and Year 3)
PHASE 3: Consolidate and Continuous Review (Year 4 and Year 5)
Set-up and preparation will take place in year 1. During years 2 and 3, activities
that reflect Deploy, Maintain and Support to help meet the vision will be carried
out. The final two years (years 4 and 5) will be focused on Consolidate and
Continuous Review activities and reviews of progress. The initial phase will be
front-loaded as important foundational structures and activities will need to be
established. As time advances, there will be opportunities to assess the status of
progress and revisit the action plan.
Some activities are longitudinal and will span the entire course of the time-
frame, while others may be more discrete. All are captured in the action plan,
including the timeframe needed to meet or sustain each recommendation.
Revisiting the action plan will be important to ensure the continued alignment
of the activities with achieving UHC.
The members of the NCH, as owners of the Health ICT vision, will oversee
the action plan with guidance and support from the Health ICT Steering
Committee, Technical Working Group and Project Management Office.
DRAFT
TABLE 3. Nigeria National Health ICT Vision Integrated Action Plan 2015 - 2020
PHASE 1 SETUP PHASE 2 DEPLOY, MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT (YEAR 2 AND YEAR 3) PHASE 3 CONSOLIDATE AND CONTINUOUS REVIEW (YEAR 4 AND YEAR 5)
PHASES
TIME/ YEAR 0 YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5
SEQUENCE
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Framework
Endorse- State Engagement / Governance
ment
Leadership & Establish

Governance SC,
Framework adoption and ongoing broad stakeholder engagement
TWG &
PMO
Link policies with Health ICT Framework
Setup
Fund coor-
Investment
dination
management
mechanism
structure
Strategy &
Investment Explore source of funds & align with Establish catalytic
Establish incentive mechanisms Review and re-explore sources of Health ICT funds
framework funding
Establish special purpose Health

ICT Fund
Develop, adapt or
Training and
Review existing adopt high-level
capacity building on
national and interna- requirements and Ongoing review and update of national standards and requirements
Health ICT standards
tional standards design for foundational
& interoperability
Health ICT services
Ongoing on-the-job Health ICT mentoring
Standards & Establish

Interoperability Nigerian
Health
Scale-up the Nigerian HIE
Information
Exchange
(HIE)
Advocacy, communication and education to decision makers and end users to ensure support for Health ICT standards application
Develop and approve standards for secure messaging, high-priority health information, terminologies and data dictionaries
Health ICT PMO

Legislation, & TWG capacity Review and update of policies
Policy & strengthening
Compliance
Establish & implement compliance mechanisms
DRAFT
TABLE 3. Nigeria National Health ICT Vision Integrated Action Plan 2015 - 2020 continued
PHASES
SEQUENCE
Assess Health
Define professional
ICT readiness of
practice standards
stakeholders
Develop strategy for continued Design Health ICT skills and

Develop and Roll-out inventive schemes for
Health ICT skills and competency competencies career progression
Health ICT adoption
acquisition plan
Develop Define
standard new Implement
Health ICT accred- new ac-
compe- itation creditation
tency require- requirements
framework ments
Identify
education
Review FMoH collaborative programs to
and training
include health informatics
course
changes
Implement education and training course

Capacity changes
Building
Establish specialized Health ICT qualifications
and certification track
Implement specialized Health ICT courses
Monitor Health ICT adoption
Establish National Health ICT knowledge

repository
Develop Design M&E

Monitor
Health ICT framework
effective-
awareness for
ness of
campaign measuring
Health ICT
strategy effective-
use and
and ness of
adoption
roll-out engagement
Design targeted
stakeholder
Engage and consult with stakeholder reference and working groups
reference and
working group
DRAFT
TABLE 3. Nigeria National Health ICT Vision Integrated Action Plan 2015 - 2020 continued
PHASES
SEQUENCE
Select imple-
Identify mentation
under- Develop data connectivity partners to
Deploy data connectivity infrastructure for underserved areas
served implementation and design plan develop data
areas connectivity
infrastructure
Identify
and assess
ongoing
infrastructure Local participation of communities in support, maintenance and use of Health ICT services and applications
projects in
Infrastructure underserved
areas
Define minimum Link health

computing, power organization
and connectivity providers Health
infrastructure ICT acceditation to
requirements meet minimum health
for health facility computing
implementation infrastructure
Advocate for priority infrastructure
Identify resources
Develop/revise
to support the
Identify priority requirements and
expansion and
services and/or design for iden- Build/deploy/scale identified priority National Health ICT services and/or applications
development of
applications tified services &
identified services &
applications
applications
Solutions Operate, support and sustain priority Health ICT services and application
(Services &
Applications) Develop/implement collaboration portal Foster continuous upgrades of implemented high priority Health ICT solutions
Promote research and development of priority Health ICT solutions
Ongoing scale-up of priority services and application
Identify best practices in Health ICT and disseminate widely

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Part III: Monitoring &
Evaluation Plan for Health ICT
PART III. SECTION 1:

MONITORING & EVALUATION PLAN
The M&E plan provides a link between the vision, action plan and desired
results (see Appendix 6). The M&E plan draws from the Theory of Change to
define the relationship between the inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and
impact. Its contents are measurable and presented in the form of indicators.
Accordingly, progress towards achievement of the vision can be tracked and
evaluated and inform whether the implementation is yielding intended results
and outcomes. In line with the adopted result-based management approach27,
the M&E plan has three aspects: the indicators for the activities outlined in the
action plan, the baseline and target measures and the governance to oversee
and support progress.
The indicators developed for and used in the Health ICT M&E framework focus
on outcomes and health impact. The outcomes are related to the enabling en-
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vironment and translate the recommendations and activities from the action
plan into a measurable form. The health impact reflects the national focus on
UHC and uses national indicators for health services access, delivery, coverage,
quality and equity. For each indicator, its scope or reach (e.g., National, State
or both) along with the data source, collection method and frequency of data
collection are articulated. The baseline measures will be obtained and target
measures for 2020 set by the leadership and supporting entities.
Appendices
APPENDIX 1:
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
(Placeholder)
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APPENDIX 2:
HEALTH ICT SCENARIO ILLUSTRATING
CHANGE AND IMPACT ON STAKEHOLDERS
SCENARIO: THE HEALTH ICT VISION IN PRACTICE
A few months ago, Fatima registered her children in the NHIS* through the Primary School
Enrollment Process. At that time, Fatima and her husband were also enrolled in the NHIS and they
were issued NHIS Cards that can be used for healthcare services.
Mary woke up early. She checked her phone. It was 6 AM. She had 30 minutes to get ready before
going to work. She scrolled through her apps to double check the shift calendar. Earlier on in the
week, she had received a request to swap shifts with one of her co-workers who was headed out
of town to attend to a family matter. She started getting ready.
Around the same time, Fatima was going about her day. She was expecting and due at any time.
She had developed a birth plan with the local midwife. When she first learned that she was preg-
nant, she decided to sign up for weekly SMS* notifications about her pregnancy and to receive
appointment reminders. She found the messages and pictures informative and even enjoyable,
and would often discuss them with her sisters. She was especially proud that she had not missed
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a single appointment. This was unlike her previous pregnancies. She sighed as she recalled her
previous experiences. Back then, she did not know the importance of antenatal visits or setting up
a birth plan. Sometimes she would make appointments, but not show up. This time was different
Fatima felt a contraction.
Mary arrived at work right on time. She was excited for the day. During shift hand-off, she and
her co-worker huddled over one of the clinics tablets going through the different cases of clients
present at the clinic. They prioritized the cases and she got to work.
Fatima notified her family members that she needed to be taken to the clinic. She then directed
one of her sisters to text the local clinic about the situation. A taxi was called and Fatima proceed-
ed to the clinic.
[Alert.] Mary checked the clinic tablet. She read that a 33 year old female, G4P2 (Gravida of 4,
Parity of 2)*, in labor was headed to the clinic.
When Fatima arrived, she and her husband realized they had left the NHIS card at home in
the hurry. But they were lucky; her NIN* was stored in her husbands phone contact. With the
cross-reference she was triaged and encouraged to relax or walk about until the contractions
came closer together.
During her assessment of Fatima, Mary observed that the baby was in a breech position. When she
had a break, she decided to read up on breech deliveries. She browsed the resources on the clinic
tablet and began reading. After reading, Mary decided to review Fatimas chart again through the
EMR system accessible using the tablet. Fatima had mentioned a history of pregnancy complica-
tions, but Mary did not see that in the clinics system so she checked the Nigerian Health Exchange
to see if the records were there. Mary retrieved Fatimas shared health record and learned that the
first baby had been breech and did not survive. It had been a home delivery in a different village.
To be safe, Mary decided to request a brief consult with the obstetrics/gynecology department
at the referral hospital. She sent off the request through the hospital tablet. Within a few short
minutes, she was on the phone with the on-call physician in that department.
Fatimas contractions shortened. Mary checked up on her and moved her to the delivery room.
Mary had instructions to contact the on-call physician her through phone or videoconference
if any complications arose. Mary felt confident going in to the delivery and provided support
to Fatima.
Fatima, G4P3, delivered a healthy baby boy weighing 3.4 kgs, 49.3 cm in length at 17h21 on... Mary
typed into the clinic computer, updating Fatimas chart as she smiled. Through the chart update,
the baby was registered in the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics database. The data were also
automatically transmitted to the NHIS database for facility reimbursement, the facilitys LMIS* to
account for supplies used during the birth and the NHMIS* for health services planning. Meanwhile,
mum and baby were doing fine in the recovery unit.
One week later, Oye, the local government M&E* officer was reviewing aggregate electronic
NHMIS reports from each of the LGAs*. That week, the decline in maternal and neonatal mortality
continued. He concluded his day by emailing off performance reports to each of the supervisors in
his department and fulfilling supply requests and systems prompts.
*E
MR = Electronic Medical Record
G = Gravida (number of pregnancies)
LGA = Local Government Area
LMIS = Logistic Management Information System
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M&E = Monitoring and Evaluation
NHIS = National Health Insurance Scheme
NHMIS = National Health Management Information System
NIN= National Identification Number
P = Parity (number of successful births)
APPENDIX 3:
RECOMMENDED NIGERIA HEALTH ICT
ARCHITECTURE
In Health ICT projects, the architecture serves as the conceptual framework
that defines the high-level structure and behavior of the system components.
The recommended architectural approach is a components-based approach
that fosters collaboration and interoperability.
The architecture facilitates interoperability by creating a reusable framework

that is service oriented, maximally leverages health information standards,
enables flexible implementation and supports the interchangeability of indi-
vidual components. Integrating the Health Enterprise (IHE) and other trans-
action standards form the basis for the interactions between the architecture
components and Point-of-Service (POS) applications. This architecture is
designed to build upon and amplify the health benefits of existing Nigerian
health and government initiatives.
Health Information
Exchange
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Interoperability Layer
Point Of Service
Applications
Many of the components in the proposed architecture are already being

developed or can leverage existing projects or information. The following is
an overview of each of the proposed architecture components and some
examples of Nigerian projects or activities that could be leveraged in the
proposed architecture.
An enterprise master patient index (EMPI), or Client Registry (CR)

manages the unique identity of citizens receiving health services with
the country For whom
The work that NIMC and NHIS are doing to link insurance beneficiaries
to unique patient identifiers can be leveraged to provide a strong
foundation for a client registry portion of a health information exchange
(HIE). The National Identification Number (NIN) could be considered as
a key, highly discriminating, attribute for identifying patients. To take
advantage of that, we recommend understanding the relationship be-
tween NIMC and NHIS and gaining a better understanding of how the
NIN relates to healthcare identification across the entire health system.
A Health Worker Registry (HWR) is the central authority for maintaining

the unique identities of health providers within the country By whom
HRH has already created an OpenHIE-compatible Health Worker

Registry and they are in the process of working towards populating it.
To position the registry to be utilized outside of HRH, we recommend
that the team continue to expound upon the value that this data can
provide across the healthcare system.
A Health Facility Registry (FR) serves as a central authority to unique-

ly identify all places where health services are administered within the
country Where?
Significant work has been done to collect facility registry information,

largely led by the FMOH DPRS. This information is valuable and can pro-
vide value across the public and private health system. For example, the
data can be used in supply chain planning and in verifying the location of
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a patients clinical interaction. The FMOH is well positioned to move this
content toward a digital platform that can be more widely used and sup-
ported. We recommend further conversations around governance models.
A Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a repository

containing the normalized version of aggregate-level content created
within the community, after being validated against each of the previ-
ous registries. It is a collection of indicator-centric records for cohorts
with information in the exchange.
The FMOH Department of Planning, Research and Statistics (DPRS)

has selected DHIS2 as the HMIS platform and there are currently web
and paper data collection processes for reporting of primary health
indicators. DHIS2 is compliant with the proposed architecture.
A Shared Health Record (SHR) enables the collection and storage of

electronic health information about individual patients in a centralized
repository which is capable of being shared across different health-
care settings.
There are numerous point-of-care systems that are EMRs and captur-
ing data about clinical encounters. Depending upon the initial health
priority that the team decides to pursue, many of these implementa-
tions could provide input on data standards and/or be positioned to
contribute to a shared health record.
A Terminology Service (TS) serves as a central authority to uniquely

identify the clinical activities that occur within the care delivery process
by maintaining a terminology set mapped to international standards
such as ICD10, LOINC, SNOMED, and others What?
While no terminology service currently exists, some indicator, registry

and data definitions do exist. The initial health priority will help focus
the team on the terminology standards that need to be defined first.
A Health Interoperability Layer (IL) receives all communications from
point of service applications within a health geography, and orches-
trates message processing among the point of service application and
the hosted infrastructure elements.
Because there currently is not an HIE, this component of the architec-

ture does not currently exist in Nigeria.
P oint of Service (POS), or point of care applications are a diverse

group of actors that leverage the health information exchange to im-
prove the quality of care by using higher quality and more timely data
to support their activities. These systems include mobile messaging
tools [SMS/interactive voice response (IVR)], EMRs, laboratory or stock
management systems and monitoring and evaluation tools.
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APPENDIX 4:
PROPOSED GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
Federal Level
The following table outlines the proposed Health ICT governance structure.
This table complements the governance structure illustration in Part I, section
3.1. The general functions and responsibilities are also included in the table.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND

ROLE COMPOSITION
RESPONSIBILITIES
Health Sector Leadership National Council on Health Provide oversight and own the Health ICT vision
Health ICT Steering Ministers of Health and Communication Strategic direction and support
Committee Technology in addition to CEOs of
Government Departments/ Agencies as
may be identified by the two (2) Ministers.
Health ICT Project This will be hosted by FMOH Provide operational management through:
Management Office
General daily management and operation
Facilitate design, implementation and mainte-
nance of the strategic architecture
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In charge of logistics for meetings of the
steering committee
Generate and coordinate reports and other
key documentation for Health ICT
Stimulate stakeholders and private sector
involvement/investment in Health ICT
Develop and help implement the Health ICT
Strategy and administrative funding
Interface with the Health ICT Steering
Committee
Health ICT Technical T

he Chair member will be appropriate Coordinate technical consultation on appropri-
Working Group government ministry, department or ate subject matter:
agency.
Produce subject-specific guidelines that will
O
ther members can be drawn from a inform the work of the Health ICT Program
wide range of stakeholders ranging from Management Office
the private sectors, to development
holding monthly reviews meetings
partners to health ICT subject experts
T
here may be several subject matter
specific working groups
State Level
The following table outlines the proposed Health ICT governance structure at
the states. This is meant as a guide to help states develop appropriate gover-
nance for health ICT. This recognizes that different states have varying priori-
ties and varying degree of ICT governance. While some may have ministry of
science and technology, other have special advisers and some commissioners
embedded in contiguous ministries. The general functions and responsibilities
are also included in the table.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS AND

ROLE COMPOSITION
RESPONSIBILITIES
State Health ICT Commissioners of Health and Strategic management and support within the
Committee Communication Technology / Science and state
Technology and heads of state government
agencies as identified by the two (2)
commissioners.
The secretary of this committee shall be
the appropriate as identified by SMOH
within the state. The State steering com-
mittee should also include other agencies
of SMOH.
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Appendix 5: Detailed Health ICT Action Plan
APPENDIX
Appendix 5:
5: Detailed Health ICT Action Plan
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) Output Description Activity Activity Description Stakeholders
DETAILED HEALTH ICT ACTION PLAN
Governs Health ICT planning,
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) Output Description Activity implementation
Activity Daescription nd evaluation, as Stakeholders
Establish a national Health ICT Establish National Health ICT
well as interoperability and
governance structure to oversee Steering committee (SC), National
National Health ICT governance integration requirements, funding, NCH, FMOH, FMCT plus parties
1.1 Governance Structure Health ICT decision-making, Health ICT Technical Working Group Governs Health ICT planning,
structure established clinical documentation listed in the governance table
planning, implementation and (TWG) and National Health ICT implementation and evaluation, as
Establish a national Health ICT Establish National H CT requirements, architectural
monitoring/evaluation Project Management Oealth
ffice (IPMO) well as interoperability and
governance structure to oversee Steering committee (SC), National guidelines, privacy, security, and
National Health ICT governance integration requirements,
auditing requirements funding, NCH, FMOH, FMCT plus parties
1.1 Governance Structure Health ICT decision-making, Health ICT Technical Working Group
structure established clinical documentation listed in the governance table
planning, implementation and (TWG) and National Health ICT
requirements, architectural
monitoring/evaluation Project Management Office (PMO) Dedicated Health ICT governance
guidelines, privacy, security, and
functions will need to coexist with
auditing requirements
existing governance functions
operating at Federal, and State
Broad stakeholder engagement Dedicated Health ICT governance
levels
Support Formalize governance interactions functions will need to coexist with FMOH, FMCT, State Health and
beyond the fsetup
ederal
ofgovernment
state level to
1.2 State Government Engagement State Government engaged governance as appropriate between Federal and States as well existing overnance unctions Technology ministries, State PHC
involve the structure
state governments for There will bge a need to fidentify and
as between States and LGAs tate boards and agencies
maximum support and participation formalize
operating tahe t Frederal,
elationships
and Sw ith
Broad stakeholder engagement these governance levels functions and
Formalize governance interactions FMOH, FMCT, State Health and
beyond the federal government to clearly define how they will interact
1.2 State Government Engagement State Government engaged between Federal and States as well Technology ministries, State PHC
involve the state governments for There will be
in relation to aH eed to
nealth identify
ICT and
strategy,
1.0 as between States and LGAs boards and agencies
maximum support and participation formalize the relationships with
Leadership and Governance investment and coordination
these governance functions and
clearly define how they will interact TWG, PMO, Civil society
Establish mechanisms for ongoing
1.0 in relation ICT strategy, organizations, Patient health
broad stakeholder engagement Beyond government
to Health M DAs, involve
Leadership and Governance Broad stakeholder engagement investment and coordination associations, private providers
1.3 Broad Stakeholder Engagement beyond government to involve the Broad stakeholder engagement the private sector, development
achieved association, ICT providers
private sector, development partners, civil society and citizens Civil society
Establish echanisms association,
TWG, PdMO,
evelopment partners
partners, m civil society afnd
or ocngoing
itizens organizations, Patient health
broad stakeholder engagement Beyond government MDAs, involve and professional societies
Broad stakeholder engagement associations, private providers
1.3 Broad Stakeholder Engagement beyond
Link government
National Health ICT to iFnvolve the
ramework Broad stakeholder engagement the private sector, development
achieved association, ICT providers
private
with ector,
the msajor development
emerging National partners, civil society and citizens
National Health ICT Framework Advocate for a subsection on Health association, development
FMOH, FMCT, partners
National Health Act
partners,
policies (e.g., ociety
civil tshe National
and cHitizens
ealth Ensure inclusion of Health ICT during
integrated and linked with National ICT within NSHDP, NHP, and other and
sub professional
committees, societies
National M&E
1.4 Linked and Integrated Policies Act, National Strategic Health reviews of NHA, NHP, National ICT
health Act, NHP, National ICT policy National Health
Link Development I CT F ramework relevant and emerging institutional technical working group, and other
plan (NSHDP), Policy and NHSDP.
and NSHDP mechanisms. relevant platforms.
National Health ICT Framework National
with the Hmealth
ajor ePmerging
olicy and NNational
ational Advocate for a subsection on Health FMOH, FMCT, National Health Act
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1.4 Linked and Integrated Policies
integrated and linked with National
health Act, NHP, National ICT policy
and NSHDP
policies (e.g.,
Development
Ensure
National
t
Health
he National Health
ICT policy)
Act, National Strategic Health
plan (NSHDP),
the endorsement,
Policy
adoption
National
Ensure inclusion of Health ICT during
reviews of NHA, NHP, National ICT
Policy and NHSDP.
ICT within NSHDP, NHP, and other
relevant and emerging
Framework
establishing
institutional
contributes
mechanisms.
to
a National Health ICT
sub committees, National M&E
technical working group, and other
relevant platforms.
National Health ICT Framework and periodic review (at amnd
ost every 5 Ensure endorsement, periodic
ICT p olicy) strategic framework, but multi-
1.5 Framework Adoption developed, endorsed and periodically years) of developed National Health review and adoption of National Steering Committee, TWG
sectoral adoption is critical, as is a
reviewed ICT Framework as a part of a larger Health ICT Framework Framework contributes
Ensure the endorsement, adoption system of 5-yearly review tao
nd
National Health Strategy a National Health ICT
establishing evaluation
National Health ICT Framework and periodic review (at most every 5 Ensure endorsement, periodic
strategic framework, but multi-
1.5 Framework Adoption developed, endorsed and periodically years) of developed National Health review and adoption of National Steering Committee, TWG
sectoral adoption is critical, as is a
reviewed ICT Framework as a part of a larger Health ICT Framework
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) Output Description Activity system of 5-yearly
Activity review and
Description Stakeholders
National Health Strategy
evaluation
Explore sources of Health ICT funds:

Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) Output Description Activity Activity Description
revenue (National and States),
Stakeholders
A. Explore sources of Health ICT FMOH-DPRS, Health Financing, FMF,
development partners and external
funds and align with Framework FMCT, Private sector stakeholders
funders, including private-sector
Explore sources of Health ICT funds:
investments
Secure sustainable funding for the revenue (National and States),
development and operation of the A. Explore sources of Health ICT FMOH-DPRS, Health Financing, FMF,
development partners and external
Funding for Health ICT operations national Health ICT environment, funds and align with Framework FMCT, Private sector stakeholders
2.0 2.1 Funding for Health ICT funders, including private-sector
secured making sure to explore the viability Establish seed catalytic funding to
investments FMOH, FMCT, PSHAN, USPF, WB/IFC
Strategy and Investment Secure sustainable for the B. Establish catalytic funding
of existing funds, catalytic
funding funding support innovation and development partners
development nd operation of the
and aincentives
Funding for Health ICT operations national Health ICT environment,
2.0 2.1 Funding for Health ICT
secured making sure to explore the viability Establish
A special speed catalytic
urpose fund ffunding to
or Health FMOH, FMCT, PSHAN, USPF, WB/IFC
Strategy and Investment B. Establish catalytic funding
of existing funds, catalytic funding C. Establish special purpose fund for ICT will esupport innovation
nsure adequate funding for and
NHIS, development
NITDA, partners
CBN, FMF, NCC-USPF,
and incentives Health ICT Health ICT innovation and development partners
implementations
A special purpose fund for Health
2.2 Motivation Motivation mechanism established Establish motivation mechanism for C. Establish
Set up msotivation mechanism
pecial purpose fund for Establish
ICT motivation
will ensure mechanism
adequate funding for FMOH,
NHIS, FMCT,
NITDA, PSHAN,
CBN, FMF, N B/IFC,
WCC-USPF,
infrastructure development, Health ICT infrastructure development,
Health ICT innovation and Development partners
development and the
partners
entrepreneurs and developers entrepreneurs a nd
implementations developers, private sector
including providing enabling
2.2 Motivation Motivation mechanism established Establish motivation mechanism for Set up motivation mechanism Establish
environment motivation mechanism
for potential for
export FMOH, FMCT, PSHAN, WB/IFC,
and revenues from Health ICT
Introduce a structure for planning
FMOH, FMCT and TWG; major
A. Investment management and coordinating Health ICT budgets
funders; development partners and
Investment management to enable structure to improve prioritization, allocation
private sector
private sector
Investment management plan proper allocation
infrastructure of Health ICT
development, infrastructure and release
development, Development partners and the
2.3 Investment
established investment funding
entrepreneurs o priority
and dtevelopers entrepreneurs and developers, private sector
projects including
Establish pfund coordination
roviding enabling FMOH and TWG, major funders,
B. Fund coordination mechanism mechanisms
environment to
for
mp itigate
otential risks from
export private sector and development
infrastructure development, infrastructure development, Development partners and the
fragmented funding tructure
sealth ICT partners
entrepreneurs and developers entrepreneurs
and revenues farom nd dHevelopers, private sector
including
Introduce a sptructure
roviding feor nabling
planning
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) Output Description A. Investment
Activitymanagement environment
and oordinating
cActivity for otential
pealth
DHescription ICT ebxport
udgets Stakeholders
revenues from Health ICT funders; development partners and
Investment management to enable structure to iand
mprove prioritization, allocation
private sector
Investment management plan proper allocation of Health ICT Process
Introduce for aand release
dseveloping,
tructure reviewing,
for planning
2.3 Investment approving and publishing national FMOH, FMCT and TWG; major
established investment funding to priority A. Investment management and coordinating Health ICT budgets
Health Establish fund coordination hich is funders; evelopment
FMOH adnd partners
TWG, major and
funders,
Investment mprojects
anagement to enable structure to improve ICT sptandards,
rioritization, and aw llocation
B. Fund coordination mechanism mechanisms
supported y tto
band m
he hitigate
ealth sr isks
ector from
and private
private sector sector
and development
Investment management plan proper allocation of Health ICT release
2.3 Investment A. Review existing national and the fragmented
Health ICT ifndustry
unding swtructure
ill need to partners
established investment funding to priority
projects international standards and Define Establish stablished
be feund coordination FMOH,
FMOH and NTITDA,
WG, mFMCT, TWG
ajor funders,
Define and prioritize Health ICT and
Health
B. Fund ICT standards
coordination mechanism mechanisms to mitigate risks from private sector and development
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) related data standards,
Output Description as well as Activity Activity D escription Stakeholders
Standards for Health ICT and health Review existing
fragmented funding national
structure and partners
establish processes and
3.1 Established Standards information exchange defined and international
Process for developing, nd other
Health ICT raeviewing,
infrastructure to facilitate safe and
established standards to determine what can be
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) secure
Output exchange
Descriptionof health Activity approving Activity
and D publishing
escription national Stakeholders
Health ICT standards, adopted and which is
information
A HIE system
supported the
wh facilitate
ill ealth the
ector and
Process for bd y eveloping, rseviewing,
A. Review existing national and exchange
the ealth information
of hindustry eed to
approving Health IaCT nd publishing will nnational
B. Establish
international a Nigerian
standards Health
and Define stakeholders
among be established a cross FMOH, FMCT,
FMOH, NHIS,
NITDA, USPF,
FMCT, NIMC,
TWG
Health ICT standards, and which is
Define and prioritize Health ICT and Information Exchange (HIE) geographical and health-sector NITDA, Galaxy Backbone, NBS
Health ICT standards supported by the health sector and
related data standards, as well as boundaries b ased o n defined
Standards for Health ICT and health A. Review existing national and the
HRealth existing
eview ICT industry national
will need
and to
establish processes and standards
3.1 Established Standards information exchange defined and international standards and Define international ealth ICT and other
be eHstablished FMOH, NITDA, FMCT, TWG
infrastructure
Define to facilitate
and prioritize Health safe
ICT aand
nd A. Partners training and Training and uilding
established Health pIrovide
CT standards standards to determine
Capacity wBhat can be
secure
related exchange
data standards, of haealth
s well as capacity building in Health ICT provided competent partners
Standards for Health ICT and health adopted
Review bey xisting national and
Capacity o f s takeholders
information
establish processes and b uilt a s
3.1 Established Standards information
Capacity built efxchange defined
or ensuring and
standards appropriate, understand, define, A HIE system
international will facilitate
Health ICT and othe
ther
3.2 Standards capacity building infrastructure to to facilitate safe and FMOH, NITDA, FMCT
and established
interoperability review, apply and manage standards standards
exchange to odf etermine what can be
health information
secure exchange of health egular
B. RB. mentoring the job Regular mentoring the job
in Health ICT initiatives Establish a Nigerian
and oHn
ealth among stakeholders
adopted and oan
cross FMOH, FMCT, NHIS, USPF, NIMC,
information training to sustain knowledge gained training sustain ained
Information Exchange (HIE) geographical
A HIE to
system awnd ealth-sector
kill nowledge
hfacilitate gthe NITDA, Galaxy Backbone, NBS
and ensure its application and ensure
boundaries
exchange its application
ased
of hbealth n defined
oinformation
B. Establish a Nigerian Health among stakeholders
standards across FMOH, FMCT, NHIS, USPF, NIMC,
3.0 Partners provide
A. Information training
Exchange and
(HIE) geographical
Training and aCnd apacity Building
health-sector NITDA, Galaxy Backbone, NBS
Standards and Interoperability capacity building in Health ICT provided
boundaries by competent
based on dpefined artners
Capacity of stakeholders built as
Implementation standards of foundation
Capacity built for ensuring standards appropriate, to understand, define,
3.2 Standards capacity building A. Partners provide training and Health
Training ervices
ICT asnd Capacity (e.g., national
Building FMOH, NITDA, FMCT
and interoperability review, apply and manage standards
B. Rcapacity
egular mbentoring
uilding in aH ealth
nd on the
ICT job health
provided
Regular mb identifiers,
y competent
entoring and national
opn artners
the job
in Health
Capacity ICT initiatives
takeholders s FMOH, FMCT, NIMC, NITDA, NHIS,
Building on
of esxisting standards
built aand training to sustain knowledge gained authentication,
training to sustain eklectronic nowledge health
gained
Capacity built for ensuring standards understand, define, A. Develop, adapt or adopt high- NPC, TWG, Professional and
3.2 Standards capacity building requirements
appropriate, tfo or some foundational and ensure its application records,
and ensure etc.),
its baegins with
pplication FMOH, NITDA, FMCT
and interoperability pply and
review, aHealth standards level requirements and design for regulatory organizations e.g. MDCN,
ICT msanage
ervices Regular mentoring
B. foundational n the job understanding t he
Regular mentoring and on the job h igh-level
in Health ICT initiatives Health aInd
CT oservices NMCN FMOH, NIMC, NITDA, NHIS,
training to sustain knowledge gained requirements
training to sustain for ktnowledge
he service gaained nd
3.0 NPC, implementers, end-users
and ensure its application defining and ae h igh-level
nsure its ad esign for how
pplication
Standards and Interoperability
the service would be delivered for
Implementation of foundation
Standardized registries, instruments the country
3.0 Health ICT services (e.g., national
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ICT CT into tinternationally
industry heir
will cnurricula
eed to
stakeholders (consumers, health recognized t ertiary q ualifications in Universities; NUC, TWG
international standards and Define were necessary.
be established FMOH, NITDA, FMCT, TWG
providers,
Define ealth care
and phrioritize managers,
Health ICT and Health ICT (e.g. health informatics) School of Medicine; School of
related ata standards,
and hdealth as well as
administrators) B. Implement specialized Health ICT Identify mplement
and aind stablish formalized
internationally Health technology; Health
Standards for Health ICT and health Review eexisting national and
establish processes and courses recognized training/education
tertiary programs Informatics degree awarding
3.1 Established Standards information exchange defined and international Health qIualifications
CT and other in
infrastructure to facilitate safe and designed
Health I CT recognize
to (e.g. h ealth aind promote
nformatics) Universities; NUC, NBTE,
School of Medicine; TWG
School of
secure exchange of health B. Implement specialized Health ICT the and spread of Health
implement ICT skills and
formalized Health technology; Health
adopted
information courses training/education
expertise programs Informatics degree awarding
A HIE system will facilitate the
designed
Design and to recognize
insert relevant romote
and Hpealth ICT Universities; NUC, NBTE, TWG
exchange of health information
the
and sipread
nformatics of Health
competency and
ICT skills skills
C. stablish
B. REeview a Nigerian
FMOH Health
collaborative among stakeholders across FMOH, FMCT, NHIS, USPF, NIMC,
expertise
required to advance relevant skills
Information
programs xchange
to Einclude (HIE)
health geographical and health-sector NITDA,
FMOH, Relevant
Galaxy BUackbone, NBS
niversities, TWG
and
Design competencies
and insert raelevant
mongst Hm anagers
ealth ICT
informatics boundaries based on defined
in
and the FMOH collaborative
informatics competency center
skills
C. Review FMOH collaborative standards
required to aprogram dvance relevant skills
A. programs
Partners ptrovide training
o include and
health Training and Capacity Building FMOH, Relevant Universities, TWG
and competencies amongst managers
uilding in Health ICT
capacity binformatics provided by competent partners
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) Capacity
Output of stakeholders
Description built as Activity in the FMOH collaborative
Activity Description center Stakeholders
Capacity built for ensuring standards appropriate, to understand, define, program
3.2 Standards capacity building FMOH, NITDA, FMCT
B. Regular mentoring and on the job Regular mentoring and on the job
Component Output Title Output (Recommendation) Output
in Health DICT initiatives
escription Activity Health Facilities
Activity nd communities. Stakeholders
training to sustain knowledge gained training to sustain Dakescription
nowledge gained
Services coverage will cover power,
A.and ensure
Identify its application
underserved areas and ensure its application USPF, TWG, GBB, MGOs
connectivity and computing
Health infrastructure
Facilities and ccoverage ommunities.
3.0 Services coverage will cover power,
Standards and Interoperability A. Identify underserved areas USPF, TWG, GBB, MGOs
connectivity and computing
B. Local participation of communities Implementation
infrastructure oundation
of cfoverage FMOH, FMCT (eGovt), Galaxy
Ensure
Health ICT local participation
services (e.g., national and
in support, maintenance and use of Backbone (GBB), LGA and
ownership f Health ICT
health oidentifiers, projects and
national
infrastructure Health ICT services and community
FMOH, leaders,
FMCT, NIMC, Mobile
NITDA, NHIS,
Building on existing standards and equipment
authentication, electronic health
B. A.
Local application
Develop,
participation
adapt oor f acdopt high-
ommunities Telcoms,
NPC,
FMOH, CC,
TWG, Professional
FNMCT N(GOs, USPF,
eGovt), NHIS
nd
Gaalaxy
requirements for some foundational records,
Ensure etc.),
local begins with
participation and
level
in requirements
support, maintenance
and daesign for
nd use of regulatory o rganizations e.g. M
Backbone (GBB), LGA and DCN,
Health ICT services understanding
ownership of Health the high-level
ICT projects and
foundational
infrastructure Health
Health ICT
ICT services
services and Data connectivity is a key foundation NMCN
community
FMOH, NlIMC, NITDA,
eaders, NHIS,
Mobile
requirements for the service and
equipment
application for sharing electronic information NPC, implementers,
Telcoms, NCC, NGOs, eUnd-users
SPF, NHIS
defining a high-level design for how
between
Data roviders, and
care pconnectivity is faor the
key provision
foundation
for ealth-care
of shharing services
electronic through
information
Focusing and prioritizing electronic
between
and indicators
interventions based on population care channels
providers, (e.g. teleHealth
and ICT)
for the provision
6.0
Infrastructure
DRAFT
6.1 Expanded Coverage
Connectivity coverage expanded and
enhanced
density, disease prevalence, and
providing
and
Focusing adequate
supporting
interventions based
connectivity
and prioritizing
them ow
n ith relevant
population C. Assess infrastructure availability of
of health-care services through
Ensures
exchanged
that
This activity
priority
channels
organizations
nh ealth
eeds
electronic
etween
t i
health-care
(be.g. teleHealth
and providers
nformation
o identify
healthcare
the
ICT)
through
FMOH, FMCT (eGovt), Galaxy
Backbone (GBB), LGA and
6.0 Connectivity coverage expanded and policies a
density, nd e nabling
Build on deisease e nvironments
xisting pirevalence,
nstruments and
to health facilities and programs provider segments and communities community leaders, Mobile
6.1 Expanded Coverage national
that
a This Health
arequire
ctivity ninvestment
eeds
ICT to environment
identify or
in fit tfhe Telcoms,
FMOH, NCC,
FMCT (eGovt), SPF
NGOs, GUalaxy
Infrastructure enhanced providing
support akdequate connectivity
ey registries (health B. Develop and approve standards
Assess infrastructure vailability of are appropriately
priority d
purpose efined a
health-care nd the Backbone and
facility,
and patient,
supporting health
them workers,
with relevant C.for secure messaging, haigh-priority FMOH, NIMC, N(GBB),
ITDA, LNGA
HIS, NPC,
health facilities and programs messages
provider sdata egments u tilize
connectivity s tandard
and communities community leaders, Mobile
policies
citizen eatc.) nabling environments
nd efoundational to health health information, terminologies implementers, end-users
terminologies
that require investment
and remain in private
fit for Telcoms, NCC, NGOs, USPF
information exchange and data dictionaries
and c onfidential.
efficiency and
In order to aid purpose optimize
limited funds, ealth care facilities
data chonnectivity
All must
with properly
be the highest authenticated
reach in
and
In delivered
communities
order intended
to aid should
teo
fficiency recipient
be identified
and and
optimize
enhanced,
limited funds, htechnology-wise
ealth care facilities
with the
The country highest
will each
need tro select
in data
communities hould be identified
connectivity isnfrastructure and
providers
and oenhanced,
perators to technology-wise
assist in developing
D. Select implementation partners to
the
The required
country will dnata
eed connectivity
to select data FMCT, NCC, USPF, Mobile Telcoms,
develop data connectivity
connectivity infrastructure
infrastructure providers GBB, NGOs
infrastructure
and operators to assist in developing
D. Select implementation partners to These and/or public
the crould
equired
be pdrivate
ata connectivity FMCT, NCC, USPF, Mobile Telcoms,
develop data connectivity organizations
infrastructure GBB, NGOs
infrastructure
These could be private and/or public
organizations
and revenues from Health ICT
Introduce a structure for planning
private sector
2.3 Investment
Process for developing, reviewing,
approving and
Investing in pdublishing national
ata connectivity
Health
infrastructure ICT standards,
will be agnd which
uided is
a high-
supported
level design by tfhe
or hhealth sector and
ow improving or
A. Review existing national and the H ealth I CT i ndustry
providing data connectivity to priority w ill need to
international standards and Define care providers be established
and communities can FMOH, NITDA, FMCT, TWG
Define and prioritize Health ICT and
Health ICT standards be achieved, and how this will be
related data standards, as well as E. Develop data connectivity
Standards for Health ICT and health Review existing
extended to the bnroader nd
ational haealth FMCT, NCC, GBB
establish processes and implementation design and plan
3.1 Established Standards information exchange defined and international sector Haealth ICT and other
nd population
While some adopted government agencies
information
A Hhave already
IE system begun
will several
facilitate the
initiatives, there
exchange of health remains a plan
still information
B. Establish a Nigerian Health ffectively
to eamong stakeholders Health ICT
link them tao cross FMOH, FMCT, NHIS, USPF, NIMC,
Information Exchange (HIE) geographical and health-sector NITDA, Galaxy Backbone, NBS
boundaries based on defined
standards
Deployment would explore wired,
capacity building in Health ICT provided by competent partners
Capacity of stakeholders built as fixed wireless and mobile
Capacity built for ensuring standards appropriate, to understand, define, connectivity infrastructure
3.2 Standards capacity building F. Deploy data connectivity FMOH,
FMOH, NITDA,
SMOH, FMCT
USDF, FMCT, NCC,
B. Regular mentoring
infrastructure and on the
for underserved job
areas Regular entoring and
Some gmovernment agencies
on the hjob
ave GBB, Telecoms
in Health ICT initiatives
training to sustain knowledge gained training
already
to sbustain
egun wknowledge gained
ork on putting IT
and ensure its application infrastructure
and ensure in its application
place. These can be
leveraged for Health ICT purposes
3.0
Standards and Interoperability Existing infrastructure can be
leveraged to support Health ICT Implementation xplore the
This activity woill f efoundation FMOH, FMCT (eGovt), USPF, GBB,
initiatives; alternative sources of possibility
Health f leveraging
ICT soervices (e.g., H ealth ICT
national community leaders, private
power could also be explored Identify and assess ongoing initiatives
health iodentifiers,
n existing ninfrastructure
ational organizations (especially telecoms)
6.2 Identify and assess existing Existing Infrastructure for Health ICT FMOH, FMCT, NIMC, NITDA, NHIS,
Building on existing standards and infrastructural projects in such as RITCs,
authentication, community
electronic health
infrastructure identified and assessed A. Develop, adapt or adopt high- NPC, TWG, Professional and
NIPOST kiosks
requirements are
for some
an efxample of an
oundational underserved areas connectivity
records, perojects
tc.), begins community
and w ith Alternative power companies (solar
level requirements and design for regulatory organizations e.g. MDCN,
organization infrastructure
Health ICT services Others based power (solar/
understanding wind etc.)
the high-level generation, hydro, wind farms,
foundational Health ICT services NMCN FMOH, NIMC, NITDA, NHIS,
are Power, Connectivity and requirements initiatives for the service and inverters, etc.)
NPC, implementers, end-users
Equipment defining a high-level design for how
Standardized registries, instruments Define minimum computing, power These the
are country
the minimum
DRAFT
and indicators
By thinking through and agreeing
upon what different health facilities
at all levels will need, the FMOH
can define the basic/ minimum
and connectivity Infrastructure
requirements for e-health
implementation
infrastructural requirements for
health facilities to optimally deploy
and implement Health ICT initiatives
FMOH, FMCT (eGovt), GBB, USPF,
NITDA
requirements for Health ICT Ensures that health information

adoption. exchanged between
One potential healthcare
method to drive
organizations
investments and roviders
in Hpealth hrough
ICT tis to link
Build on existing instruments to
Once these equirements are a national
their Health
Health ICT environment
ICT accreditation to their
support key rregistries (health B. Develop and approve standards
6.3 Define Minimum Infrastructural Minimum infrastructural requirements defined, ealth facilities ill simply are a ppropriately d efined
meeting of defined infrastructural a nd the
facility, p
hatient, health w workers, for secure messaging, high-priority FMOH, NIMC, NITDA, NHIS, NPC,
Requirements for e-health implementation defined messages u tilize
requirements s tandard
citizen not
etc.) initiate
foundational
Health tIo
CT health health information, terminologies implementers, end-users
implementations ithout meeting ealthcare rganization and terminologies and remain private
information w exchange Link hand data doictionaries
these requirements. provider e-health accreditation to Although and
it cis onfidential.
typically a l ong-term
FMOH, SMOH, NITDA, NHIS
meeting minimum computing aspiration, such an activity can be
This will give the general public Infrastructure All must
used to ebncourage authenticated
e properly initial investment
some comfort that the healthcare and elivered
in Hdealth ICT tro intended
elated recipient
infrastructure.
facilities they attend has met Once standards have been
certain Health ICT standards/ established, it becomes easier to
conditions/ requirements. monitor and enforce, and reward
compliance across organizations
This would include identifying:
- Existing scalable services and
applications
- Necessary services and applications
7.0 Core set of appropriate Health ICT Identify and prioritize services and FMOH, NOTAP, NITDA,
7.1 Prioritize Services and A. Identify services and/or for prioritization
Solutions (Services and services and Applications prioritized applications that have scaled, or are implementing partners in private
Applications applications for prioritization -Services and application that have
Applications) and deployed scalable sector
evidence for high impact
FMOH, SMOH, NITDA, NHIS
meeting minimum computing aspiration, such an activity can be
This will give the general public Infrastructure used to encourage initial investment
some comfort that the healthcare in Health ICT related infrastructure.
facilities they attend has met Once standards have been
certain Health ICT standards/ established, it becomes easier to
conditions/ requirements. monitor and enforce, and reward
compliance across organizations
This would include identifying:
- Existing scalable services and
applications
- Necessary services and applications
7.0 Core set of appropriate Health ICT Identify and prioritize services and FMOH, NOTAP, NITDA,
7.1 Prioritize Services and A. Identify services and/or for prioritization
Solutions (Services and services and Applications prioritized applications that have scaled, or are implementing partners in private
Applications applications for prioritization -Services and application that have
Applications) and deployed scalable sector
evidence for high impact
-Solutions with potential for ease of
This involves
scale and atre evelopment
he cdost effective of
B. Develop/revise high level
requirements for priority
-Reliable solutions services
and
requirements and design for
applications to meet identified
identified national Health ICT service
business process needs of the
and/or application
Nigerian Health ICT eco-space
This involves identifying, evaluating
and selection of resources (within
public and private sectors) to
C. Identify resources to support the
undertake the detailed design and
expansion and development of
implementation or expansion of
identified services and applications
national Health ICT services or
applications that adhere to the high-
level requirements and design
D. Build and Deploy identified priority This involves working with selected
national Health ICT services and/or implementation partners to execute,
applications needed programs at scale
E. Operate, support and sustain
developed priority Health ICT services
and application
This will focus on supporting
F. Ongoing scale-up of prioritized
identified priority services and
services and application
application. (e.g., DHIS2)
Technology is dynamic, therefore
G. Foster continuous upgrades of
system reviews and updates are
implemented high priority Health ICT
mandatory for long-term
solutions
implementations
H. Promote research and
development of priority Health ICT
solutions
Best practices in development and use Assess and document Health ICT FMOH, NITDA, implementing
Identify best practices in Health ICT A dynamic portal for text, documents
7.2 Share Best Practices of Health ICT documented and services and applications in the partners in private sector, MDCN,
and disseminate widely and audiovisuals resource materials
disseminated repository (change and adoption). NUC, various medical bodies
DRAFT
APPENDIX
Appendix 66:
: Health ICT M&E Framework
HEALTH ICT M&E FRAMEWORK
Health ICT Enablers
Intermediate Indicator Indicator Definition Data Data Frequency Responsi Scope 2015 2020
Outcome Proximal Sources Collection of Data bility Base Targ
Outcome/Output Method line et
Numerator Denominator
1.0- Established Number (No.) of Health ICT N/A TBD TBD

Enabling and sustainable governance initiatives led by key
sustainable structure stakeholders in government -
environment for National and State Technical
implementation Working Groups (TWGs)
and scale-up of Health ICT policy changes N/A PMO Reports of Bi-Annual TWGs - Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT in adopted and enacted meetings National al,
Nigeria Yes/No (Y/N) and State
State,
FMOH
1.1- National Health National Health ICT Steering N/A PMO FMOH, Nation TBD TBD
ICT governance Committee (Y/N) PMO al
structure established National Health ICT N/A PMO TBD TBD
TWG/committee (Y/N)
National Health ICT project N/A PMO TBD TBD
management office (PMO)
(Y/N)
Percentage (%) of meetings No. of meetings held No. of planned PMO TBD TBD
held by the National TWG in within the reporting meeting for within
a year (with outputs and period reporting period
resolutions)
1.2- State State Health ICT TWGs N/A Quarterly State TBD TBD
Government established (Y/N) PMO,
engaged
DRAFT% of states in Nigeria with
functional state level TWGs
(functional -defined a
No. of states with
functional TWGs
36 States of Nigeria State PMO SMOH,
FMOH
State TBD TBD
meeting per quarter)

% of states in Nigeria with No. of states with 36 States of Nigeria State PMO Quarterly State State TBD TBD
state strategy, plan and state strategies, PMO,
budget plans and budgets SMOH,
FMOH
1.3-Broad % of identified key No. of stakeholder Identified stakeholder National/St Quarterly PMO Nation TBD TBD
stakeholder stakeholder groups engaged groups represented groups ate PMO al/Stat
engagement at meetings e
achieved
1.4- National Health % of national policy No. of national policy No. of national policy Policy Policy Yearly PMO Nation TBD TBD
ICT Framework documents documents documents documents document al
integrated and released/reviewed in the released/reviewed in released/reviewed in released/re review
linked with National preceding year with the preceding year the preceding year viewed
Health Act and subsections for Health ICT with subsections for
Health ICT Enablers
Intermediate Indicator Indicator Definition Data Data Frequency Responsi Scope 2015 2020
1.0-
NSHDP Established
and others Number (No.) of Health ICT Health ICT N/A TBD TBD
Enabling and sustainable governance initiatives led by key
sustainable structure stakeholders in government -
and scale-up of 1.5-National Health National
Health ICT pH ealth
olicy ICT
changes N/A
N/A FMOHs
PMO Reports
Report oof f One-off
Bi-Annual TWGs
FMOH - Nation
Nation TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
Health ICT in ICT Framework framework
adopted eandorsed
nd enacted (Y/N)
annual review
meetings DPRS
National al
al,
Nigeria developed, endorsed Yes/No (Y/N) report and State
and periodically National Health ICT N/A PMO Report of 5 yearly FMOH
State, Nation TBD TBD
reviewed framework reviewed after 5 review FMOH al
1.1- National Health National years (Y/N)
Health ICT Steering N/A PMO FMOH, Nation TBD TBD
2.0- Increased Funding for
ICT governance Resources
Committee committed
(Y/N) to PMO al TBD TBD
structure
Health IeCT
stablished Health ICT implementation
National Health ICT N/A PMO TBD TBD
and scale-up from partners,
TWG/committee (Y/N)
National
donors aHnd other
ealth ICT sptake-
roject N/A PMO TBD TBD
holders
management (financial
office n-kind
and (iPMO)
contributions)
(Y/N)
2.1- Funding for Total NGN
Percentage (%) soecured
f meetings No. of meetings held N/A No. of planned Budget
PMO TBD FMOH TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
Health ICT held by the National TWG in within the reporting meeting for within document
operations secured % H
a ealth CT budget
year (Iwith outputs secured
and Amount secured for
period Annual Health
reporting ICT
period TBD FMOH TBD TBD
resolutions) Health ICT budget
1.2- State State
Total amount
Health oIf CT
seed TWGs
fund Amount disbursed N/A Amount of seed fund Audit Audit report Quarterly
TBD State
FMOH Nation TBD TBD
Government established
disbursed to Health
(Y/N) ICT for Health ICT allocated for Health report PMO, al
engaged % of states in Nigeria with
initiatives No. of states with 36 States of Nigeria
ICT State PMO SMOH, State TBD TBD
functional
% of statutory state
health WGs
level bTudget Statutory WGs
functional hTealth Statutory health Fund raised TBD FMOH
FMOH Nation TBD TBD
(functional
allocated defined
for -H a
ealth ICT budget allocated for budget al
meeting per quarter) Health ICT
% %
of osf tatutory igeria
states in hNealth with
budget No. of states
Statutory with
health 36
Statutory
States of hN igeria
ealth Seed MO
State fPunds Seed funds Quarterly
TBD State
FMOH State
Nation TBD TBD
2.2- Incentives
DRAFT state
released strategy,
for Health
budget
No of incentive
nd
plan aICT budget
plans
trategies,
state sreleased
Health
for
and bIudgets
CT
N/A
budget reports
TWG/PMO
reports
TWG/PMO TBD
PMO,
SMOH,
FMOH
FMOH
al
Nation TBD TBD

1.3-Broad
mechanism % of identified key
programs/structures
and No. of stakeholder Identified stakeholder National/St
reports reports Quarterly PMO Nation
al TBD TBD
stakeholder
established stakeholder
mechanism groups engaged
established groups represented groups ate PMO al/Stat
engagement No of at meetings N/A TWG/PMO TWG/PMO TBD FMOH e
Nation TBD TBD
achieved companies/organizations reports reports al
1.4- National Health % of national
utilizing policy
incentive No. of national policy No. of national policy Policy Policy Yearly PMO Nation TBD TBD
ICT Framework documents
mechanisms/scheme documents documents documents document al
integrated and
2.3-Investment released/reviewed
Framework in the
for planning and released/reviewed in N/A released/reviewed in released/re
TWG/PMO review
TWG/PMO TBD FMOH Nation TBD TBD
linked with National
management plan coordinating
preceding yHear with
ealth ICT the preceding year the preceding year viewed
reports reports al
Health Act and
established subsections for Health
budgets developed ICT
(Y/N) with subsections for
National fund coordinating N/A TWG/PMO TWG/PMO TBD FMOH Nation TBD TBD
mechanism established (Y/N) reports reports al
% of states with established No. of states with Total no. of states in TWG/PMO TWG/PMO TBD FMOH Nation TBD TBD
state fund coordinating established state Nigeria reports reports al
mechanisms fund coordinating
mechanisms
3.0- Standards and No. of Interoperable Health N/A TBD TBD TBD
Interoperability ICT applications available in
Nigerian Health ICT space
3.1- Standards for Standards for Health ICT and N/A TWG/PMO TBD TBD PMO Nation TBD TBD
mechanisms/scheme
2.3-Investment Framework for planning and N/A TWG/PMO TWG/PMO TBD FMOH Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT Enablers management plan coordinating Health ICT reports reports al
established budgets developed (Y/N)
National fund coordinating N/A TWG/PMO TWG/PMO TBD FMOH Nation TBD TBD
Intermediate mechanism Indicator
established (Y/N) Indicator Definition Data
reports Data
reports Frequency Responsi Scope
al 2015 2020
Outcome Proximal % of states with established No. of states with Total no. of states in Sources
TWG/PMO Collection
TWG/PMO Data
of TBD bility
FMOH Nation Base
TBD Targ
TBD
Outcome/Output state fund coordinating established state Nigeria reports Method
reports al line et
mechanisms fund coordinating
mechanisms
1.0-
3.0- Established
Standards and Number
No. (No.) of Health
of Interoperable ICT
Health N/A TBD TBD TBD
Enabling and sustainable governance
Interoperability ICT ainitiatives
pplications led
available
by key in
sustainable structure Nigerian Health
stakeholders in government
ICT space -
environment for 3.1- Standards for National and
Standards for SHtate
ealth Technical
ICT and N/A TWG/PMO TBD TBD PMO Nation TBD TBD
implementation Health ICT and Working
health information
Groups (eTWGs) xchange reports al
and scale-up of health information Health ICT policy
defined changes
(Y/N) N/A PMO Reports of Bi-Annual TWGs - Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT in exchange defined adopted and enacted meetings National al,
Nigeria and established Standards for Health
Yes/No (Y/N) ICT and N/A TWG/PMO TBD TBD PMO
and Nation
State TBD TBD
health information exchange reports State, al
disseminated (Y/N) FMOH
1.1- National Health National
% of defined Health
Health teering
ICT SICT and Total disseminated N/A Total no. of defined PMO
TWG/PMO TBD TBD FMOH,
PMO Nation TBD TBD
ICT governance Committee
HIE disseminated (Y/N) Health ICT standards reports PMO al
structure established National Health ICT N/A and HIE PMO TBD TBD
3.2- Capacity built % TWG/committee
of individuals trained (Y/N) to No. of individuals Total No. of targeted TWG/PMO Training Quarterly PMO Nation TBD TBD
for ensuring provide
National support Health IfCT or H ealth
project trained to provide N/A individuals to be reports
PMO registers + al, TBD TBD
standards and ICT standardization
management and
office (PMO) support for Health trained Registered State
interoperability interoperability (Y/N) to other key ICT standardization targets
Percentage stakeholders
(%) of meetings No.
and ointeroperability
f meetings held No. of planned PMO TBD TBD
held by the National TWG in within
to otther key
he reporting meeting for within
a year (with outputs and stakeholders
period reporting period
% of organizations
resolutions) trained to No. of organizations Total no. of targeted TWG/PMO Training Quarterly PMO Nation TBD TBD
1.2- State provide
State H support
ealth ICT for TH ealth
WGs trained to provide N/A organizations to be reports registers + Quarterly State al, TBD TBD
Government standardization
ICT established and
(Y/N) support for Health trained Registered PMO, State
engaged interoperability
% of states in Nto other
igeria key
with ICT s tandardization
No. of states with 36 States of Nigeria State PMO targets SMOH, State TBD TBD
functional stakeholders
state level TWGs and interoperability
functional TWGs FMOH
(functional -defined a to other key
meeting per quarter) stakeholders
3.3-Registries, % %
oof f rsegistries,
tates in Ninstruments
igeria with No. egistries,
No. oof f srtates with Total
36 Sn
tates
o. of orf egistries,
Nigeria TWG/PMO
State PMO Registries of Bi-Annual
Quarterly FMOH/P
State Nation
State TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
instruments (data
collection forms,
reports etc.) and
DRAFT and indicators
state strategy,
in line with tbudget
standardized
plan and
he agreed Health
ICT framework
instruments
state strategies,
plans indicators
and
and budgets
standardized in line
instruments and
indicators in use by
health programs line
reports instruments
and
standardized
MO
PMO,
SMOH,
FMOH
al
indicators,
1.3-Broad % of identified key with
No. otf he approved
stakeholder Identified pproved
with the satakeholder National/St instruments Quarterly PMO Nation TBD TBD
standardized
stakeholder stakeholder groups engaged Health
groups ICT
represented Health ICT framework
groups ate PMO al/Stat
engagement framework
at meetings e
Health ICT
3.4- achieved Health ICT Standards N/A TWG/PMO Monthly Monthly FMOH Nation TBD TBD
Standards
1.4- National Health advocated
% of national
for p(Y/N)
olicy No. of national policy No. of national policy reports
Policy Reports
Policy Yearly PMO al,
Nation TBD TBD
advocated
ICT for
Framework documents documents documents documents document State
al
4.0- Legislation,
integrated Policy
and and Health ICT policy changes
released/reviewed in the released/reviewed in N/A released/reviewed in TWG/PMO
released/re review TBD TBD
Compliance
linked with National adopted
preceding
and eynacted (Y/N)
ear with the preceding year the preceding year reports
viewed
Health
4.1- Act and
Legislation, subsections f or H ealth
Legislation, policy and ICT with subsections for N/A TWG/PMO Periodic Bi-Annual PMO Nation TBD TBD
policy and compliance supported by reports Review al ,
compliance National Health ICT PMO State
supported by (Y/N)
National Health ICT
PMO
5.0- Change and Adoption 1. % of consumers, care 1. No. of consumers, 1. No. of consumers, TBD TBD
(Capacity Building) providers and health-care care providers and care providers and
managers using Health ICT health-care health-care managers
solutions/innovations managers using reached with Health
Standards advocated for (Y/N) reports Reports al,
advocated for State
4.0- Legislation, Policy and Health ICT policy changes N/A TWG/PMO TBD TBD
Health ICT Enablers Compliance adopted and enacted (Y/N) reports
4.1- Legislation, Legislation, policy and N/A TWG/PMO Periodic Bi-Annual PMO Nation TBD TBD
Intermediate policy and Indicator
compliance supported by Indicator Definition Data
reports Data
Review Frequency Responsi Scope
al , 2015 2020
Outcome Proximal
compliance National Health ICT PMO Sources Collection of Data bility State Base Targ
Outcome/Output
supported by (Y/N) Method line et
National Health ICT Numerator Denominator
PMO
5.0- C1.0-
hange Established
and Adoption Number
1. % of (cNo.) of Health
onsumers, ICT
care 1. No. of consumers, N/A 1. No. of consumers, TBD TBD
Enabling and sustainable
(Capacity gBovernance
uilding) initiatives
providers led
and by key
health-care care providers and care providers and
sustainable structure stakeholders
managers using in government
Health ICT - health-care health-care managers
solutions/innovations managers using reached with Health
2. % of consumers, care Health ICT ICT
and scale-up of provider
Health and
ICT health-care
policy changes solutions/innovation N/A solution/innovation PMO Reports of Bi-Annual TWGs - Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT in managers atisfied
adopted asnd enacted with
s
interventions meetings National al,
Nigeria using Health
Yes/No ICT
(Y/N) 2. No. of consumers, 2. No. of consumers, and State
solutions/innovations care provider and care providers and State,
health-care health-care managers FMOH
1.1- National Health National Health ICT Steering managers satisfied N/A reached with Health PMO FMOH, Nation TBD TBD
ICT governance Committee (Y/N) with using Health ICT ICT PMO al
structure established National Health ICT solutions/innovation N/A solution/innovation PMO TBD TBD
TWG/committee (Y/N) s interventions
National Health ICT project N/A PMO TBD TBD
management office (PMO)
(Y/N)
5.1- System for Percentage
1. Health (I%) CT oreadiness
f meetings No. of meetings held N/A No. of planned Workforce
PMO Periodic Annually PMO Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT readiness, assessment
held by the N completed
ational TWG (Y/N)
in within the reporting meeting for within TWG Review al
M&E and adoption a 2. Health
year ICT
(with readiness
outputs and period reporting period
of best practices established (Y/N)
system resolutions)
established
5.2- Incentive
Government 1. No of incentive
established (Y/N) No of incentive No of incentive Workforce Periodic Bi-Annual PMO
PMO, Nation TBD TBD
mechanisms
engaged to % mechanisms eveloped
of states in Ndigeria with mechanisms
No. of states with 36 Smechanisms
tates of Nigeria TWG
State PMO Review SMOH, al ,
State TBD TBD
encourage uptake of 2. % of incentive
functional state m echanisms
level TWGs adopted
functional TWGs developed FMOH State
Health ICT skills and (functional adopted -defined a
competencies meeting per quarter)
established
5.3- Methodology
for accreditation and
DRAFT % of states in Nigeria with
state
accreditation
Methodology
strategy, plan for and
and revision of
budget
No. of states with
state strategies, N/A
plans and budgets
36 States of Nigeria State PMO
Workforce
TWG
Periodic
Review
Quarterly
Annually
State
PMO
PMO,
SMOH,
State
Nation
al
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
revision of Health Health ICT training FMOH

ICT training
1.3-Broad curriculum established
% of identified key (Y/N)
No. of stakeholder Identified stakeholder National/St Quarterly PMO Nation TBD TBD
curriculum
established
lan for Health
5.4- Pachieved Plan for Health ICT awareness N/A Workforce Periodic Bi-Annual PMO Nation TBD TBD
1.4-
ICT N awareness and
ational Health takeholder
and s% engagement
of national policy No. of national policy No. of national policy TWG
Policy Review
Policy Yearly PMO al
Nation TBD TBD
stakeholder
ICT Framework established(Y/N)
documents documents documents documents document al
engagement
linked established
with National preceding year with the preceding year the preceding year viewed
5.5- Health
Health CT
Act aInd No
subsections
of Health fIor ducation
CT Heealth ICT with subsections for N/A Workforce Periodic Quarterly PMO Nation TBD TBD
education and programs established TWG Review al
training programs
established
6.0- Infrastructure % of health providers with No of health No of health FMCT TBD TBD FMCT Nation TBD TBD
increased access to providers with providers reach with Annual al
electronic health information access to electronic electronic health Surveys/TB
health information information D
interventions
% of healthcare consultations No of healthcare No of health FMCT TBD TBD FMCT Nation TBD TBD
established
5.4- Plan for Health Plan for Health ICT awareness N/A Workforce Periodic Bi-Annual PMO Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT Enablers ICT awareness and and stakeholder engagement TWG Review al
stakeholder established(Y/N)
engagement
Intermediate established Indicator Indicator Definition Data Data Frequency Responsi Scope 2015 2020
5.5- Health ICT No of Health ICT education N/A Workforce Periodic Quarterly PMO Nation TBD TBD
education and programs established TWG Review al
training programs Numerator Denominator
established
1.0-
6.0- Established
Infrastructure Number (No.)
% of health of Health
providers with ICT No of health N/A No of health FMCT TBD TBD FMCT Nation TBD TBD
Enabling and sustainable governance initiatives ccess
increased laed by ktey
o providers with providers reach with Annual al
sustainable structure stakeholders
electronic in government
health information - access to electronic electronic health Surveys/TB
environment for National and State Technical health information information D
implementation Working Groups (TWGs) interventions
and scale-up of % Health ICT policy
of healthcare changes
consultations No of healthcare N/A No of health PMO
FMCT Reports
TBD of Bi-Annual
TBD TWGs
FMCT - Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT in adopted
made and
through enacted
telemedicine consultations made providers reach with Annual meetings National al,
al
Nigeria Yes/No (Y/N) through telemedicine Surveys/TB and State
telemedicine interventions D State,
6.1-Connectivity 1. % of communities/ health No of communities/ total no. of FMCT TBD TBD FMOH
FMCT Nation TBD TBD
1.1- National
coverage Health
expanded National Health
facilities supplied
ICT Sw teering
ith health facilities N/A communities/ health PMO
Annual FMOH, Nation
al TBD TBD
ICT
and geovernance
nhanced Committee
connectivity (Y/N)
hardware supplied with facilities targeted to Surveys/TB PMO al
structure established infrastructure
National Health ICT connectivity N/A be supplied with D
PMO TBD TBD
TWG/committee (Y/N) hardware connectivity
National Health ICT project infrastructure N/A hardware PMO TBD TBD
management office (PMO) infrastructure
% of communities/health
(Y/N) No of total no. of FMCT TBD TBD FMCT Nation TBD TBD
facilities
Percentage connected to
(%) of m an ISP
eetings communities/health
No. of meetings held communities/health
No. of planned Annual
PMO al TBD TBD
held by the National TWG in facilities
within connected
the reporting facilities
meeting targeted
for within to Surveys/TB
a year (with outputs and to a ISP
period connected
be reporting to a ISP
period D
6.2- Existing resolutions)
% of health facilities with no of health facilities no of health facilities FMCT TBD TBD FMCT Nation TBD TBD
Infrastructure
1.2- State for needs assessment
State Health ICT completed
TWGs with needs N/A targeted for Annual Quarterly State al TBD TBD
Health ICT identified
Government established (Y/N) assessment assessment Surveys/TB PMO,
and assessed
engaged % of states in Nigeria with No. completed
of states with 36 States of Nigeria State
D PMO SMOH, State TBD TBD
6.3- Minimum functional nfrastructural
Minimum sitate level TWGs functional TWGs N/A FMCT TBD TBD FMOH
FMCT Nation TBD TBD
infrastructural requirements
(functional f-or
defined
Health aI CT Annual al
requirements for infrastructure defined
meeting per quarter) (Y/N) Surveys/TB
Health ICT % of states in Nigeria with No. of states with 36 States of Nigeria State
D PMO Quarterly State State TBD TBD
infrastructure
defined
DRAFT state strategy, plan and
budget
state strategies,
plans and budgets
PMO,
SMOH,
7.0-Solutions (Services FMOH TBD TBD
and Applications)
stakeholder stakeholder groups engaged groups epresented ate PMO al/Stat
7.1- Core set of % of innovative Health ICT No of irnnovative Total ngroups
o innovative TBD TBD TBD FMCT/F Nation TBD TBD
engagement
appropriate Health solution deployed at m
Health eetings
ICT solution Health ICT solution MOH e
al
ICT sachieved
ervices and deployed developed/available /state
National Health
1.4- Applications % of national policy No. of national policy No. of national policy Policy Policy Yearly PMO Nation TBD TBD
ICT Framework
prioritized and % with adocuments
ppropriate Health no wdocuments
ith appropriate documents
target population documents
TBD document
TBD TBD FMCT/F al
Nation TBD TBD
integrated
deployed and released/reviewed
ICT solution amongst in the
target released/reviewed
Health ICT solution in released/reviewed in released/re review MOH al
linked with National preceding year with
population the preceding
amongst year
target the preceding year viewed /state
Health Act and subsections for Health ICT subsections for
with population
7.2- Best practices in Best practices in N/A TBD TBD TBD FMCT/F Nation TBD TBD
development and development and use of MOH al
use of Health ICT Health ICT documented and /state
documented and disseminated. (Y/N)
disseminated.
Health ICT Outcomesi

disseminated. 1.2- Effective use of % of health workers trained No. of health workers No. of health workers HRIS Quarterly Na
ICT for health worker using ICT trained using ICT by cadre S
i
Health ICT Outcomesi Where possible and appropriate impact evaluations to assess the effectiveness, efficacy, and cost-utility of Health ICT implementations will be conducted.
Proximal Indicator Indicator definition Data Data Frequency Responsi Scope 2015 2020
Health Impact Outcome/Output sources collection of Data bility Base Targ
method line et
1.0- Improved access to National indicator for access

By 2020, Health health services to health services
ICT will help
enable and deliver 1.1- Effective use of % of health facilities providing No. of health No. or health NHMIS- Existing/ new Quarterly National/ Nation TBD TBD
universal health telemedicine telemedicine services facilities delivering facilities identified as facility electronic State al/
coverage telemedicine services potential registry systems PMO State
telemedicine centers
% of health encounters No. of health No. of health Telemedici TBD TBD
resolved or supported through encounters resolved encounters ne
telemedicine or supported through platforms/
telemedicine NHMIS
1.2- Effective use of % of health workers trained No. of health workers No. of health workers HRIS Quarterly National/ Nation TBD TBD
ICT for health worker using ICT trained using ICT by cadre State al/
training PMO State
i
1.3-Effective
Where possible and appropriate use
impact of
evaluations
% otf o haealth
ssess workers being
the effectiveness, No. of health
efficacy, and cost-utility ealth
No. oof f hH workers
ealth HRIS
ICT implementations Quarterly
will be conducted. National/ Nation TBD TBD
ICT for health worker supervised using ICT tools workers supervised by cadre State al/
supervision and using ICT tools by PMO State
support cadre
2.0- Improved coverage of National indicator for TBD TBD
health services coverage of health services
2.1- Effective use of % children born registered in No. of children No. of children born Birth Existing/ new Quarterly National Nation TBD TBD
CRVS for child health birth registry system registered in birth (estimated through registry/ electronic Populatio al/
registry DHS or Census) other systems n State
sources Commissi
TBD on
pregnancy registry
for maternal health
DRAFT
2.2- Effective use of % pregnant women registered
in pregnancy registry
No. of pregnant
women registered in
pregnancy registry
No. of pregnant
women (estimated
through DHS or
Pregnancy
registry/
other
Existing/ new
electronic
systems
Quarterly FMOH/
SMOH
Nation
al/
State
TBD TBD
Census) sources
TBD
2.3-Effective use of % health workers by cadre No. of health workers No. of health workers Health Existing/ new Quarterly FMOH Nation TBD TBD
human resource registered in HRIS registered in HRIS by cadre (as workers by electronic HRH/ al/
information system estimated by key cadre systems SMOH State
(HRIS) for sources) baseline
distribution of
health workers
Effective use of % of health facilities reporting No. of health No. of health facilities DHIS2 Existing/ new Quarterly FMOH/S Nation TBD TBD
NHMIS for health into NHMIS (public and facilities reporting (public and private) electronic MOH al/
system planning private) into NHMIS (public systems State
and private)
Effective use of LMIS % of facilities with eLMIS No. of facilities with No. of facilities with eLMIS Existing/ new Quarterly FMOH/ Nation TBD TBD
for tracking supply reporting no stock outs eLMIS reporting no eLMIS electronic SMOH al/
and demand for stock outs systems State
commodities
3.0- Increased uptake of National Service Delivery
health services Indicators
3.1- Effective use of % of pregnant women and No. of pregnant Estimated no. of MAMA/ Existing/ new Quarterly National/ Nation TBD TBD
distribution of
health workers
Health ICT Enablers Effective use of % of health facilities reporting No. of health No. of health facilities DHIS2 Existing/ new Quarterly FMOH/S Nation TBD TBD
NHMIS for health into NHMIS (public and facilities reporting (public and private) electronic MOH al/
system planning private) into NHMIS (public systems State
Intermediate Indicator Indicator Definition
and private)
Data Data Frequency Responsi Scope 2015 2020
Effective use of LMIS % of facilities with eLMIS No. of facilities with No. of facilities with eLMIS Existing/ new Quarterly FMOH/ Nation TBD TBD
for tracking supply reporting no stock outs eLMIS reporting no eLMIS electronic SMOH al/
and demand for stock outs
Numerator Denominator systems State
commodities
1.0- Established
3.0- Increased uptake of Number
National (No.)
Service
of HDealth ICT
elivery N/A TBD TBD
Enabling and sustainable governance
health services initiatives led by key
Indicators
sustainable 3.1- structure
Effective use of stakeholders
% of pregnant government
in w omen and - No. of pregnant Estimated no. of MAMA/ Existing/ new Quarterly National/ Nation TBD TBD
environment for mobile messaging National
new mothers State Technical
and receiving mobile women and new pregnant women and Other electronic State al/
implementation for demand creation messages roups (TWGs)
Working aGccessing health mothers receiving new mothers sources systems PMO State
and scale-up of for RMNCH Health ICT policy changes
services mobile messages N/A targeted for mobile PMO
TBD Reports of Bi-Annual & TWGs
MAMA - Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT in adopted and enacted accessing health messaging meetings National al,
Nigeria Yes/No (Y/N) services and State
3.2- Effective use of % of citizens accessing health No. of citizens Estimated no. of mCCT/ Existing/ new Quarterly State, Nation TBD TBD
mobile conditional services through mobile accessing health citizens to be Other electronic FMOH al,
1.1-
cash Ntational
ransfer Hfealth
or National
conditional Health ICT
cash Steering
transfer services through N/A covered/ supported PMO
sources systems FMOH, Nation
State TBD TBD
ICT governance
demand creation Committee
programs (Y/N) mobile conditional through mobile TBD PMO al
structure established National Health ICT cash transfer N/A conditional cash PMO TBD TBD
TWG/committee (Y/N) programs transfer programs
4.0- Improved quality of National
National uality
Hqealth ICT are
of pcroject N/A PMO TBD TBD
care management indicators
office (PMO)
(Y/N)
Effective use of ICT % of health workers using No. of health workers Estimated no. of Decision Existing/ new Quarterly National/ Nation TBD TBD
Percentage (%) of meetings No. of meetings held No. of planned PMO TBD TBD
for decision support decision support tools to using decision health workers support electronic State al ,
held by the National TWG in within the reporting meeting for within
improve quality of care support tools to targeted for decision tool systems PMOs State
a year (with outputs and period reporting period
improve quality of support tools dashboards and
resolutions)
care / TBD impleme
1.2- State State Health ICT TWGs N/A Quarterly State
nters TBD TBD
Effective use of ICT % of facilities implementing No. of facilities No. of facilities TBD Existing/ new Quarterly National/ Nation TBD TBD
engaged
within the % o f tates in
ICT to ssupport Nigeria
the with
continuum No. of states w
implementing ICT
ith to 36 States of Nigeria State PMO electronic SMOH,
State State
al , TBD TBD
continuum of care functional of state
care level TWGs functional
support TtWGs
he systems FMOH
PMOs State
(incl. referrals) (functional -defined a continuum of care and
meeting per quarter) impleme
% of states in Nigeria with No. of states with 36 States of Nigeria State PMO Quarterly State
nters State TBD TBD
5.0- Increased financial
coverage for health care
DRAFT state strategy,
National financial pclan
budget
for health care indicators
and
overage state strategies,
plans and budgets
PMO,
SMOH,
FMOH
ffective use of
5.1- Estakeholder %
stakeholder
of citizens egnrolled n NHIS
roups eingaged groups f citizens
No. orepresented of citizens
No. groups NHIS/ TBD
ate PMO Existing/ new Quarterly NHIS Nation
al/Stat TBD TBD
ICT for NHIS
engagement system enrolled
at meetings in NHIS targeted for electronic al/
e
achieved system enrollment in NHIS systems State
1.4- National Health % %
of onf ational olicy
claims apnd No.
No.
of onf ational
claims paolicy
nd No.
No.
of onf ational
claims paolicy
nd Policy
NHIS/ TBD Existing/
Policy new Yearly
Quarterly PMO
NHIS Nation
Nation TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
ICT Framework reimbursements documents processed documents
reimbursements documents
reimbursements documents document
electronic al
al/
integrated and released/reviewed
through NHIS platform in the released/reviewed
processed in released/reviewed
submitted for in released/re review
systems State
linked with National preceding year with the preceding year receding year
the pprocessing viewed
5.2- Health
Effective nd
Act uase of subsections
TBD- or Health
this may ifnclude the ICT
use with subsections
TBD for TBD TBD Existing/ new Quarterly PMO/ Nation TBD TBD
ICT for non- of mobile money or electronic electronic TBD al/
Insurance-related payments for health workers, systems State
financial etc.
transactions
6.0- Increased equity in National health equity
access to and quality of indicators
health services,
information, and
financing
Appendix 6: Health ICT M&E Framework
system enrollment in NHIS systems State
% of claims and No. of claims and No. of claims and NHIS/ TBD Existing/ new Quarterly NHIS Nation TBD TBD
Health ICT Enablers reimbursements processed reimbursements reimbursements electronic al/
through NHIS platform processed submitted for systems State
processing
Intermediate 5.2- Effective use of Indicator
TBD- this m ay include the use TBD Indicator Definition TBD Data
TBD Existing/
Data new Frequency
Quarterly Responsi
PMO/ Scope
Nation 2015
TBD 2020
TBD
Outcome Proximal
ICT for non- of mobile money or electronic Sources Collection
electronic of Data bility
TBD al/ Base Targ
Outcome/Output
Insurance-related payments for health workers, Method
systems State line et
financial etc.
transactions Numerator Denominator
6.0- 1.0- Established

Increased equity in Number
National (No.) of Health
health ICT
equity N/A TBD TBD
Enabling and sustainable
access to and governance
quality of initiatives led by key
indicators
sustainable structure
health services, stakeholders in government -
environment for information, and National and State Technical
implementation financing Working Groups (TWGs)
and scale-up of 6.1- Effective use of Health
% of distribution
ICT policy ocf hanges
services No. of distribution of N/A No. of distribution of PMO
NHMIS/ Existing/
Reports onf ew Bi-Annual
Quarterly TWGs
PMO/TB - Nation
Nation TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
Health ICT in ICT for delivering human resource
and adopted and enacted plans and services and human services and human Other electronic
meetings D
National al/
al,
Nigeria appropriate health fund allocations
Yes/No (m ade through
Y/N) resource plans and resource plans and sources systems and State
State
services for those the use of epidemiological fund allocations fund allocations made TBD State,
who need them data accessed through ICT made through the FMOH
most
1.1- based
National n
Hoealth National Health services
ICT Steering use of N/A PMO FMOH, Nation TBD TBD
epidemiology
ICT governance Committee (Y/N) epidemiological data PMO al
structure established National Health ICT accessed through ICT N/A PMO TBD TBD
TWG/committee (Y/N) services
6.2- Effective use of % National and
of plans H fund
ealth ICT allocations
project No. of plans and N/A No. of plans and fund NHIS/
PMO Existing/ new Quarterly PMO/ Nation TBD
TBD TBD
TBD
ICT for delivering made that target
management office services
NHIS (PMO) fund allocations allocations made to Other electronic TBD al /
appropriate health to the poor and most in
(Y/N) made that target deliver NHIS services sources systems State
services for those Percentage financial
(%) onf eed
meetings NHIS
No. services
of m eetings to the
held No. of planned TBD
PMO TBD TBD
who need them held by the National TWG in within and
poor the most in
reporting meeting for within
most based on a year (with outputs and financial
period need reporting period
financial need resolutions)
engaged % of states in Nigeria with No. of states with 36 States of Nigeria State PMO SMOH, State TBD TBD
functional state level TWGs functional TWGs FMOH
(functional -defined a
meeting per quarter)
DRAFT % of states in Nigeria with
state strategy, plan and
No. of states with
state strategies,
36 States of Nigeria State PMO Quarterly State
PMO,
State TBD TBD
budget plans and budgets SMOH,

FMOH
achieved
1.4- National Health % of national policy No. of national policy No. of national policy Policy Policy Yearly PMO Nation TBD TBD
ICT Framework documents documents documents documents document al
linked with National preceding year with the preceding year the preceding year viewed
Health Act and subsections for Health ICT with subsections for
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Acronyms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

List of Figures and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Part I: Vision for Health ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

PART I. SECTION 2: Vision For Health ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

PART I. SECTION 3: Foundations For Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

PART II. SECTION 1: Health ICT Theory of Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

PART II. SECTION 2: Health ICT Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Part III: Monitoring & Evaluation Plan for Health ICT . . . . . . . . . 35

PART III. SECTION 1: Monitoring & Evaluation Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

APPENDIX 1: List of Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

APPENDIX 2: Health ICT Scenario Illustrating

APPENDIX 3: Recommended Nigeria Health ICT Architecture . . . . . . . . . 39

APPENDIX 4: Proposed Governance Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

APPENDIX 5: Detailed Health ICT Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

APPENDIX 6: Health ICT M&E Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Several organizations have been involved in developing the strategy. It is

Others are the Nigerian Communications Commission; the Digital Bridge

We cannot thank enough and acknowledge the immense contribution from

Lastly, this collaborative multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral development

We sincerely express our heartfelt gratitude to all who have contributed in

Dr. NRC Azodoh,

AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

CCT Conditional Cash Transfer

CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention

CHAI Clinton Health Access Initiative

CMD Center for Management Development

CRSV Civil Registration and Vital Statistics

DBI Digital Bridge Institute

DPRS Department for Planning Research and Statistics

EMPI Enterprise Master Patient Index

EMR Electronic Medical Record

FMCT Federal Ministry of Communication Technology

FMF Federal Ministry of Finance

FMOH Federal Ministry of Health

GBB Galaxy Backbone

GSMA Groupe Speciale Mobile Association

HDCC Health Data Consultative Committee

HDGC Health Data Governance Committee

HIA Health in Africa

HIE Health Information Exchange

HIS Health Information System

HISP Health Information Systems Program

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HRH Human Resources for Health

HRIS Human Resource Management Information Systems

HWR Health Worker Registry

ICT Information and Communication Technology

ICT4SOML ICT for Saving One Million Lives

IHE Integrating the Health Enterprise

ITU International Telecommunications Union

IVR Interactive Voice Response

JSI John Snow International

LGA Local Government Area

LMIS Logistic Management Information System

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MAMA Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action

MCCT Mobile Conditional Cash Transfer

MCH Maternal and Child Health

MDCN Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria

MDG Millennium Development Goal

MEMS Monitoring and Evaluation Management Services

FIGURE 3. A National Health Information Architecture Drawing from

FIGURE 5. Key Findings from Baseline Inventory Assessment on

TABLE 2. Summary of Recommendations to Improve Health ICT

Life expectancy at birth is projected to only increase marginally from

Nigeria is second to South Africa in the number of people living with

Diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and coronary heart disease

Improved access to health services through the effective use of tele-

Improved coverage of health services through the effective use of Civil

Increased uptake of health services through the effective use of mobile

Increased equity in access to and quality of health services, informa-