BID Initiative: Sustainability and Scale

Abstract

Sustainability and ScaleIn order to deliver on the potential long term impact of digital health practitioners must think in terms of sustainability and scale Come here experts discuss their successes and challenges in achieving both Dimagi s open source mobile platform has scaled to over 50 000 frontline workers in India and is also on track to generate over 1 million of product revenue this year from hundreds of organizations paying low monthly fees However they ve found the market pulling towards prioritizing the launch of new projects in order to achieve sustainability rather than investing more in the impact and sustainability of programs that are at scale At PATH while the initial phase of a digital health solution often focuses on meeting the specified requirements and use cases the plan for sustainability and future scale is not often included from the beginning PATH will share experiences in Tanzania and Zambia with electronic immunization registries and how they ve worked to move beyond the proof of concept stage to address the technical financial and institutional aspects needed for sustainability and scale Coordinated by the Health Information Systems Programme HISP DHIS 2 is a health management information system being used in over 60 countries DHIS 2 helps governments and health organizations to manage their operations more effectively monitor processes and improve communication Along with these presentations a representative from the Ministry of Health in Tanzania will offer their perspective of scaled solutions and the pressing topic of sustainability Presented by Laurie Werner Global Director BID Initiative PATH