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Dans le cadre d’un partage d’expérience, l’Institut de Santé et Développement de l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar a tenu, ce mercredi 31 mai 2023, un webinaire sur le thème : « Paiement numérique pour le personnel de santé en Afrique :…

Register The main purpose of this webinar is to discuss the implementation experiences of digital payments for campaign healthcare workers involved in polio campaigns in DRC, Senegal, and Mali. The discussions will inform the digital payments…

As we reflect on the benefits of immunization over the years, it's important to appreciate and acknowledge the value of the human resources involved in the delivery of immunization services and to ensure that they are motivated and equipped to…

As part of our dissemination plan, the Digital Health Payment Initiative and Research project (DHPI-R) project holds bi-monthly webinars where we share updates and discuss emerging findings from our ongoing studies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our recent…

The burden of Vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and associated outbreaks remain a major threat to populations across Africa. Over 30 million children below the age of five are affected by VPDs and more than half a million of these die every year…

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has made significant investments toward the eradication of the Poliovirus, as Africa was declared Wild Poliovirus free in August 2020[1]. Nonetheless, due to low population immunity, Circulating Vaccine-…

Join the Digital Health Payment Initiative and Research in Africa Project (DHPI-R) and the DHPI-R Community for a virtual live event on Friday, February 10 at 6:00 PM EAT (check your local time) for a webinar to better understand the experiences,…

Authors: Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho1*, Maggie Ashaba1, Paul Katamba1 Makerere University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management. For more information contact; Dr. Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho Email: ekky@musph.ac.…

A Ugandan mobile money agent making transactions Health workers who participated in the polio vaccination campaign in January are yet to be paid, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the newly adopted digital payment system for campaign…

The Digital Health Payment Initiative and Research in Africa project (DHPI-R) through Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) and the University of Dakar Senegal (UCAD) with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have…