Innovative Technology, ‘Interoperability’ Critical To Strengthening West Africa’s Health Information Systems

Medium’s “USAID 2030”: Building a More Resilient West Africa: How Open Innovation Can Help
Ann Mei Chang, chief innovation officer and executive director of the U.S. Global Development Lab at USAID, discusses U.S. efforts to use innovative technology to strengthen health information systems in West Africa, emphasizing the need for “interoperability,” or better communication and coordination within and among health information systems (2/11).

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