The objective of the Electronic Management of Immunisation Data support (EMID) project is to support the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to optimise the functionality of the Electronic Management of Immunisation Data (EMID) system.
Key Stakeholders
The key project stakeholders are:
National Primary Health Care Development Agency National.
State and Local Government EMID focal persons.
Other partners working on the COVID 19 response who are member organisations of the Nation COVID 19 strategy group.
Key Project Outputs
Requirement elicitation report
GAP analysis report and proposed architectural design
Optimal functioning, EMID mobile application with geo fencing and life detection capabilities and interoperable with the national Open LMIS tool
Optimised EMID DHIS 2 web application
Optimised COVID-19 public registration web application
Optimised COVID 19 vaccination verification tool
Optimised COVID 19 ( vaccination validation tool
Optimised internet and IT infrastructure at NPHCDA
Set up of a national helpdesk unit
Effective governance and management plan
1 year road map for the sustainable scale-up of the EMID for COVID-19 use, nationwide
funding
GAVI - The Vaccine Alliance
eHA's role
The project will run from April 2022 - March 2023. Within this time, the team is expected to complete the following deliverables:
To conduct requirement elicitation exercise and develop a report on optimal functionality requirements for the Nigerian EMID
Propose and improve Architectural design for the EMID system and develop a detailed report highlighting the baseline architecture, target architecture, and gap analysis
Review the functionality, capability, and utilization of the different information systems, including the interoperability capacity with other relevant systems, including the country’s HMIS (DHIS2) and LMIS
Solution sign-off of the optimized EMID system including the EMID mobile application, pub reg tool, a validation tool, verification system- trusted travel, Lata travel pass, common pass)
Design a clear governance and reporting structure that will ensure efficient management of the EMID
Develop a costed 12-month roadmap for the scale-up of the EMID for COVID-19 use, nationwide.
Develop a costed yearly general maintenance roadmap.
Provide technical assistance and project management support throughout the deployment of using EMID for COVID-19 Vaccines
Capacity building, knowledge transfer, hand-holding sessions, and development of a sustainability plan.
Set up a Help desk Support System (Off-the-shelf solutions)
Effective Hand-over of the optimized IT service, help desk support service system, and optimized EMID system to the NPHCDA
Cross section of the NPHCDA ICT team during the handholding session at the NPHCDA HQ in Abuja in October 2022
Impact
EMID optimal functionality requirements assessment completed in May
Physical assessment conducted at the NPHCDA HQ in Abuja
Virtual assessment conducted across the 36 states including FCT
Physical state level assessment in six selected states across 6 zones in Nigeria. (see below)
Interviewed 59 EMID personnel (State, LGA, Recorders, and National key NPHCDA stakeholders across across the six selected states
Report on the architecture of the Nigeria EMID including baseline, architecture; target architecture, gap analysis submitted to Gavi in June 2022
Helpdesk support system physical infrastructure set up completed by end of September 2022
All NPHCDA helpdesk staff trained on ITIL and another standard service delivery courses
Effective transition and hand holding activities conducted with the NPHCDA IT team
Upgraded Internet facility with better download and uploads speed rate (Downloads are 387% faster from 32.46 to 125.71 Mbps, and Upload are 6 times faster (591%) from 27.85 to 223.76 Mbps
Set up toll free line for responding to COVID 19 vaccination queries for both officials and the generaal public
Physical and infrastructural upgrade of the NPHCDA ICT unit
100% completion restructuring of the existing EMID application
Address challenges with the server and DHIS 2 integration
Address frequent challenges with the use of the existing mobile application and system
Develop an optimal functioning EMID mobile application
Live detection capacity
Geofencing capabilities
Interoprable with OPENLMIS and DHIS 2
Beneficiaries
NPHCDA
Health facilities across 36 states and FCT
COVID-19 vaccination sites across Nigeria
General Public
Partners
