WHO Regional Office for Africa × IQVIA

About this review

An independent, ten-week review of the Health Information Systems platforms in use at the WHO Regional Office for Africa.

Scope

The review looks across the full portfolio of Health Information Systems platforms in daily use at WHO/AFRO — including the African Health Observatory (iAHO), the DPC Data Portal, EPR Hubs, ESPEN, the Polio GIS, the mental-health platform, and the 47 country-level DHIS2 instances they consume from and report into.

Methodology

Anchored in the WHO/AFRO Framework for integrating country and regional health data (AFR-RC74-7) and the OpenHIE reference architecture. Findings are triangulated across documentation, semi-structured interviews, and hands-on inspection where possible.

Governance

  • Contracting party: APW · IQVIA / eSHIFT
  • Sponsor: WHO/AFRO DPM · Dr Benson Droti
  • Donor: Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
  • Duration: 10 weeks · Jul → Oct 2026
  • Place of performance: Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Deliverables

Four staged outputs: Inception Report, Draft Review Report, Final Review Report, and an executive presentation. Each is validated with the AFRO Deputy Programme Management office before publication.