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Faizel Patel – 13/04/2021
Vodacom has partnered with Auda-Nepad to build digital infrastructure to manage vaccinations across up to 55 countries, following successful deployments in South Africa – to manage COVID-19 vaccinations – and in Mozambique, Tanzania and Nigeria – to manage infant inoculations.
The roll-out of mVacciNation, developed by Mezzanine, a member of Vodacom Group, is the first project in a public-private partnership that has been formed between Vodacom Group and AUDA-NEPAD to boost Africa’s digital transformation and build resilience for the post-COVID world.
Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodacom Group, says Vodacom has been at the forefront of helping governments where we operate to curb the spread of COVID-19.
“Making our mVacciNation platform available to all African countries will significantly enhance the continent’s digital health infrastructure for the long-term. Our contribution will improve the capability of African countries in this pandemic and beyond for vaccine distribution, management and surveillance, even in resource-constrained settings.”
Dr Ibrahim Mayaki, CEO of AUDA-NEPAD, says the response to the COVID-19 crisis has significantly accelerated the adoption of frontier technologies.
“Africa’s booming digital sector offers great opportunities for public-private partnerships to help build resilience in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis and respond to critical continental priorities.”
South Africa is the first country that has started to utilise mVacciNation for COVID-19 vaccines through the National Department of Health’s EVDS.
Once installed, the mVacciNation platform will remain in place to help countries better manage future pandemics and other large-scale health programmes such as infant inoculations.
mVacciNation has been utilised by the Ministries of Health in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Nigeria as they have sought to increase immunisation rates in children.
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