The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking input through a Request for Information (RFI) to enhance Madagascar's national digital health capabilities, specifically focusing on health information systems and data use strategies. The RFI aims to gather insights from various organizations to strengthen the Ministry of Public Health's digital strategy, improve data management, and evaluate the impact of digital health initiatives, addressing challenges such as limited governance and fragmented systems. Interested organizations are encouraged to submit their responses by September 16, 2024, following specific guidelines outlined in the provided template, with all submissions serving solely for planning purposes and not leading to any binding agreements. For further inquiries, respondents may contact Johanesa N Rakotoniaina at jrakotoniaina@usaid.gov or by phone at 00261334432000.

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking input through a Request for Information (RFI) to enhance Madagascar’s national digital health capabilities. The RFI invites organizations to provide insights on advancing health information systems (HIS) and data use strategies aimed at improving public health outcomes. USAID encourages responses from diverse organizations, emphasizing that submissions will purely inform planning and design efforts, without leading to a binding agreement or preferential treatment for future solicitations.

Key objectives include strengthening the Ministry of Public Health's digital strategy, improving data management, and evaluating the impact of digital health initiatives. Respondents are asked to address challenges such as limited governance of digital health and fragmented systems while providing recommendations for sustainable solutions. The RFI encourages discussions on future trends, barriers to success, localization efforts for local partnerships, and monitoring and learning strategies to assess the proposed activities effectively. 

Organizations interested in participating must adhere to specific response guidelines in the provided template and submit their inputs by the deadline of September 16, 2024. This initiative aligns with USAID's broader vision for digital health and its commitment to leveraging local capacity for sustainable development.

To All Interested Parties:The United States Agency for International Development Mission in Madagascar (USAID/Madagascar) is publishing this Request for Information (RFI) to obtain inputs from all interested organizations regarding a potential activity design to advance the Government of Madagascar&#8217;s national digital health capacity to plan, govern, and implement national digital health and health information systems strategies and architecture to optimize the availability, quality, and use of information to achieve national public health goals. The obtained information may be used to help make planning decisions and may inform activity design to improve future development outcomes, but is solely for market research purposes. All types of organizations and firms are strongly encouraged to submit a response, including local organizations and small businesses.Through this RFI, USAID seeks ideas, comments, and information from the public that will assist in developing an activity that will most effectively advance the topic areas described above. Please note that responding to this RFI will not give any advantage to or preclude any organization/individual from any solicitation that may be issued in the future, as any/all comments received will be for information gathering purposes only. Issuance of this RFI does not constitute a solicitation and it does not represent an award commitment on the part of USAID, nor does it obligate USAID to pay for costs incurred in the preparation and submission of any comments.

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