Dar es Salaam, June 3 -- TANZANIA continues to invest in healthcare infrastructure, expanding access to essential services and improving outcomes in key indicators.

However, one critical pillar remains underdeveloped: The health information system. Despite policy commitments and progress in digitisation, large segments of the countrys healthcare system still rely on fragmented, outdated, or incomplete data.

These data gaps delay interventions, waste resources and cost lives. Efficient, real-time health data systems are not a luxury they are a necessity.

They ensure that medicines, staff and care reach the right places at the right time. Without them, the countryrisks missing early warnings, misallocating resources and failing to respon...