Realizing health data interoperability in low connectivity settings: The case of VODAN-Africa

Fair Connect, vol. 1, pp. 55–61

Abstract

VODAN Africa has produced FAIR data in low resource settings. Federated machine actionable data is available in a triple store for visiting. Interoperability facets (I1–I3) were followed to achieve semantic interoperability. Vertical interoperability was also realized with DHIS2.

Authors 5

1. Samson Yohannes Amare corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University · Leiden University Medical Center · Mekelle University

   Affiliation as printed

   Digital Health Research and Development Center, Mekelle, Ethiopia

   Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

   Software Engineering, SoC, EIT-M, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

   Digital Health Research and Development Center, Mekelle, Ethiopia; Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Software Engineering, SoC, EIT-M, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

2. Getu Tadele Taye

   Tilburg University · Mekelle University

   Affiliation as printed

   Digital Health Research and Development Center, Mekelle, Ethiopia

   Health Informatics, SoPH, CHS, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

   Tilburg University School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, The Netherlands

   Digital Health Research and Development Center, Mekelle, Ethiopia; Health Informatics, SoPH, CHS, Mekelle University, Ethiopia; Tilburg University School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, The Netherlands

3. Tesfit Gebremeskel Gebreslassie

   Mekelle University

   Affiliation as printed

   Digital Health Research and Development Center, Mekelle, Ethiopia

   Health Informatics, SoPH, CHS, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

   Digital Health Research and Development Center, Mekelle, Ethiopia; Health Informatics, SoPH, CHS, Mekelle University, Ethiopia

4. Ruduan Benjamin Franklin Plug

   Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

   Affiliation as printed

   Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, The Netherlands

5. Mirjam van Reisen Aachen

   Leiden University · Tilburg University · Leiden University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

   Tilburg University School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, The Netherlands

   Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands; Tilburg University School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, The Netherlands