IGAD Regional Health Data Sharing and Protection Policy Framework

Innovations in Healthcare (IiH) provided impact and evaluation support to the multistakeholder Blueprint for Innovative Healthcare Access program operating in Meru County, Kenya. IiH guided the development of evaluation plans, delivered workshops on key topics to strengthen evaluation capacity, and routinely validated and analyzed data from all program partners to drive greater outcomes and data-oriented decision making.

The IGAD Regional Health Data Sharing and Protection Policy framework seeks to provide clear guidance for the member states on health data sharing via a set of universal principles that ensure that health data is adequately protected. This framework emphasizes the rights of patients by outlining the rights of data subjects and details the roles and responsibilities of various actors and stakeholders. Ultimately, it aims to facilitate proper data sharing practices that encourage ethical cross-border health data sharing following the highest possible standards.