eHealth Africa (eHA) joined global health leaders, policymakers, and partners at the 2025 International Conference on Primary Health Care (ICPHC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss digital transformation, sustainable public health infrastructure, renewable energy, and health system resilience across Africa.
The conference, themed “Advancing Primary Health Care in the 21st Century: Putting People First,” brought together thought leaders and innovators committed to strengthening primary health care and achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on the continent.
Speaking at the event, eHealth Africa’s Executive Director, Atef Fawaz, said the conference theme aligned with the organization’s mission of building human-centered digital solutions to improve healthcare in underserved communities.
“At eHealth Africa, we believe technology and data should serve people. This belief drives our interventions such as establishing emergency operation centres, implementing renewable energy solutions for healthcare, and developing climate-resilient digital tools and smart vaccination systems all of which we showcased at the ICPHC,” Fawaz said.
Kazeem Balogun, eHA’s Deputy Director of Supply Chain Management, emphasized sustainability and local ownership of Emergency Operation Centres (EOCs) across Africa. “We must see EOCs not just as polio infrastructure but as integrated public health command centres,” he stated. “Our goal is to build systems that governments can sustain national assets embedded within primary healthcare structures.”
Anthony Edozieuno, Program Manager for Public Health Emergency Management, highlighted how eHA’s emergency coordination model has expanded from Nigeria to over 24 African countries. “What began in Nigeria has evolved into a multi-country model that strengthens emergency coordination across Africa. This is a true testament to shared learning and partnership,” he said.
During its roundtable sessions, eHA showcased several innovative digital tools, including the Climate Health Vulnerability Assessment Tool (CHAT), presented by Temitayo Tella-Lah, Program Manager for Climate Adaptation in Health, Food Security, and Nutrition.
“CHAT helps decision-makers move from awareness to action,” Tella-Lah explained. “It enables governments to identify risks, design climate-resilient interventions, and protect communities before crises occur.”
Abubakar Shehu, Program Manager for Disease Prevention and Monitoring, demonstrated PlanFeld, a digital microplanning solution that improves vaccination logistics. “With PlanFeld, we’ve reduced microplanning time from five days to just ten minutes,” Shehu said. “It ensures equitable workload distribution and helps governments make faster, smarter vaccination decisions.”
Concluding the presentations, Toju Ogele, eHA Project Manager, called for scaling up renewable energy adoption in primary health care facilities to enhance efficiency and service delivery.
