{
  "id": 19657198,
  "title": "How eHealth Africa is using tech to close Nigeria’s immunisation gaps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/how-ehealth-africa-is-using-tech-to-close-nigerias-immunisation-gaps",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:47:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCabal",
    "slug": "techcabal",
    "url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/11/12/ehealth-africa-using-tech-to-close-gaps/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigeria grapples with significant gaps in immunisation coverage, with 2.1 million children under one year old, or 24% of the under-one population, unvaccinated, according to UNICEF. These children reside in remote areas, conflict zones, or areas not accurately mapped for planning. eHealth Africa, a non-profit organisation, leverages geospatial technology and digital tools to address these challenges. By mapping settlements, identifying inaccessible communities, and optimising vaccination planning, eHealth Africa has reached over 23 million children in 205,000 settlements across Nigeria in the first half of 2026. This progress is attributed to the organisation's geospatial settlement mapping, digital campaign planning through PlanFeld, and vaccine delivery tracking. However, the sustainability of these efforts relies on the ability of Nigerian institutions to fund, operate, and maintain the technology. eHealth Africa has developed PlanFeld, a digital tool that generates microplanning and daily implementation plans for vaccination teams, reducing the time required for planning from days to minutes. This tool also assigns workloads to teams, preventing omissions and saving costs for the government. To ensure the accuracy of settlement information, eHealth Africa collaborates with community leaders, local government officials, and programme partners to validate data every two months, particularly important in areas affected by insecurity in northern Nigeria.",
  "summary": "Getting a vaccine to a child starts long before anyone loads a cold box. It starts with knowing the child’s community exists. About 2.1 million Nigerian children, representing 24% of the country’s estimated 8.7 million under-one population, had not received a single routine vaccine dose, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The 2023 […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}