Tanzania moves to integrate primary healthcare’s digital systems to boost its services delivery
Tanzania is integrating digital systems across its primary healthcare sector to enhance timely information access, improve service delivery, and facilitate digital payments for community health workers. This initiative emphasizes collaboration, local expertise, and the development of a joint dashboard to track services and payments nationwide.
Why it matters
This digital transformation aims to significantly improve healthcare efficiency and accessibility for Tanzanian citizens, potentially serving as a model for other developing nations seeking to leverage technology in public health.
ARUSHA: TANZANIA is moving to integrate digital systems used in primary healthcare to improve access to timely information and strengthen the delivery of services to citizens, including digital payments to community health workers.
Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at the Prime Minister’s Office –Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG), Erick Kitali, said the success of the country’s digital transformation depends on collaboration among institutions, visionary leadership and involving the right experts in decision-making.
Speaking in Arusha today, September 10, 2026, during a discussion on strengthening primary healthcare through public digital infrastructure and Tanzania’s journey towards digitally paying community health workers, the director stated that it is vital for government institutions to ensure their systems are interconnected to facilitate timely access to information and make service delivery more efficient.
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