Rwanda considers biometrics to improve child vaccination coverage

Rwandan authorities are thinking about introducing biometrics as a way of ensuring that no child is kept out of routine immunization campaigns, New Times reports.

The outlet quotes the Manager of Rwanda’s Biomedical Center’s Expanded Program on Immunization Hassan Sibomana as saying that technologies such as fingerprint biometrics are being seriously considered so that health officials can easily determine if a child has been vaccinated against a particular disease or not.

Rwanda’s child vaccination system is already highly digitized, …

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