Ethiopia says digital health records now cover more than 33 million people
Ethiopia’s health minister says digital health records have expanded to about seven million households, covering more than 33 million people.
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- Ethiopia’s health minister says digital health records have expanded to about seven million households, covering more than 33 million people.
Ethiopia has expanded digital health records to about seven million households, covering more than 33 million people, Health Minister Mekdes Daba said on August 25, 2026.
Mekdes announced the figures while addressing the 76th session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa in Addis Ababa. The update places the expansion of health information systems within a wider continental discussion about access, financing and resilience in African healthcare.
The figures were reported by Fana Broadcasting Corporate. They describe the reach of records in the system, rather than the number of people who received treatment, and no additional implementation breakdown was available in the stored source item.
