Health Cs Aden Duale has introduced a Biometric Health Identification system for the Social Health Authority (SHA).
Speaking during the launch of the biometric system on August 4, CS Duale noted that the system will help the Ministry of Health to eliminate fraud and misuse of the benefits.
“This innovation will secure access to health services without having physical documents. Your fingerprint will verify your identity securely.This biometric will help us in eliminating fraud and misuse of the benefits. It will also reduce paperwork, shorten queues of patients, and ensure more time is spent on patient care,” Duale noted.
CS Duale introduces biometric verification in SHA. Photo: Courtesy.
The CS also noted that the biometric registration is available across level 4,5, and 6 health facilities countrywide.
Duale moreover announced that SHA will no longer accept OTP based authorization.
According to the Health CS, all SHA approvals will now be completed through the biometric health ID or the Practice 360 app.
CS Duale further directed all pharmaceutical companies to upload certified product data on the national product catalogue within 30 days.
He warned the companies that failure to comply with the directive would result in their deregistration and de-listing from the SHA ecosystem.
