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West African Policy Dialogue-impulse for better data: progress towards better analytics and better decisions.
Gideon Kwarteng Acheampong1,2,3, Fortress Yayra Aku4,5,6, John Amuasi1,2,7,8
1German West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention, Kumasi, Ghana.
BMC Proceedings
|April 23, 2026
Summary
Establishing a Regional Health Data Hub in Africa requires addressing data quality issues. West African nations face challenges in leveraging new technologies for better health data, necessitating supportive policies.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Informatics
- Health Policy
Background:
- Efforts are underway to establish a Regional Health Data Hub for the African Region.
- The 2024 West African Policy Dialogue convened researchers and policymakers from seven countries to discuss health data challenges.
- Poor data quality can undermine even sophisticated analytical tools, highlighting the critical need for accurate health information.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize key discussions from the 2024 West African Policy Dialogue on health data.
- To identify challenges and opportunities in utilizing new technologies for health data management in West Africa.
- To emphasize the need for policy interventions to improve health data capabilities.
Main Methods:
- A high-level summary of discussions from a two-day policy dialogue meeting.
- Analysis of challenges faced by West African governments in adopting new health data technologies.
- Identification of policy needs for enhancing health data generation and use.
Main Results:
- The dialogue underscored the negative impact of poor, incomplete, or inaccurate health data.
- Emerging technologies like genomic surveillance and real-time data generation offer significant potential.
- West African governments struggle to fully benefit from these advanced technologies.
- There is a recognized gap in policies to support and regulate new technologies for better data.
Conclusions:
- Effective Regional Health Data Hub establishment hinges on addressing data quality.
- Policy frameworks are essential to harness new technologies for improved health data generation and exchange.
- Strengthening data capabilities through supportive policies is crucial for West Africa's public health goals.
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