IGNITE - Implementing DiGital Health SolutioNs for Food and NutrITion SEcurity in Underdeveloped Countries
- Challenge:SDG 2: Zero Hunger
- Co-Funders:Irish Aid
- Phase:Seed
- Team Lead:Prof. Audrey Tierney, University of Limerick
- Partner Country Team Lead:Assistant Prof. Benjamin Kanagwa, Makerere University, Uganda
- Team Co-Lead:Assistant Prof. Katie Crowley, University of Limerick
- Societal Impact Champion:Muhanguzi Denis Kaffoko, GOAL-Uganda
Funders
Co-funded by: Irish Aid
Persistent food poverty and malnutrition in Uganda remain critical public health issues, compounded by fragmented and underutilised digital health systems that limit timely, coordinated, and evidence-based responses across the food and nutrition landscape.
An Implementation Framework to:
provide a structured, context-driven approach to integrating Digital Health Systems (DHSs) for Food Security and Nutrition (FS&N) in Uganda.
prioritise interoperability with existing platforms like eCHIS, community-level data.
ensure government-led sustainability by capturing lessons and embedding phased implementation, co-design, and stakeholder alignment
align with the NASSS framework (addressing the complexity of malnutrition), building on existing technologies like eCHIS, and prioritise co-design with end-users.
anticipate adoption challenges and therefore support capacity-building and align with national systems.
incorporate a phased and adaptive approach to enable long-term sustainability, scalability and system integration.