ID2020 Bangladesh
https://id2020.org/digital-health-id-rfp
The program will proceed in four phases from mid-2021 to late 2025. The proposed program will be phased, beginning with a piloting phase, moving into a regional scaling phase, and culminating in a national scaling phase. A key outcome of this program is a replicable model by which digital ID could be scaled in other country contexts.
Bangladesh, the Access to Information (a2i) Program, ICT Division of Ministry of Post, Telecommunication & Information Technology of the Government of Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Health Services, Health Services, Division of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of Bangladesh, Gavi, and ID2020 are jointly committing to the implementation of a digital health ID program.
The program seeks to provide infants with a portable, biometrically-linked digital ID either at the point of birth registration or at the time of routine immunization, simultaneously supporting four shared objectives:
Increasing the number of accurate unique identifications in order to:
Improve birth registration coverage
Reduce duplication of health IDs and increase the number and accuracy of issued health IDs,
Enhance interoperability in a presently fragmented health system,
Facilitate re-identification and recovery of personal records, even if a paper-based record is lost;
Driving improvements in vaccination efficiency, coverage, and equity in order to:
Enable portability across geographies,
Increase the number of fully immunized children;
Supporting continuity of care across state and non-state health systems in order to:
Generate identity portability across health systems,
Increase accuracy of personal records and provide visibility of needed follow-up care,
Enhance service delivery by creating improvements in planning, reporting, and budgeting,
Improve health outcomes;
Creating a digital ID ecosystem in order to facilitate access to other services throughout the lifecourse.
Create consistency and efficiency across federal systems,
Provide a privacy preserving mechanism prove one’s identity across personal and commercial settings;
Congressman Foster (D) IL. is the author of H.R. 8215, the Improving Digital Identity Act of 2020
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8215?s=1&r=2