Simprints

As conversations around digital identity, inclusion, and digital public infrastructure kick off this week at @ID4AfricaLive 2026, we’re looking forward to following the ideas, insights, and collaborations emerging from across the ecosystem. From strengthening healthcare systems to improving access to essential services, trusted and inclusive identity infrastructure has a critical role to play, particularly when solutions are designed for the realities of frontline service delivery. 📍 Find out more: id4africa.com #ID4Africa2026 #DigitalIdentity #DPI #GlobalHealth #Biometricshttps

What is the return on $1 invested in our biometric technology? $12 in social benefits. That’s according to an independent cost-effectiveness analysis of Simprints’ work with BRAC on a maternal and child health programme in Bangladesh. By improving identification and verification at the point of care, biometric technology can strengthen health service delivery while reducing gaps in coverage and continuity of care. And because our tools are open-source and privacy-first, Ministries can fully own the systems and data they rely on. We provide the verification; they own the system. #GPC2026

In Ghana, only 27% of health records were complete. Under a paper-based system, data was being lost at every step, from the health facility to the district office to the national dashboard. Just three months after integrating biometric verification into the digital DHIS2 system, we saw data completeness reach 92%, a 3.5x increase. We've built our biometric digitial ID to meet the needs of frontline health workers and Ministries of Health. When the data on the dashboard is actually accurate, health officials don't have to guess who has received a service or where the need is most. Instead, they have verified coverage data that leads to actionable insights. Better data leads to better decisions. And in public health, that means fewer people miss out on vital services. #GPC2026 #DHIS2 #HealthSystems #DataQuality #Ghana #DigitalHealth

Most global health programmes can tell you how many services they delivered. Very few can tell you how many people actually received the service. In Ethiopia, health workers are using biometrics to bridge that gap. When a health worker can verify exactly who they’ve reached, they can finally see who they’ve missed. With an accurate map of this coverage, programmes can act on real gaps, not inflated reports. By using our biometrics, duplicate records dropped by 4x in Ethiopia. #GPC2026 #VerifiedCoverage #GlobalHealth #Biometrics #HealthData

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Ensuring tech adoption in the field goes beyond the ‘deploy’ button. Sometimes, building effective technology is only half the work. What matters is whether it’s actually used consistently, correctly, and under real-world conditions. Adoption is where impact is realised. This means designing intuitive interfaces, investing in training with local partners, and providing support grounded in context. A successful deployment doesn’t overwhelm systems, but rather strengthens them. #TechTuesday #UserExperience #DigitalHealth #HealthSystems #GlobalHealth

🎉 A warm welcome for our new team member - Koye Oyeyinka! Koye joins Simprints as Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships, bringing over a decade of experience building partnerships across African governments, global health organisations, and developing meaningful public private collaboration. He is excited to bring that experience to Simprints, where he will focus on strengthening funder relationships and expanding government partnerships that bring ethical biometrics to health systems at scale. Based in Abidjan, he enjoys reading, exploring culture and food by proxy, and when time permits working on a novel that refuses to finish itself. It's great to have you in the team, Koye! 👋 Meet the rest of the team: bit.ly/3ZT228w 💼 See our latest vacancies: bit.ly/45rdZnq #team #culture #people

In Ghana, a health worker needs to know one thing: has this child already had their yellow fever jab? If the data is aggregate, they’re guessing. If the data is person-centric, they’re sure. We’re working in Ghana to turn that "sure" into a national standard. By integrating Simprints directly into the national #DHIS2 system, we’ve added what we call a precision layer. It means moving past "100 vaccines delivered in this district" to "this specific child is fully protected." It’s part of a shift @Gavi and the HISP Centre at University of Oslo are calling for in their latest piece (linked below). 40 countries have now integrated immunisation data into DHIS2. The real win is how this is tackling the invisibility crisis. When a record is tied to a biometric ID, "lost to follow-up" stops being an inevitable data gap and starts being a solvable problem for the frontline nurse. 👉 Read more: gavi.org/vaccineswork/a… #WorldImmunizationWeek #GlobalHealth #DigitalIdentity

Better identification means better care. In Ghana, biometric technology is helping health workers spend less time on admin and more time with patients, improving accuracy, continuity, and vaccination delivery. 🎥 Hear Joyce’s experience below

World Immunization Week kicks off today the Vaccine Alliance, celebrating one of public health’s greatest achievements. Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives, protecting generations from diseases like measles, polio, and diphtheria, and increasingly from malaria, HPV, and more. But vaccines only work when they reach the right person, at the right time. According to @WHO, around 850 million people globally lack a recognised form of ID. In many health systems, that makes it difficult to know whether a child who started a vaccination schedule actually completed it. Paper records get lost, names are shared, and follow-ups are missed. Simprints biometric ID system is built for these realities and works offline on frontline devices, helping health workers accurately identify and follow up with patients. This way immunisation programmes can move closer to true coverage, not just recorded coverage. Vaccines have done their job for generations. The systems around them need to as well. #WorldImmunizationWeek #VaccinesWork #GlobalHealth #DigitalHealth #HealthSystems #Immunization #LastMile #AIforGood #Biometrics #PublicHealth

Most health AI is built in labs with reliable power, fast connectivity, and controlled conditions, and then adapted for use in the field. But we think that’s backwards. When you start with the hardest settings, like no connectivity, shared devices, extreme heat, and users with varying levels of digital literacy, you don’t just end up with something that works in tough conditions. You end up with something that’s more robust, more privacy-conscious, and more useful everywhere. It’s a design choice that protects patient data, removes reliance on connectivity, and puts decision support directly in the hands of the people closest to patients. The constraints of last-mile health delivery aren’t barriers to good AI, but are rather what make it better. Tomorrow morning we’re joining a panel at #SkollWorldForum with our friends @teamkhushibaby and @Arm, to talk about what this looks like in practice. 👉 Join us at the event: luma.com/4usaz2l6

According to @WHO, 850 million people worldwide don’t have a recognised form of identity. 🌍 In health systems across sub-Saharan Africa, that creates very real problems. A community health worker serving 500 households may have no reliable way to confirm whether the person in front of them is the same person they saw last month. Paper registers get lost all the time. Names are often shared across families. People move regularly. The result is messy systems with duplicate records, missed follow-ups, and no reliable system for knowing whether a child who started a vaccination schedule actually finished it. The problem is not technological but rather systemic. Technology can only help when it’s built for the realities of the field. Simprints biometric ID system runs locally on community health worker smartphones, even without internet connectivity. It’s designed to work across different populations, devices, and field conditions. For example, in Ethiopia, biometric deduplication reduced duplicate patient records from 27.8% to 7.2%. This result shows what happens when you design for the hardest environments first, and stay long enough to see it through. 📉 Tomorrow at Skoll World Forum, we’ll be exploring the invisibility crisis with our partners at @Gavi, @Arm, @ciff_child and Dovetail Impact Foundation, and what it takes to build trust in global health data. Join us there: luma.com/ythor6cx #DigitalIdentity #GlobalHealth #HealthSystems #SkollWorldForum

In global health, technology often stalls when someone asks what it costs per outcome and there isn’t a clear answer. 🏥 Health ministries need that data before bringing new tools into national systems. 💰 Funders need it before supporting anything beyond a pilot. 📄 Procurement teams need it before it shows up in a tender. Proving something works is the easy part, showing the cost per outcome is where most tools get stuck. Simprints technology is tackling this exact issue. In Ghana, we're running an RCT to understand whether biometric verification increases the number of children who complete their full vaccination schedule. This is the kind of evidence that helps move something from a promising pilot to real adoption. In the end, funders and ministries are asking the same things: does it work, what does it cost, and is anyone else already using it. And that’s what Simprints is working to answer with real-world evidence. #GlobalHealth #HealthEconomics #CostEffectiveness #Biometrics #EvidenceBasedPolicy #Skoll #SkollWorldForum

A country reported 95% immunisation coverage. 📊 But when we looked deeper, we found that one in four didn’t complete their full schedule. The doses were given. They just weren’t given to the right children at the right time. This is the gap between recorded coverage and verified coverage. 🔍 Recorded coverage looks at services delivered. Verified coverage confirms that a specific person received a specific service at the right point in their journey of care. The difference sounds technical. It isn’t. It is the difference between a health system that reports progress—and one that can prove it. At Simprints, we build biometric tools that enable verified, individual-level coverage. So health systems can move from counting doses to confirming outcomes. 🧬 We’re currently running a first-of-its-kind randomised controlled trial in Ghana to measure whether biometric-verified coverage increases the proportion of children who complete their full 4-dose malaria vaccine schedule. Because the question is not whether we can deliver health services at the last mile. It is whether we can verify that the right people received them. #GlobalHealth #Immunisation #HealthData #Biometrics

Reminder: Join us at the Skoll World Forum for a session on the invisibility crisis in global health. 1 in 4 children are born without a formal identity, making it harder to deliver life-saving care. Together with partners, we’ll explore how AI on edge devices can help close this gap. Featuring a short screening from @NatGeo and a panel with industry experts from @gavi, @arm, @CIFFchild and Dovetail Impact Foundation. 🗓️ Wednesday, April 22 ⏰ 11:00–12:30 (GMT+1) 📍 Cheng Yu Tung Building, Jesus College, Oxford 👉 Register now: luma.com/ythor6cx #SkollWorldForum #GlobalHealth #AI #TechForGood

A powerful reflection from @Arm on how technology can make health systems more inclusive. Proud to be working with @gavi and @_GHSofficial to support frontline health workers with tools that help ensure people are accurately identified and connected to care. 💪 ⬇️ See the story below