Consultancy services to Develop a National Interoperability Framework for Health Information Exchange in Two Member States

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES– INDIVIDUAL SELECTION) COUNTRY: Ethiopia NAME OF PROJECT: Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project (P178633) Grant No.: IDA-E1110 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: HIRING OF INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL INTEROPERABILITY FRAMEWORK FOR HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE IN TWO MEMBER STATES ( Tunisia and Seychelles) REFERENCE NO.: ET-AUC-568094-CS-INDV ISSUE DATE: 3 SEPTEMBER 2026 The African Union has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project. The Project Development Objective is to enhance the capacity of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to support AU Member States in preventing, detecting, and responding to current and future public health threats and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. 1. BACKGROUND Health Information Systems interoperability is a foundational requirement for implementing national Health Information Exchange (HIE). A robust, standards-based interoperability framework is essential to enable secure data exchange, support system integration, and establish the technical and governance foundation for sustainable HIE implementation. Findings from the HIE maturity assessments conducted across AU Member States have identified interoperability as a high-impact priority, critical to enabling subsequent phases such as governance strengthening and phased digital health system implementation. As part of the support by Africa CDC in implementing HIE across Member States, digital maturity assessments were conducted in 12 AU Member States, alongside the development of HIE roadmaps. Following this, Africa CDC will support two of countries, Tunisia and Seychelles, through the engagement of two individual consultants to support each of the countries to design and de