Challenge Sector 03 · Problem statement
Healthcare
Improve how underserved communities access reliable health information, essential services and ongoing care.
Problem context
The reality facing communities
People in Nigeria’s unserved and underserved communities often face distance, cost, limited health-worker availability and insufficient information about appropriate services. Unreliable health information and gaps in preventive and follow-up support can delay care, while paper-based or fragmented patient records and referral pathways weaken continuity. Digital health solutions can struggle to achieve adoption if they do not fit how patients and healthcare providers behave, work and access services, or if they depend on integration across different levels of the health system.
Challenge question
“How might we use safe, affordable and accessible ICT solutions to help people in Nigeria’s unserved and underserved communities find and use appropriate healthcare, access trustworthy preventive information and support, and improve practical coordination and continuity of care?”
Your solution should respond clearly to this question and show how it can work in an unserved or underserved Nigerian community.
Illustrative angles and opportunities
Where solutions can help
You may address one of these illustrative angles, or propose an alternative solution within this Challenge Sector.
Healthcare Access, Navigation and Affordability
Help people find, navigate and afford suitable services, including provider-supported navigation, appropriate remote support and low-connectivity options that healthcare workers and patients can realistically adopt.
Preventive Healthcare, Health Information and Patient Support
Provide trustworthy, appropriately validated and locally understandable health information and reminders through accessible channels, including text-based options; consider user behaviour and provider endorsement in adoption.
Patient Records, Referrals and Healthcare Service Coordination
Equip frontline staff or individual providers with practical tools for secure records, referrals and follow-up that fit a specified healthcare setting, rather than requiring immediate cross-system integration.
Ready to respond to the Healthcare problem statement?
Submit your ICT-led idea, prototype or working solution before 15 November 2026 at 11:59 p.m. WAT.
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