• Burundi plans to extend its digital health supply chain management system, eLMIS Medexis, to private healthcare facilities after completing nationwide deployment in public and faith-based institutions.
• The platform has trained more than 2,000 users across 956 health facilities and deployed 839 laptops and 148 routers to strengthen medicine inventory management.
• Authorities aim to improve system support, digital infrastructure, internet connectivity and interoperability, with Starlink under consideration for underserved areas.

Burundi plans to expand its digital health supply chain management system to private healthcare facilities. Public Health Minister Fidele Ndayisaba and Alain Parfait Bimenyimana, country director of the Dutch non-governmental organization i+Solutions, discussed the initiative during a meeting on Thursday, June 25.

The meeting reviewed progress on the eLMIS Medexis project, a digital platform that manages inventories and supplies of medicines and other health products. The system already operates across all public and faith-based healthcare facilities in Burundi and has improved logistics monitoring for medicines and medical supplies.

The government launched the project in December 2022 with support from i+Solutions and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The initiative aims to strengthen the country's healthcare supply chain through digitalization while improving medicine availability and the reliability of logistics data.

Digitalisation de la chaîne d’approvisionnement en santé : avancées et perspectives.

Le Ministre de la Santé Publique @FideleDr a accordé une audience au Directeur Pays de l’ONG néerlandaise i+Solutions, Dr Alain Parfait Bimenyimana.

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— Ministère de la Santé Publique Burundi(MSP) (@msp_burundi) June 25, 2026

According to i+Solutions, the nationwide rollout of eLMIS Medexis reached a major milestone in 2025 after covering all public and faith-based healthcare facilities. The project trained more than 2,000 users across 956 healthcare facilities and supplied 839 laptops and 148 routers to support system deployment.

Beyond the planned extension to private healthcare providers, the discussions also focused on measures to strengthen the system. The participants examined ways to improve user support, upgrade digital equipment and expand internet connectivity across healthcare facilities.

The participants also discussed the potential use of satellite connectivity solutions such as Starlink to improve internet access in underserved areas. The meeting also addressed interoperability between eLMIS Medexis and other digital health platforms. The government aims to integrate health data more effectively and improve coordination across the healthcare system.

This article was initially published in French by Samira Njoya

Adapted in English by Ange J. A de Berry Quenum