Health Minister inaugurates cloud computing center at Ministry IT Center

Health Minister, Ali Mrabet, inaugurated, Wednesday, at the ministry's IT Center, the new cloud computing center for the health sector which will help store and archive health data in full safety. The center will help enhance the processing of digital health data and information systems for vaccinations as well as the health information system, reads a statement of the Health Ministry. The inauguration of the new data center was attended by Minister of Communication Technologies Nizar Ben Naji, Japanese Ambassador to Tunisia Takeshi Osuga, Representative of UNICEF in Tunisia Michel Le Pechoux and the Charge d'affaires of the German embassy in Tunisia Paul Leonard. During the inauguration ceremony, Mrabet underscored that the cloud computing data center will help consolidate the digital infrastructure and speed up the completion of the health sector's digitization. He welcomed the cooperation established between the various structures of the ministries of health and communication technologies in the field of digitization, the development of services provided to citizens and the consolidation of governance in the health sector. The project is part of cooperation between the Ministry of Health, the German Development Bank (KfW) and the UNICEF. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse