These fingerprint readers designed by the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI), currently being trialled in a number of hospitals, make it possible to verify, by fingerprint, the identity of people presenting cards entitling them to State social benefits
On Thursday 29 April 2021, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, was in the municipality of Abomey-Calavi alongside her colleague Véronique TOGNIFODE MEWANOU, Minister of Social Affairs and Microfinance, to see for themselves the deployment in health facilities of the biometric card readers acquired by the Government for the Health Insurance component of the Insurance for Strengthening Human Capital (ARCH) project.
These fingerprint readers, currently being trialled in a number of hospitals, make it possible to verify, by fingerprint, the identity of people presenting cards entitling them to State social benefits. Mr Ouanilo FAGLA MEDEGAN, Director General of ANSSI, was also part of the ministerial delegation that visited the site.
For the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, authenticating beneficiaries is an essential element of the effectiveness and sustainability of social programmes. “The availability of the terminals, the way the staff of the pilot centres have adopted them and the statements of the satisfied beneficiaries show how well the digital solutions deployed by the Government match people's expectations,” she said.
After the pilot phase, the terminals will soon be rolled out to all health service providers receiving beneficiaries of the ARCH project.