
Lagos Pushes Digital Health System: What Will It Mean for Patients at Local PHCs?
On August 8, 2026, the Lagos State Government outlined an expanded digital-health strategy built around the Lagos Smart Health Information Platform (SHIP). Health Commissioner Akin Abayomi said the platform is intended to connect patient records, investigations and other health data, with the longer-term objective of supporting AI, research and population-level health intelligence. The announcement was







