Use of Biometrics for Records Deduplication: Case Study of the National Data Repository in Nigeria
The implementation of a biometric system using fingerprint data allowed the identification of potentially duplicate records for resolution, thereby improving the quality of HIV treatment data for HIV program planning.
Authors
- Jay Osi Samuels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8933-1006)
- Adebobola Bashorun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3791-1313)
- Moyosola Bamıdele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-7966)
- Timothy Efuntoye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-0619)
- James Kariuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7460-2109)
- Kayode Balogun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4010-0773)
- Ayodele Fagbemi
- Stephen Taiye Balogun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9928-3703)
- Johnson Alonge
- Richard Ugbena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9667-4849)
- Jude Orjih (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7828-9401)
- Nannim Fazing Nalda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-9428)
- Ademola Oladipo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2257-1996)
- Ibrahim Dalhatu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3287-5173)
- Sadhna Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9911-5144)
- Daniel H. Rosen
- Herman Tolentino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8577-3744)
- I Abbas
- G. Gomez
- Oludare Onimode
- Olaposi Olatoregun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-5400)
- Brooke Doman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6587-6732)
- Nnamdi Umeh
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Federal Ministry of Health (NG)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (UG)
- Public Health Solutions (US)
- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NG)
- National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/67580
- Primary Topic
- Data Quality and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention