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The question is answered by studying the alignment of policies for health data in Ethiopia with the FAIR Guidelines or their \u2018FAIR Equivalency\u2019. Policy documents relating to the digitalisation of health systems in Ethiopia were examined to determine their FAIR Equivalency. Although the documents are fragmented and have no overarching governing framework, it was found that they aim to make the disparate health data systems in Ethiopia interoperable and boost the discoverability and (re)usability of data for research and better decision making. 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