Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013

Details for Mechanism ID: 9826
Country/Region: Rwanda
Year: 2012
Main Partner: Voxiva
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $350,000

TRACnet is a national HIV/AIDS and infectious disease electronic reporting system deployed in more than 465 health facilities in Rwanda. The goal by the conclusion of the TRACnet project is to improve quality of care through effective and efficient use of health data by health care providers, program managers and political leaders in Rwanda. This will be achieved through four main objectives: build local human capacity to manage, sustain and expand TRACnet; maintain and upgrade TRACnet; improve TRACnet data quality; and promote TRACnet data use. This project will contribute to the achievement of the Partnership Framework Goals in Strategic Information, so that evidence-based policies and plans are developed, updated, monitored and evaluated, and a culture of data use is promoted and instilled. Data will be collected from and feedback provided to all health facilities across the country and by September 2012, there will be more than 3,500 trained users routinely accessing the system to monitor and report on HIV/AIDS, Early Infant Diagnosis and Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Programs. The TRACnet system will support nationwide surveillance of HIV and 18 epidemic prone diseases under surveillance in Rwanda. Five modules IDSR, ART, VCT, PMTCT and PCR will be using the same platform. Voxiva will monitor and provide regular status on system usage; human capacity development; data use & data quality. The activities will be monitored through regular meetings with CDC activity manager. No vehicles were purchased since the onset of the project however; a car was leased for TRACnet activities.

Funding for Strategic Information (HVSI): $350,000

In COP12, Voxiva will work in support of RBC/IHDPC. The TRACnet project will focus on:Building local human capacity to manage, sustain and expand TRACnet. This will be done by supporting skills and experience development of the local core team at RBC/IHDPC (the Project Director and Project Manager) and additional human resource as identified by the MoH. The focus will be to enhance the capacity of the core team on different knowledge areas to ensure that Rwanda can sustain and build on TRACnet to meet the ongoing needs of the health sector.Working with RBC/IHDPC and the E-health department of MoH to maintain and upgrade TRACnet. Additionally, Voxiva will continue to host, provide communications, software maintenance and application management services to keep TRACnet operational and available in the production environment. It is intended that this capacity will be built within RBC/IHDPC for long-term sustainability of TRACnet.Working with the GOR and key stakeholders to continue improving data quality in TRACnet. Voxiva will still monitor and address issues related to data quality checks and validation rules on the TRACnet system. It is intended that this capacity will be built within RBC/IHDPC for long-term sustainability of TRACnet.