Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Details for Mechanism ID: 12509
Country/Region: South Africa
Year: 2013
Main Partner: WAMTechnology
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $900,000

During FY 2012/13, WAMTech will continue to support the South African Department of Health (DoH) at all levels, i.e. national, provincial, district, sub-district and facility levels with software development, maintenance, project management, equipment acquisition/configuration, end-user support, training and implementation assistance for the national TB and DR-TB surveillance tools, i.e. ETR.Net and EDRWeb. In addition to ongoing software maintenance and improvements, it is expected that the major software development activities during this period will revolve around integration of ETR.Net and EDRWeb with other relevant, authorized software systems used by NDoH.

Funding for Care: TB/HIV (HVTB): $900,000

During FY 2012 and beyond, WAMTech will continue to support the South African Department of Health (DoH) at all levels, i.e. national, provincial, district, sub-district and facility levels with software development, maintenance, project management, equipment acquisition/configuration, end-user support, training and implementation assistance for the national TB and DR-TB surveillance tools, i.e. ETR.Net and EDRWeb. Currently ETR.Net has ±450 users, while EDRWeb has ±100 users.

It is expected that by 2014 the user base for EDRWeb would have grown to ±250, owing to NDoHs move towards decentralization of DR-TB management. For this reason, end-user support and training activities will probably need to be intensified.

During implementation, it might be required from WAMTech to provide new equipment or upgrade existing equipment in order to facilitate the implementation process and the smooth running of the systems.

In addition to WAMTechs normal services (listed above), we will guide and train NDoH personnel in preparation for the transitioning of certain functions performed by WAMTech to the NDOH. In doing so, we hope to further the transfer of ownership of the software systems to NDoH and to ensure their long term sustainability. The activities which will be targeted are:

(i) system requirements definition,

(ii) software compliance testing,

(iii) maintenance of the national databases,

(iv) end-user support,

(v) end-user training and sponsorship of equipment and

(vi) other direct expenses (e.g. travel) related to the project.

Transitioning of the ownership of the system to NDOH will ensure country ownership and sustainability as it will be done in a manner so as to build the capacity of the NDOH.