mHealth in Tanzania

 Photo: ALAMY

Mount Meru Regional Hospital

MOHSW is taking the lead to improve the responsiveness and reach with a focus on ‘at risk’ and ‘marginalized’ populations

Picture credits: Credits Photo (c) David Snyder CDC Foundation

A key initiative : national roll-out of the District Health Information System (DHIS), the official Tanzanian Health Management Information System (HMIS).

The Tanzanian DHIS plays a critical role in monitoring andevaluation of health sector reform performance in thecountry.

The MoHSW often works in partnership with other

governmental institutions, NGOs and private sector

organizations to achieve its objectives.

Introduction to the mHealth Community of Practice

mHealth Community of Practice

Workshops in Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo

mHealth Definition

Mobile technology

Health Care

mHealth projects in Tanzania

• Disease surveillance

• Logistics

• Telemedicine

• Clinical decision support

• Health messaging

• Community Health

workers

• Mobile money

• More!

A handful of those involved in mHealth in Tanzania

SMS printers for EIDAll district hospitals

mHealth projects in Tanzania

SMS printers for EIDAll districts hospitals

SMS printers for EIDall districts hospitals

SMS printers for EIDhospitalsJSI / ILS Gateway

JSI / ILS GatewayJSI / ILS Gateway

JSI / ILS Gateway

19 x HBCPsD-tree/CDC Facility HIV Triage tool

D-tree/CDC Facility HIV Triage tool

D-tree/Pathfinder HBCP for PLHA

D-tree/Pathfinder HBCP for PLWHA

NIH / Swiss Tropical Institute / IHI IMCI

JSI / ILS GatewayD-Tree/UNICEF Community MNCH X2D-Tree/UNICEF

Community MNCH X2

SMS printers for EIDhospitals

MEDA ITN Distribution

(Nationwide)

Phones for Health

SMS printers for EIDHospitals

All district hospitalsSMS printers for EIDAll district hospitals

SMS printers for EIDAll district hospitalsSMS printers for EID

All district hospitals

SMS for Life (Nationwide)

mHealth projects in TanzaniaThe Schistosomiasis

Consortium for Operational Research

and Evaluation (SCORE)

The Schistosomiasis Consortium for

Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE)

SMS printers for EIDAll district hospitals

SMS printers for EIDAll district hospitals

Tanzanian Telemedicine iPath, IICD and Cordaid

and ELCT (Tanzania)

SMS printers for EIDAll district hospitalsSMS printers for EID

All district hospitals

D-tree / CRSD-tree / CRS

NIH / Swiss Tropical Institute

IHI Community Health Agents

ITIDO

SMS printers for EIDAll district hospitals

SMS printers for EID

All district hospitals

PMI - Malaria SurveillanceWired Mothers

D-tree/MOH Emergency Transport

D-tree/MOH Emergency Transport

D-tree/UNICEF Facility based treatment for

malnourished children (SAM)Wired Mothers

PMI - Malaria Surveillance

Introduction to Public Private Partnership

Saturday, April 8, 2023Managed by the CDC Foundation

Introduction to mHealth Tanzania Partnership

Current MoHSW mHealth Programs & Activities

Programs: • Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) System• Core Indicator Reporting System

Activities:• National mHealth Strategy Framework development with

Community of Practice• Private sector partnership cultivation• ‘Community of Practice’ participation

Example of mHealth initiatives

Health Facility worker –free call to system from any mobile phone

Swahili voice recording asks report questions & provides pre-defined responses the caller selects using numeric keypad

Responses are repeated; Report ID # provided verbally and via SMS to caller

Predefined alerts and notifications are automatically sent to health management officials for response

Data is immediately available for analysis & action

Weekly reports and case notifications are automatically aggregated

Integrated Disease Surveillance Reporting

Thank you!