Publications on Tanzania http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2008-08-24T21:20:02Z Connecting medical specialists in rural hospitals - Tanzania http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/connecting-medical-specialists-in-rural-hospitals-tanzania This brief describes the lessons learned from the IICD and Cordaid supported Tanzania Evangelical Lutheran Church Tanzania (ELCT) telemedicine project. It is intended for actors in the health area as well as for institutions
implementing a similar project that would like to learn from this experience.

]]> No publisher JJessurun 2010-10-25T15:35:00Z Publication Health Management Information System for hospitals - Tanzania http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/health-management-information-system-for-hospitals This brief describes the lessons learned from the IICD supported Tanzania Evangelical Lutheran Church Tanzania (ELCT) Health Management Information System (HMIS) project. It is intended for actors in the health area as well as for institutions implementing a similar project that would like to learn from this experience. The project objective is to improve the management of health facilities and to that end develop a user friendly HMIS to collect reliable information on all activities, and to produce the reports needed by the hospital administration and the Ministry of Health.

]]> No publisher JJessurun 2010-10-25T15:30:00Z Publication Summary learning Report 2009 - Tanzania Health http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2009-tanzania-health From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Tanzania Country Programme about the impact of the health programme in Tanzania (2009). Evaluations are based on questionnaires for different stakeholders. Depending on the country, the evaluation includes project teams (reflecting on IICD's support), participants of trainings (reflecting on capacity  development) and end users (reflecting on the projects they take part in).

The evaluation report below is the unmodified original work of Clement and Emmanuel Kwayu of BUMACO, the M&E partner for Health in Tanzania. It gives an overview of both the data collected and the discussions that followed in the Focus Group. Though sensitive information from specific partners has been removed to maintain a trust relationship with and between partners, M&E reports are an honest representation of the processes and lessons concerning the Country Programme. In 2009, the Health Programme projects in Tanzania collected 228 questionnaires.

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-08-20T12:00:00Z Publication Summary Learning report Tanzania 2008 - Impact of the Health programme http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-tanzania-2008-impact-of-the-health-programme From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Tanzania Country Programme about the impact of the health programme in Tanzania (2008). Available in English only. This report is a summary of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report on the Tanzania Health sector programme in 2008. Summaries are published on the IICD website to show the work of our local project partners and the results that these partners and IICD have achieved. Important to point out is that evaluation reports are meant for learning, hence they focus on the outcomes and impact of the projects as well as their successes and challenges, rather than checking on project progress or money spent, which is done via progress reports.

]]> No publisher admin 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Summary Learning report 2008 - Tanzania Good Governance http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2008-tanzania-good-governance From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Tanzania Country Programme about the impact of the governance programme in Tanzania (2008). Available in English only. This report is a summary of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report on the Kinondoni project of the Tanzania Country Programme in 2008 (data was collected in 2007). Summaries are published on the IICD website to show the work of our local project partners and the results that these partners and IICD have achieved. Important to point out is that evaluation reports are meant for learning, hence they focus on the outcomes and impact of the projects as well as their successes and challenges, rather than checking on project progress or money spent, which is done via progress reports.

]]> No publisher admin 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Realising a Lasting Jump in Health Care Performance, Tanzania http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/realising-a-lasting-jump-in-health-care-performance-tanzania The health sector is a large and complex social service sector. The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) is working in Tanzania to support health care development by use of ICT tools. The health sector is a large and complex social service sector. It is one of the largest sectors in terms of professionally trained workers. The health sector is defined by a high degree of standardised procedures and professional norms. Since the 1980’s the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has become of growing importance. The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) is working in Tanzania to support health care development by use of ICT tools.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Computerisation Kinondoni: a five-year learning process http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/kompyuta-wilaya-ya-kinondoni-report-in-swahili This brief describes the lessons learned from the District Computerisation Kinondoni programme, which aims to improve governance in the Kinondoni district, one of the municipal authorities in Dar es Salaam, through the use of ICT. It is intended for practitioners in the field who would like to learn from the experience of this project as well as organisations that would like to implement similar systems. Read about the context, target group, objectives, impact, lessons learned, challenges, next steps and future plans.

Available in English and Swahili.

 

 

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication The critical issues affecting the introduction of Health Management Information Systems in developing countries in Africa http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/the-critical-issues-affecting-the-introduction-of-health-management-information-systems-in-developing-countries-in-africa In Tanzania, Mali, Zambia and Uganda information systems are being introduced in hospitals in the form of health management information systems. But with a lack of relevant research done in these countries about the introduction of technologies like information systems there is not much to go by. Thesis by Nicole Archangel, completed in October 2007. The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) works in nine countries in Africa and Latin America. IICD has since 1998 been supporting partner organizations with the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for development and poverty alleviation, amongst others in the health sector. For the past years they have been supporting projects in Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia implementing systems into healthcare.

IICD sees the importance of a decentralized system for health information management and wants to take stock of the achievements of projects that have been implementing information systems, gather experiences and lessons learned and identify challenges for introducing and using information system (IS) in healthcare.

This is why together with IICD this research wants to identify the issues that have to be considered when implementing information systems in the form of a health management information system in hospitals on the district level in the countries supported by IICD. This in support of the belief that a convincing and operational framework for assessing health system performance is vital for the work of governments, development agencies and multilateral institutions.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Impact IICD health projects http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/impact-iicd-health-projects Hanna Goorden of IICD analysed the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) data that has been gathered from the IICD projects in the health sector. She reports on the satisfaction of project users with the health services they use through the project and how the project has impacted their lives. The brief starts by exploring how ICT can strengthen the health care sector and how IICD health projects contribute to ICT awareness, empowerment and impact on health care.

The IICD projects are clustered to distinguish the different categories of project users. This classification is useful for IICD, as it better allows attributing impact to our different groups of project users:

  • Policy-makers
  • Health staff and/or health students (including Health, hospital & patient information, Professional development & Continuous Medical Education (CME), and Telemedicine)
  • Patients and/or people in the community

The second part discusses the M&E results and summarises the main lessons-learned from the health projects.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Rural connectivity in Tanzania: options and challenges in 2007 http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/rural-connectivity-in-tanzania-options-and-challenges-in-2007 Findings of a study carried out for IICD by Suhail Sheriff, Information and Communication Technology Resource Centre (ICT-RC), Tanzania. This 2nd edition is jointly published by SWOPnet/IICD in July 2007. The purpose of this report is to enable organisations engaged in rural development to make informed decisions on rural connectivity and Internet access in Tanzania. It also aims to demystify the technical issues associated with obtaining connectivity and Internet access, which often confuse lay-persons. The report also provides a general inventory of connectivity options and costs. As energy is a major concern for rural connectivity, the second part examines this issue and outlines the potential use and cost of alternative energy sources such as solar power, wind, hydropower and bio-mass.

Providing this overview is by no means a one-off exercise. Rather, it is a work in progress as connectivity options and costs change rapidly. The report is a revised and updated edition of an earlier study into connectivity options and costs in Tanzania, the results of which were first published in May 2006. Future follow-up studies are planned. Their findings will be published on a bi-annual basis.

If, after reading this report, individuals or organisations can critically and analytically study the options available to them and achieve Internet connectivity that is efficient and cost-effective in remote and rural areas, then the report will have fulfilled its purpose.

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