The DREAMS program, a service delivery model based on HIV risk assessment, supports young people aged 10-24, adolescent girls/boys and young women/men (AGYW & ABYM). The program is currently implemented in 24 districts countrywide. To facilitate improved tracking of the services offered AGYW & ABYM through this initiative, the program is going digital. METS in partnership with IDI Wakiso-Masaka region and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a pilot project in Nansana Municipality that is expected to transform service delivery in monitoring and evaluation.
The change involves moving records from paper format to digital options. Data is accessed on tablets enabling a shift that makes it easier and safer to collect information and provide services to the now over 1.2 million young people receiving services.
The process is cost-saving as there is no need for printing and storing 20 different paper forms, as was the previous case. This offers better security and guarantees improved efficiency as information will now be updated instantly as services are provided.
How does it work?
– Peer facilitators / providers use tablet computers with a special app called DHIS2 Capture
– Information is recorded on the spot in, the community, as services are provided
– Data is transmitted to facilities in real time using internet
– This replaces the old system of filling out paper forms
Moving forward, an evaluation will be conducted to assess feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness before roll out of the system into all DREAMS districts and cities in Uganda.
