An electronic integrated disease surveillance and response (eIDSR) system will be launched across Rwanda’s district hospitals and health centres in April.
The system will assist health workers in containing spread, and Rwanda is to share the new technology with other member states in the East African Community (EAC).
Dr Kizito Kayumba, the Tracnet Director of Voxiva, the company behind the technology, said it would help health facilities receive information on outbreaks more quickly, as users can collect details from the field via mobile phones and the internet which can then be sent across the whole platform.
“This system also helps to contain and investigate potential outbreaks detected automatically in the electronic system. More than 1,000 health officials and staff have been trained to use the new technology,” he said.
