The Rwandan Ministry of Health will complete the rollout an electronic integrated disease surveillance and response (eIDSR) system across the country’s district hospitals and health centres next month.
The New Times reports the technology reports outbreaks of diseases in order to assist health workers in containing spread. Rwanda is to share the new technology with other member states in the East African Community (EAC).
Rwandan specialists working under the Rwanda Biometrical Centre (RBC) built the technology, which has so far been installed in 37 district hospitals, with the remaining six to be fitted with the technology by the end of April.
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.
