Region
African Region
Destination Country
Kenya
Key objectives
Through the establishment of AfyaData, a two-way communication mechanism for health systems and community members to share timely health surveillance data, pastoralist Masai communities in the border regions of Kenya and Tanzania can use the AfyaData mobile tool to report health events from their community to district-level surveillance systems. PARTNER(S) Innovative Support to Emergencies Diseases and Disasters (InSTEDD) Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Narok County Government, Kenya National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania (NIMR) South African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS) Project link - http://endingpandemics.org/projects/community-based-disease-outbreak-de…
Contribution Area
Surveillance
Reporting
Human Resources
Destination Entity
Kenya
Source Entity
Ending Pandemics
Activity
Launched in 2015, Community-Based Disease Outbreak Detection and Response in Eastern and Southern Africa (DODRES) addresses the challenges of delayed feedback in the traditional human and animal health infectious disease surveillance systems. DODRES originated from EpiHack Tanzania.
Contribution channel
Partner
Implementing partner
Innovative Support to Emergencies Diseases and Disasters (In STEDD)
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS)