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rCHMIS

Origin language: English
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Target population
Health professional / health structure
Beneficiaries1000001 - 5M
EvidenceBoth
Start date2008/01
End dateOngoing
StageRoutine project/operational
Country
Uganda
Coverage
National
Nb of implementation sites
50
Lead organization
Implementation partners

Health Focus Area
Maternal and child health
Others
Emergencies
Vaccination / Immunization
Health promotion
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Environmental health
Primary Health Care
Medications/Pharmacy
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
Mental health
Services
Community-based information systems
Electronic medical record
Health Management Information Systems (HMIS)
Enabling technologies
Software
Phone
Cloud Computing
Big Data Analytics
Standards
PII
Excel
JSON
HL7 FHIR
Xforms
Tools
Funding sources
Donors
Research grants
Business model
Data monetization
Freemium
Funders
Summary
The rCHMIS platform is a mobile-based tool designed to support real-time health data for community health volunteers (VHTs) and health system managers in refugee settlements. Launched in 2022 by UNHCR, it enables VHTs to provide evidence-based care through offline workflows while allowing supervisors to monitor impact and quality through aggregated dashboards. This platform replaces fragmented systems in Uganda’s refugee settlements, facilitating various health programs such as maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and non-communicable diseases. It addresses health system challenges, increases demand for local health facilities, and enhances primary healthcare delivery, ensuring that nearly 800,000 refugees receive care directly. The initiative aims for complete coverage of 13 refugee settlements in Uganda by the end of 2025, focusing on health areas including Sexual and Reproductive Health, Emergencies, Medications, Primary Health Care, Vaccination, Health Promotion, Environmental Health, Maternal and Child Health, Non-communicable Diseases, and Mental Health, targeting health professionals and health structures within these communities.
Keywords
Decision making
Data collection system
Patient data collection and case management
Community health service delivery
Cloud data management
Analytics
Data driven
Community health workers
Community based care
Mobile technology
Publications
rCHMIS Rapport d'Enquête Observatoire de la e-santé dans les pays du Sud 2023 (Français)rCHMIS Survey Report Global South eHealth Observatory 2023 (English)
Insights - Lessons learnt
Challenges
  • Advocacy: While we advocate for ethical data use, assisting a multi-stakeholder space, like the refugee settlement in creating data governance frameworks, and developing tools and training for precise, data-driven interventions is a complicated venture for a small enterprise.
Recommendations
  • Collaboration: We collaborate with development sector partners, using human-centered approaches to bridge technology with their missions, addressing local context and challenges through a collaborative design-build-deliver-measure framework but this is new to health implementing partners in refugee settlements.
  • Capacity Building: We work to build partners' skills in ICT4D, digital implementation, and data use, developing costed digitization plans and investment roadmaps to create a supportive environment for sustainable digital interventions.
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iDHA (Project ID)
m6q9c9
Project links
https://www.guilddigital.co
Origin of information
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Data source link
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Added to the platform on
2024-12-17
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Last update by
Mirana Michelle on 2026-03-17
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