The managing partner of EPIMAT Consulting, Dr.

Dr. Francis had yet another opportunity to work with Tanzania National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) to write the National Data Quality Assessment (DQA) report. The workshop was conducted in Tanga in 2018. The findings from the report will provide useful information to NACP, funding agencies such as Global Fund and USAID on the quality of data generated from the health facilities, areas to sustain the gains and improve. Quality data helps us plan better our resources. Looking forward to work with NACP in the future DQA activities.

This was an exciting opportunity to work with National TB and Leprosy Programme and KNCV Tanzania in collaboration with consultants from KNCV Netherlands. We collected routinely collected data from NTLP, implementing partners and other government agencies. We used an Excel-based tool that was developed in 2017 by Dr. Rein Houben, M. Farid, the Indonesian NTP, and KNCV Indonesia to estimate the sub-national (regional and district) TB estimates.

Another great opportunity for EPIMAT Consulting to work with Sikika (www.sikika.or.tz) and contribute to understanding how 108 health facilities manage HIV commodities in 21 districts in Tanzania.

EPIMAT Consulting was excited to work with a consultant for United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in Tanzania to assess the availability of comprehensive HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in 13 prisons (10 regions) in Tanzania. We trained research assistants and deployed to Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Iringa, Kagera, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Morogoro, Mtwara and Mwanza.