Research Project Details

DEDICATED Project

Project Description

The research project “Developing EDucation with Input from CoordinATED research students (DEDICATED)” is a joint collaborative project between the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)-Tanzania, University of Oslo (UiO)-Norway, University of Malawi (UNIMA)-Malawi, and University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM)-Mozambique. The project is funded by Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills through Norwegian Partnership Programme for Global Academic Cooperation (NORPART). It focuses on building capacity in Health Information Systems (HIS) and Health Informatics (HI) within the partner countries.

Project Scope and Duration

DEDICATED is a five-year project focusing on supporting Ph.D. and MSc. research students, MSc. curriculum review, and developing new course modules in Health Informatics. The scope of the research is focused on improving usability, interoperability, and data use of UDSM DHIS2 lab-digital health systems for strengthened impact and sustainability.  

Project Management

The DEDICATED project under the UDSM DHIS2 lab in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is led by Dr. Honest C. Kimaro as project coordinator and assisted by Dr. Jimmy Mbelwa as a project administrator.

Project team members

UDSM DHIS2 lab- team members for the DEDICATED project are:

1. Dr Honest C. Kimaro - Principal Investigator
2. Dr. Jimmy T. Mbelwa - Co-Principal Investigator
3. Dr Masoud H. Mahundi - Co-Principal Investigator
4. Dr. Wilfred F. Senyoni - Co-Principal Investigator

Contacts

Dr. Honest C. Kimaro
UDSM DHIS Lab (Room B108)
College of Information and Communication Technologies (CoICT)
University of Dar es Salaam
CoICT Kijitonyama Campus, Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road
P.O. Box 33335, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
E-mail: honestck@gmail.com
Mobile: +255 (0) 758 392 001