Tanzania

Differentiated Service Delivery in Tanzania

Facility-Level
Coverage

%

Percent of health facilities providing less-intensive DART models.

From the National data, 3400 of 6919 (49%) facilities have enrolled at least 10% of eligible recipients of care into less-intensive models.Source: 2022 CQUIN DART CMM self-staging results

% In Less-Intensive
Differentiated Treatment Models

%

Percent of people on ART who are enrolled in less-intensive DART models.

Source: April-June 2022, DHIS-2 data report

Multi-month ART Dispensing

20

%

Percent of people on ART receiving ≥ 6 months of ART at a time. 

Source: April-June 2022, DHIS-2 data report

DART Model
Diversity

Number of groups for whom less-intensive DART models have been designed and implemented.

Children, adolescents and young people, pregnant and breast-feeding women, men, people with HIV and NCDs, people with AHD,migrant/mobile populations. Source: 2022 CQUIN DART CMM self-staging results

Differentiated Service Delivery Implementation in Tanzania

Tanzania joined the CQUIN learning network in 2018. After adopting the 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) test and treat guidelines, and recognizing the need for client-centered care, Tanzania’s Ministry of Health and its National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)  incorporated differentiated service delivery (DSD) models into its National Guidelines for the Management of HIV and AIDS. In addition, DSD is incorporated into Tanzania’s Health Sector HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (HSHSP) 2017-2022, which includes recommended DSD models.

In Tanzania, recipients of care are involved in the implementation of DSD at the national and facility levels. At the national level, they participate in technical working groups to inform policies, and are involved in the development of guidelines and plans. At the facility level, they are part of the workplace improvement teams responsible for decision making, and support service delivery as peer educators and feedback providers.

Currently, Tanzania offers four less-intensive DSD models and two more-intensive conventional models (standard of care with or without block appointments). The less-intensive models include:

  • One facility-based individual model: facility-based pharmacy refill model (offering three-month and six-month prescriptions and fast track pickups).
  • One facility-based group model: teen club, a facility-based refill club model.
  • One community-based individual model: the mobile outreach model.
  • One community-based group model: the treatment supporter model, a family model.

One current challenge to DSD implementation in Tanzania is the lack of effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems for DSD. To address this challenge, the country is in the process of rolling out a database known as CTC2 which will enable more effective M&E of DSD.

Resources

Taking Differentiated Service Delivery to Scale in Tanzania

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