Tanzania - Zanzibar

Overview

Country/Region

Tanzania - Zanzibar

Solution

 

Program Operator

Ministry of Health, Social Welfare, Elderly, Gender and Children, Zanzibar

Program type

Health Financing Scheme

Implemented since

2021

Implementing Partner(s)

PharmAccess

Supporting Partner(s)

Financial Assistance: Enabel (Belgium)

Version

Web App v1.4.0, Mobile App V2.0.0

Functionalities used

  • Beneficiary Management

  • Reports

Coverage

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Number of beneficiaries

435,409

Number of users

954

Number of health facilities

96

Last update

Nov 2021

Scheme Features

Health scheme implemented since

2020

 

Name of openIMIS focal point

Jonia Bwakea

 

Total number of health scheme employees

 

 

Total number of employees using openIMIS

954

 

Total number of employees not trained on openIMIS

 

 

Number of health insurance products managed by the health scheme and using openIMIS

 0

 

Product Features

Number of households covered

111,650

Number of households covered

111,650

Average size of a household

3.9

Household contribution amount

0

Individual contribution

0

Average amount paid for a claim

0

Specifications of the openIMIS used

Version

Web App v1.4.0, Mobile App V2.0.0

Version

Web App v1.4.0, Mobile App V2.0.0

Has anything been modified (customization)

Yes

What standards are used to code services, items, diagnosis and products

Diagnosis ICD 10, Items-Zanzibar essential medical list, Services NHIF

Three main lessons learned

One

We learned that Open IMIS is a good system that can be customized according to your needs and requirements.

Two

 

Three

 

Recommendations for Developers Committee

What to improve

Prepare guide documents to support other developers and implementers.

What to improve

Prepare guide documents to support other developers and implementers.

What to add

Design the system to work on current android version both enrolment and Claims, Add dashboard, add more filter on search like date from to, enrolment date etc. add edit claim on mobile app, allow rejected claim to be reviewed and edited with reasons, improve rest API in memory usage, it should run as a services, Auto upload of the data when system is online, Auto update database in claim App when Services, items, claim administrators and disease codes changed or updated

What to remove

 

Implementation Details

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