Our Projects

Caribbean HIS

Jamacia, Trinidad and Tobago

A car on a coastal road in Jamacia.

The Caribbean HIV Health Information Systems (HIS) Program is part of a CDC-funded project in support of HIV strategic information activities in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The goal of the HIS component of the project is to ensure better reporting and monitoring of the epidemic.

Caribbean HIS

Global Health Security

South America, Middle East, & North Africa

Highway in Aman, Jordan with white concrete multistory buildings and flag.

The Global Health Security (GHS) team works on improving public health responses to COVID-19 and new emerging infectious diseases worldwide. The PROTECT project is designed to improve public health responses to COVID-19 and new emerging infectious diseases in South America, and the Middle East and North Africa regions.

Global Health Security

CDC TAP

Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zambia, Botswana, Cambodia, & Thailand

Ariel view of a roundabout in city of Phnom Phen, Cambodia.

The CDC Technical Assistance Platform (CDC TAP) provides technical assistance to USG-supported countries to improve healthcare delivery and public health outcomes. As a lead implementing partner of TAP, UCSF collaborates with partner universities in country to provide technical assistance with health information systems.

CDC TAP

Kenya Surveillance & Strategic Information

Kenya

Cityscape with big blue sky in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Kenya Surveillance & Strategic Information project is a CDC-funded mechanism focused on supporting the Ministry of Health by providing technical assistance in HIV/AIDS strategic information through surveillance in Kenya. Informatics activities under this project are in support of the overall project goal.

Kenya Surveillance

METS Program

Uganda

Cityscape of Kampala, Uganda.

The Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Support (METS) project works to establish coordinated and effective national and district systems for the management of strategic information for Uganda’s HIV response.

METS

NAMTAC

Namibia

Roundabout around a church with city in background in Windhoek, Namibia.

The Namibia Technical Assistance Consortium (NAMTAC) implements a Strategic Information CDC-sponsored project focusing on HIV. The project goals include conducting HIV surveillance in Namibia, supporting the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and designing and implementing information systems solutions.

NAMTAC

Tanzania Program

Tanzania

Highway in countryside with a city in background in Tanzania.

UCSF has provided strategic information technical assistance to CDC Tanzania and the National AIDS, STI and Hepatitis Control Programme (NASHCoP) since 2008. This team supports national HIV information systems and improves access to, analysis and use of routine data.

Tanzania