Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Social Impact
• Data Governance
• Data Security
• Human Rights

Social Achievements

• Improved HIV services access for AGYW in Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Haiti, and eSwatini.
• Developed and deployed a patient-matching model in South Africa, improving client tracking and care.
• Improved HIV clinical outcomes through epidemic control rooms in Nigeria (increased PrEP initiation, client retention, and viral load testing).
• Streamlined OVC, DREAMS, and sexual violence prevention data management in Zimbabwe.
• Built capacity for local partners in HIV Treatment Cascade Quality Assurance in multiple countries.
• Strengthened local HIS leadership in Nigeria and Burundi.

Governance Achievements

• Developed data management plans that protect client data, with a focus on local partners.
• Designed technologies that protect client data, such as unique IDs based on privacy by design principles.
• Strengthened HIS coordination and governance in Nigeria and Burundi through consensus building and community of practice development.
• Developed and implemented the Data Quality Composite Score Tool (DQS) to improve data quality in Nigeria and West Africa.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Data quality issues in HIV reporting and routine quality improvement efforts.
• Inefficient and costly data management in Zimbabwe due to multiple systems and data capture forms.
• Lack of quality data for viral load testing and sample tracking.
• Insufficient use of data and inadequate workflow management in viral load testing.
• Need to securely manage client data and develop technologies that protect client data.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed and implemented the Data Quality Composite Score Tool (DQS).
• Harmonized data capture tools and implemented DHIS2 Tracker module in Zimbabwe.
• Developed and implemented eLABS for digitized viral load tracking.
• Developed data management plans and technologies that protect client data, including privacy by design principles.
• Built capacity for local partners in data management and quality assurance.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
• SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
• SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
• SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Data.FI's initiatives contribute to these goals by improving access to and quality of health services, strengthening health information systems, and fostering partnerships for sustainable development.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• LAMISPlus EMR system
• eLABS for viral load tracking
• Data Quality Composite Score Tool (DQS)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Gender Equality
• Data Quality
• Local Partner Capacity Building
• Sustainable Information Systems
• HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 epidemic control

Social Achievements

• Developed a COVID-19 vaccine allocation tool in Côte d’Ivoire to maximize coverage and minimize wastage.
• Launched a $100,000 challenge to identify innovative market segmentation strategies for HIV services, resulting in two winners.
• Deployed a machine learning model in Mozambique to predict interruption in HIV treatment.
• Expanded the use of performance-oriented data review methodology in Tanzania, improving antenatal care visit rates.
• Reactivated COVID-19 situation rooms in Honduras and established one in Guatemala to improve pandemic response.
• Developed hyperlocal maps in Guatemala to inform equitable vaccine allocation.
• Enhanced the National OVC Management Information System in Nigeria and piloted it across six states.
• Improved data quality assessments on four HIV indicators across 39 facilities in seven Nigerian states.
• Developed a dashboard in Nigeria to track gender-based violence (GBV) indicators.
• Supported the integration of OVC and DREAMS data into one database in Côte d’Ivoire.
• Advanced the use of gender data in several key areas, including GBV and girls' education.
• Improved data quality and analysis to advance girls’ education and HIV prevention in Nigeria.
• Promoted the systematic use of sex- and age-disaggregated data within HIS platforms in South Africa.
• Advanced analytics for estimating the sizes of key populations (KPs) to inform resource allocation in Namibia.

Governance Achievements

• Strengthened government capacity for health information system (HIS) governance in multiple countries.
• Supported the transition of CHISA maintenance to the National Department of Health (NDOH) in South Africa.
• Transitioned the Knowledge Hub e-learning platform to the NDOH in South Africa.
• Supported the review of Burundi's National Strategic Plan (2018-2022) and development of the new one (2023-2027).
• Supported PROGISSA in Burundi to integrate HIV information systems into the overall HIS architecture.
• Supported a mini COVID-19 vaccine post-introduction evaluation (mini-cPIE) workshop in Tanzania.
• Documented current practices for recording, reporting, sharing, and using data on adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in Nigeria and El Salvador.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Uneven progress in meeting 95-95-95 HIV targets.
• Challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Shifting public sentiment towards COVID-19 vaccination.
• Data quality challenges in West Africa due to paper-based systems, staff turnover, and infrastructure limitations.
• Limited management and political support for strengthening data quality.
• Lagging COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Tanzania.
• Paucity of data on key populations (KPs) at subnational levels.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed dynamic COVID-19 vaccination tool and real-time sentiment tool in Côte d’Ivoire.
• Engaged the private sector through a challenge to identify innovative market segmentation strategies.
• Deployed machine learning models to address interruption in HIV treatment.
• Expanded data review methodology and quality improvement initiatives.
• Reactivated and established COVID-19 situation rooms.
• Developed hyperlocal maps for equitable vaccine allocation.
• Enhanced national OVC Management Information System and piloted it.
• Improved data quality assessments and developed action plans.
• Developed a dashboard to track GBV indicators.
• Supported data integration and migration.
• Advanced the use of gender data.
• Supported mini-cPIE workshop in Tanzania.
• Documented AEFI practices and initiated data collection.
• Organized a West Africa Community of Practice for Data Quality.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
• SDG 5: Gender Equality
• SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
• SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Data.FI's initiatives contribute to these goals by improving health outcomes, promoting gender equality, reducing inequalities in access to health services, and fostering partnerships for sustainable development.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• COVID-19 vaccine allocation tool
• Machine learning models for HIV treatment
• Data quality assessment tools