Description of Session
NACOSA is a network of over 1,800 civil society organizations working together and in partnership with the Global Fund, PEPFAR and other public and private sector partners, to turn the tide on HIV, AIDS and TB in Southern Africa, particularly among children and youth, key populations and women and girls. Since 2017, NACOSA has worked in partnership with Zenysis Technologies, a big data and artificial analytics software company, to integrate NACOSA's most important data sources into a single platform for advanced analysis. Previously, NACOSA couldn’t deeply analyze program impact at a micro level or view the cost effectiveness of its programmes due to the fragmentation of its data sources, which were in excel and cloud-based systems that were not interoperable. Through the partnership with Zenysis, NACOSA staff now have access to dashboards that integrate more than 13 data sources, including both financial and programmatic data, giving program managers a clearer view of overarching programmatic impact and cost effectiveness within a single interface. NACOSA’s integrated data, visualized in user-constructed dashboards focused on program performance, has significantly enhanced the organization’s ability to monitor sub-recipient performance, automate reporting and generate advanced, high-resolution analytics and visualisations. With the integration of financial data with programmatic data, NACOSA is also able to monitor programmatic cost effectiveness down to the program indicator level. Zenysis’ program monitoring features were extended to sub-recipients of various programs, enabling them to also effectively monitor their own performance on the micro level. NACOSA is now able to see a more accurate number of beneficiaries reached, the clinical profiles of beneficiaries, micro level trends, compare data across sites and geographic areas, and develop robust HIV cascades. With this micro level data analysis, NACOSA has been able to specifically adjust programmatic interventions to suit the population in each area.
