For a long time, data on child protection has been collected using paper tools, making it difficult to track their progress. Due to this challenge, experts from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) DHIS2 lab, in collaboration with the ministry and UNICEF Tanzania, developed the District Case Monitoring System (DCMS) implemented on the DHIS2 platform. The DCMS System is a tracker-based case monitoring system meant to provide detailed electronic recording and reporting suitable for the process of identifying, referring, and responding to cases of child abuse. It allows the registration of cases involving children in conflict with the law (CICL) and violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation (VANE) against children. Registration of child protection cases is done at the village level by district social welfare officers (SWO), who monitor their progress until they are closed.
