DCMS Support

The rollout of DCMS was conducted in phases, and by March 2021, the system was rolled out to the entire country (184 district councils). Through DCMS, SWOs have been able to register the cases reported in the village and update them on their progress, including investigations and interventions done up to case closure. More than 2,000 child protection cases are reported and monitored through DCMS every year. Moreover, SWOs are now able to track child protection cases and use DHIS2 core analysis tools, dashboards, and scorecards to monitor child protection interventions for evidence-based decisions and planning at national and sub-national levels. The DCMS has tremendously impacted the process of child protection case management in Tanzania by providing an efficient way to monitor child protection interventions for evidence-based planning and decision making. As a result, DCMS implementation spearheaded the current vision of the Ministry to have an integrated comprehensive social welfare information system to incorporate tracking of all social welfare services.