Accelerating the Delivery of WASH Services with Rural Communities Using Real Time Data
Good practices and lessons learned in national systems strengthening using mobile technology in Zimbabwe
Highlights
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Zimbabwe WASH programme aims to improve equitable use of safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene practices. With the support of development partners, including UNICEF, the Government
of Zimbabwe has invested in the Rural WASH Information Management System (RWIMS), a planning and monitoring system that was successfully established in seven of eight provinces that aims to improve data reliability and equity analysis through enhanced use of technological innovations.
RWIMS is a national system that was entirely designed by and developed for Zimbabwe’s rural WASH sector. RWIMS is an integrated platform that enables data management; information/knowledge generation and sharing; stakeholder connection; and enhanced service delivery. RWIMS has been deployed and piloted province by province since 2015. From its inception, RWIMS was developed as an integrated system designed to capture, manage and analyse WASH data generated at the sub-national level within one national system.
