CDC Technical Assistance Platform
The Technical Assistance Platform project is dedicated to strengthening and integrating health information ecosystems by leveraging peer-reviewed health informatics tools, guidance, and expertise to facilitate the development and strengthening of new or existing digital health infrastructure and policy.
What we do
The global health community has made substantial progress toward UNAIDS’ 95-95-95 HIV targets, aided by improved access to information for decision-making through PEPFAR investments in interoperable digital health information systems (HIS).
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Technical Assistance Platform (TAP), therefore, supports the development, implementation, use, and evaluation of interoperable health information systems to assist public health organizations in PEPFAR–supported countries in becoming more proficient in informatics. This aims to achieve HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis epidemic control through the improved health informatics policy.
CDC TAP fosters coordination and empowerment across countries to strengthen a sustainable and integrated health informatics ecosystem by providing responsive and targeted technical assistance.
Additionally, it contributes its expertise on overall health information systems, strengthening the CDC’s Global Informatics Collaborative TAP.
Countries are eager to continue improving the public health response by building HIS knowledge and skills, as well as strategy, policy, and governance to guide their capacity.
How we do it
The Technical Assistance Platform (TAP) is a mechanism funded by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), through the CDC. The CDC TAP mechanism is a collaboration amongst three lead implementing partners (IPs)—Jembi Health Systems, PATH, and the University of California at San Francisco.
Each lead IP brings to the mechanism a consortium of partners with varied health informatics development and implementation expertise. CDC TAP works with countries to improve health outcomes by maximizing access to and optimizing the use of data.
Where we work
TAP has worked in 13+ countries—Botswana, Cote d’Ivoire, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia.
Meet the CDC TAP team
TAP and global activities
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Samuel Wambugu
Project Director CDC TAP, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Brianna Musselman
Program Manager, Health Information Systems for HIV
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Kendi Mburu
Project Manager, TAP
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Anzel Schonfeldt
Director – Digital Square, South Africa
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Agbons Oaiya
Nigeria Country Coordinator, TAP
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Clarisa Brown
Senior Program Assistant, TAP
TAP and the Vietnam buy-in
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Do Khac Nguyen
HIS Manager, TAP
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Dat Pham Thanh
HIS Advisor, TAP
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Huy Quoc Ngo
HIS Specialist, TAP
CoDE and TAP
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Ellen Garrett
Director of Finance and Administration, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Caitlin Bowman
Program Associate, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Katie Thompson
Program Officer
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Jose Costa Teixeira
HIS Global Standards and Interoperability Advisor
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Luke Duncan
Technical Advisor
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Nino Hares
Technical Security Architect
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Vivian Korir
Program Manager, Capacity Strengthening • Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Fatou Fall
Regional Director of Digital Health, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Jacqueline Deelstra
Senior Communications Officer
