Design and Implementation of a Mobile Application System for Dissemination of National Immunization Information of Gitarama Ealth Centre, Rwanda

ABSTRACT This study is a result of an academic research entitled “Design and Implementation of a Mobile Application System for Dissemination of National Immunization Information in Gitarama Health centres, Rwanda”. The purpose of this study was to test the null hypothesis of no significant difference between the existing and the proposed system for dissemination of national immunization information in Gitarama health centre, Rwanda; to generate new information from the existing data and to validate the concept of Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).The objectives of this study are i) to identify the profile of the respondents in terms of gender, age, education level and category. ii) To determine the level of performance and efficiency of the present dissemination of national immunization information in Gitarama Health Centre, Rwanda iii) To establish the level of performance of proposed mobile application system for dissemination of national immunization information.iv) To determinate if there is a significant difference on the level of performance and efficiency between the existing dissemination of national immunization information and the proposed mobile application system for dissemination of national immunization information. The study population comprised of 51 peoples with 18 staff members and 33 parents of children from Gitarama health centres, Questionnaire was used in collecting both primary and secondary data. SPSS was used to analyze all data. The data were processed using frequency distribution, mean, and Pearson’s linear correlation coefficient. The findings of the study revealed that the null hypothesis has been rejected and affirmed that there is a difference between the existing systems of disseminate of national immunization information and the proposed mobile application system for dissemination of national immunization information in Gitarama Health centre, It is recommended that the ministry of health has to implement this system to test the benefit of it within health centres.