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IntroductionA stroll through NASA RTSNational AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) is the term currentlyused for all country activities related to the tracking of resourcesdedicated to the response to HIV and AIDS. NASA is based onstandardized methods, agreed definitions and accounting rules ofthe system globally available and internationally accepted for theNational Accounts, National Health Accounts, NationalAutonomous AIDS Accounts and Budgetary Analysis.NASA uses the same categories for tracking resource flows as theResource Needs, making the two methodologies comparable andoffering more possibilities of analyzing the results.NASA offers information on the resource flow of a country’sresponse to HIV and AIDS and can therefore support themobilization and application of resources. NASA does not onlyprovide the information needed to report progress towardsUNGASS, but can provide more detailed information on financingsources, as well as functions, agents and providers.The NASA RTS program serves to facilitate the data collection andanalysis. While the program is opened, the user of NASA RTS willfind a main menu with seven derivative menus: a) File; b) DataEntry; c) Edition; d) Assessment; e) Report; f) Tools and g) Help.The File menu can be used to create a new project, open anexisting project, close the session of the current project or closethe program entirely.The Data Entry menu gives access to the different data entryscreens organized by the different stakeholders that are involvedin a specific country. Here the user can enter transactions, eitherfrom agent to source or from agent to provider.The Edition menu offers access to previously enteredinformation. Here data can be modified and/or edited.The Report menu generates the output of the results of thetracked resources.The Help menu offers direct access to this guide and to theMicrosoft Access Help. This gives the user a quick and easyaccess in the case that problems occur.
NASA RTS: User GuideUNAIDSWhat are thesystem products?Is there anyprotection for thesystem data?Working ProcessThe Data Entry phase is the most complex of the system, andthe main outputs are the different matrices that describe the flowof resources in different combinations. The system also producesa summary matrix, organized by consolidated categories.The products of the Data Analysis phase are the financialindicators that the system produces, which relate the enteredspending data with each other as well as to the population of thecountry, general health spending and the estimated GDP.NASA RTS is capable of storing various projects using the samebase. Therefore multiple countries and/or years can be storedwithin the same program. NASA RTS has security characteristicsto avoid data loss or alteration. When a new project is created,the author can allow access to different users that will be allowedto edit the information. Through access passwords each alterationcan be reconstructed.The estimation process of the national accounts on HIV/AIDS canbe organized in different ways; the technical guide of NASA RTSsuggests the following process:1. Data Collection:In some cases this step is not easy to manage as manyorganizations (governmental and non-governmental) do not liketo disclose their financial data. Ongoing verification of thecollected data and quality control are essential in this phase.2. Processing of the Data:The organization of the collected information according to thespecifications of the National AIDS Spending Matrix can now berealized with this specially-designed software. The data entrymust be combined with the verification of transactions whereblanks, inconsistencies or other risks exist. In some cases, it willbe needed to realize new data searches.3. Analysis and Interpretation:During this step, the program conducts the estimations that areneeded to complete the financing flow. Indicators that relate tothe HIV/AIDS spending like the national health spending, totalcountry population or people living with HIV/AIDS will becalculated. The results should be interpreted in relation toadditional data from the country (epidemiological situation,conditions of the health services system etc.). Discussion andconclusions of the study should finalize this step.4. Disclosure and Use of the Information:This step describes the write-up of the report and itsdissemination. The information and the results described in thereport should serve political decision-makers to take the right7
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