CRITICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING SUCCESS OF HIV POSITIVE SURVIVORS PROJECT IN RWANDA

Healthcare projects aim to improve access to healthcare, strengthening human resources, and empowering vulnerable groups. Current study attempts and investigates the major factors causing achieving the success of projects health specifically in Rwanda, by identifying if Clearly defined Mission and Goals; Experienced Project Managers and Competence; Stakeholders Involvement and Efficiency Resources influence project success of HIV positive survivors in Rwanda from different perspectives, and determine the level of importance of the identified success factors in HIV Positive projects in Rwanda. The research topic is projected to cover the period from April 2016 to March 2018. Systems theory and theory of Management by Objectives was useful in this study because, Project management utilizes the systems approach for the management and for having functional personnel assigned to a specific project and will show how the important staffs are given the objectives to achieve in any project. The researcher conducted descriptive research for the purpose of using specific methods like observational method, case study method, and survey method. The population of HIV Positive project will be obtained from the grouping of project owners, project staff and beneficiaries of HIV positive survivors in SURF Rwanda all totalling 1190. The selected sample size for this study was 240 respondents. The sampling techniques used are a universal and purposive sampling technique. Data gathering technique that was used for this research was conducted through questionnaires along with data collection, direct observation and reviewing documents and archival records. The Quantitative data was analyzed using computer software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0 to enable mathematical computations since analysis of data manually would be tedious and would lead to errors. The analyzed data was presented using frequencies, percentages, correlation and mean. In reporting the study findings, the highest percentage and mean was considered. According to the findings from the table By answering the first question, results from the table no.23 indicate that beta =0.478 (47.8 %), its t value = 8.088 > 1.96, where p or Sig. value=0.000, being less than 0.05, hence significant. The researcher concluded by saying that clearly defined goals influence at significant level the success of HIV positive survivors’ project in SURF Rwanda. By answering the second question, results from the table no.24 indicate that beta =0.172 (17.2%), its t value = 2.575 > 1.96, where p or Sig. value=0.011, being less than 0.05, hence significant. The researcher concluded by saying that Experienced Project Managers influence at significant level the success of HIV positive survivors’ project in SURF Rwanda.