Assessment of monitoring systems in the management of severe acute malnutrition in northern Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In northern Nigeria, UNICEF has supported introduction of a short message service (SMS) system for data transmission in the Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme. The SMS system operates in parallel to the traditional paper-based system, and weekly data are transmitted directly from the health facilities to the federal level. For the paper system, monthly data summaries are passed through all levels of government. We assessed the data quality and performance of both CMAM information systems.

Methods

We undertook a contextualised study in one state in north-west Nigeria, with additional analysis of secondary data from five states. Fieldwork methods included: observation of the data system in nine selected facilities in three local govern

SUBMITTER: Tuffrey V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7802179 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature