Improving routine immunization data quality using daily short message system reporting platform: An experience from Nasarawa state, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Routine immunization (RI) delivery was declared a public health concern in Nigeria in 2017 because of persistently low immunization coverage rates reported in independent surveys. However, administrative coverage rates remain high, suggesting serious data quality issues. We posit that a shorter timespan between service provision and data reporting can improve the monitoring of RI data, and developed a short message system (SMS) text reporting strategy to generate daily RI data points from health facilities (HFs). The goal was to assess whether daily data collection produces complete, reliable and internally consistent data points. The SMS reporting platform was piloted between December 2017 and April 2018 in two Local Government Areas (LGAs, equivalent to districts) of Nasarawa state, Nige

SUBMITTER: Akerele A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8376034 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature