A data quality assessment of the first four years of malaria reporting in the Senegal DHIS2, 2014-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the global burden of malaria decreases, routine health information systems (RHIS) have become invaluable for monitoring progress towards elimination. The District Health Information System, version 2 (DHIS2) has been widely adopted across countries and is expected to increase the quality of reporting of RHIS. In this study, we evaluated the quality of reporting of key indicators of childhood malaria from January 2014 through December 2017, the first 4 years of DHIS2 implementation in Senegal.

Methods

Monthly data on the number of confirmed and suspected malaria cases as well as tests done were extracted from the Senegal DHIS2. Reporting completeness was measured as the number of monthly reports received divided by the expected number of reports in a given year.

SUBMITTER: Muhoza P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8722300 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature