Table 4 Survey of data collection, analysis, and reporting practices

Data collection and quality assurance

 Have you collected data on notifiable diseases over the course of the last 2 months?

47 (94%)

3 (6%)

 Have you conducted supervision visits at the sites that send you surveillance data over the course of the last 2 months?

45 (90%)

5 (10%)

 Have you done a data quality audit over the course of the last 2 months?

34 (68%)

16 (32%)

 Have you cleaned/validated surveillance data over the course of the last 2 months?

49 (98%)

1 (2%)

 Have you participated in a case or outbreak investigation over the course of the last 2 months?

31 (62%)

19 (38%)

Analysis

 Have you recently tabulated and analyzed surveillance data?

48 (96%)

2 (4%)

 Are your analyses of disease trends on display at your workplace?

41 (82%)

9 (18%)

Tools used for data analysis

 Excel

 Epi Info

 Manual analysis

49 (98%)

1 (2%)

2 (4%)

1 (2%)

49 (98%)

48 (96%)

Reporting

 Do you submit weekly surveillance reports to the next level in the disease surveillance system?

48 (96%)

2 (4%)

Format of reporting for those submitting weekly reports (N = 48):

 Email

 DHIS2

46 (97%)

33 (67%)

N/A