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Table 11 Support surveillance activities performance relating to PC-NTDs

From: Assessment of surveillance core and support functions regarding neglected tropical diseases in Kenya

Support surveillance

Activities

Indicators

IDSR Target

Community

level

(N = 50)

Health facility

Level

(N = 192)

Sub-county

level

(N = 19)

County

level

(N = 10)

  

%

% [n/N]

% [n/N]

% [n/N]

% [n/N]

Standards and guidelines

Proportion with IDSR guidelines

80

66 [33/50]

48 [93/192]

100 [19/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion with surveillance manuals guiding PC-NTDs surveillance activities

80

50 [25/50]

61 [57/93a]

100 [19/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion with laboratory standard operating procedures for specimen collection, handling, storage or transportation

80

N/A

46 [88/192]

74 [14/19]

70 [7/10]

Supervision

Proportion regularly supervised

80

60 [30/50]

81 [156/192]

89 [17/19]

90 [9/10]

Proportion supervised more than twice in the one-year surveillance period

80

73 [22/30]

53 [83/156b]

100 [19/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion supervised on PC-NTDs surveillance activities

80

33 [10/30c]

42 [66/156c]

68 [13/19]

60 [6/10]

Proportion conducting supervision of surveillance activities at the lower levels

80

N/A

41 [78/192]

100 [19/19]

100 [10/10]

Training

Proportion with staff trained on disease surveillance in basic training

80

80 [40/50]

83 [159/192]

100 [19/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion with staff who received post-basic training on surveillance activities

80

N/A

20 [39/192]

84 [16/19]

80 [8/10]

Proportion with staff trained specifically on PC-NTD surveillance activities in post basic training

80

N/A

44 [17/39d]

53 [10/19]

50 [5/10]

Resources

Proportion with electricity available

80

N/A

85 [164/192]

100 [19/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion with computers available

80

N/A

40 [76/192]

95 [18/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion with access to telephone services

80

N/A

85 [164/192]

100 [19/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion with access to internet services

80

N/A

24 [47/192]

79 [15/19]

100 [10/10]

Proportion with PC-NTDs posters available

80

N/A

61 [117/192]

NA

NA

  1. NA – indicator was either not available or unmeasurable at the specific surveillance level
  2. a,b,c,d - denominators are derived from totals of a preceding affirmative outcome