Table 3.

Evaluation attributes on meningitis surveillance system, Kibogora Hospital, Oct–Nov, 2022.

No	Attributes	Evaluation criteria	Results	Overall score (%)	Conclusion
01	Usefulness	Number of respondents who reported use of meningitis surveillance data for control and preventive measures of the disease over total number of interviewed	19/31 = 61%	44%	Poor
		Number of respondents who reported to analyse meningitis surveillance data to monitor trend of morbidity or mortality over all respondents	16/31 = 52%
		Number of suspected meningitis cases reported on time (within 24 h) in eIDSR system over total meningitis suspected cases recorded in registers	10/48 = 21%
02	Data quality	Proportion of suspected meningitis cases reported in eIDSR system over reported meningitis suspect cases in registers	10/48 = 21%	21%	Poor
03	Completeness	Number of suspected meningitis cases presents in eIDSR system with no missing required information over reported meningitis suspected cases in registers	10/48 = 21%	21%	Poor
04	Timeliness	Number of suspected meningitis cases reported on time (within 24 h) in eIDSR over total suspected cases reported in registers	10/48 = 21%	21%	Poor
05	Acceptability	Number of respondents who responded that surveillance system of Meningitis is adequate and suitable for use over all interviewed	27/31 = 87%	65%	Reasonable
		Number of respondents who felt that the meningitis reporting methods standard, understandable and applicable in their working place are acceptable over all respondents	27/31 = 87%
		Number of suspected cases reported in system over suspected cases reported in registers	10/48 = 21%
06	Stability	Number of respondents reported that integration of meningitis surveillance system in eIDSR make it more sustainable over all respondents	16/31 = 52	68%	Reasonable
		Number of respondents who didn’t experience any reporting system outages that compromised the surveillance activities over all respondents	26/31 = 84%
07	Flexibility	Number of respondents who respond that current reporting system is able to admit changes and modification, when necessary, over-all respondents	25/31 = 81%	81%	Good
08	Simplicity	Number of respondents who considered reporting in meningitis surveillance system to be simple over all respondents	12/31 = 39%	41%	Poor
		Number of respondents who felt that the case definition is easy to understand over all interviewed	18/31 = 58%
		Number of respondents who respond that completion of registers, meningitis reporting form and or IDSR system are simple over all interviewed	15/31 = 48%
		Numbers of suspected meningitis present in system over recorded cases in registers	10/48 = 21%