Table 3.
AFP surveillance performance indicators for South Africa, 2005-2009
| Performance indicator | Target | Country performance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| Annualized non-polio AFP rate /100,000 <15 yrs population | ≥2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Proportion of AFP cases investigated (out of the total notified) | ≥80% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Proportion of AFP cases investigated within 48 hours of notification | ≥80% | 81.1% | 79.6% | 83.2% | 81.6% | 78.8% |
| Proportion of AFP cases followed up at 60 days of onset of symptoms | ≥80% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Proportion of AFP cases with two adequate stool specimens† | ≥80% | 79.9% | 85.5% | 82.6% | 81.6% | 84.6% |
| Proportion of specimens that arrived at a WHO accredited laboratory <3 days of being sent* | ≥80% | – | – | 51.9% | 55.3% | 65.0% |
| Proportion of stool specimens arriving at the laboratory in good condition | ≥80% | 96.4% | 99.0% | 97.7% | 94.6% | 98.1% |
| Proportion of stool specimens from which non-polio enterovirus was isolated | ≥10% | 13.2% | 22.5% | 12.9% | 0% | 0.6% |
| Proportion of stool specimens with results sent from laboratory <28 days of receipt by laboratory | ≥80% | 94.1% | 98.5% | 96.3% | 95.00% | 95.8% |
*
For 2005 and 2006 there were dates of receipt of specimens by the laboratory (hence indicator could not be calculated)