Table 2.
AFP surveillance performance indicators in Ghanafrom 2008-2013
| |
Year |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Target | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Number of AFP cases investigated |
- |
308 |
221 |
275 |
199 |
342 |
| Annualized non-polio AFP rate 2/100,000 < 15 yrs population |
≥2 |
2.48 |
1.83 |
2.2 |
1.64 |
2.69 |
| Proportion of AFP cases with 2 stool specimens collected within 14 days of onset of paralysis |
80% |
75.4 |
79.2 |
82.5 |
84.4 |
86.7 |
| Proportion of stool specimens arriving at national level within 3 days of being sent (%) |
80% |
86.6 |
87 |
84.7 |
85.9 |
86.0 |
| Proportion of stool specimens arriving at national lab in good condition |
90% |
96.4 |
98.2 |
97.8 |
97.5 |
98.3 |
| Proportion of stool specimens for which lab results were sent within 14 days of receipt at the lab (%) |
80% |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Proportion of stool specimens from which non-polio enterovirus was isolated (%) | 10% | 10 | 13.2 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 22 |