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Table 2.

Overview of priority data elements for monitoring program performance by frequency of collection

Data elements to capture routinely (monthly)	Data elements best captured periodically (annually or less)
Core elements required to generate numerators: • Number of CHWs reporting • Number of CHW treatments by condition • Number of health facility treatments by condition • Number of children referred by CHWs* • Number of CHWs reporting no stock–outs by commodity† • Number of CHW supervision visits conducted Programs using RDTs should include: • Number of RDT–tested fevers • Number of RDT+ fevers • Number of treatments for confirmed malaria • Number of treatments for presumptive malaria	Background data elements required to generate denominators (update at least annually): • Number of children under–five (overall and in iCCM target areas) • Number of expected cases by iCCM condition (overall and in iCCM target areas) • Number of CHWs trained and deployed to provide iCCM Data best captured through household or CHW surveys and special studies: • Gender of cases treated • Follow–up visits for cases treated by CHWs • Referral completion and outcomes • Skills/knowledge of CHWs • Quality of care by provider type (first dose, counseling, use of RDT, use of timer,) • Care–seeking behavior • Timeliness of care–seeking/treatment and source of treatment • Child deaths (total or by cause)

Data elements to capture routinely (monthly)

Data elements best captured periodically (annually or less)

Core elements required to generate numerators: • Number of CHWs reporting • Number of CHW treatments by condition • Number of health facility treatments by condition • Number of children referred by CHWs* • Number of CHWs reporting no stock–outs by commodity† • Number of CHW supervision visits conducted Programs using RDTs should include: • Number of RDT–tested fevers • Number of RDT+ fevers • Number of treatments for confirmed malaria • Number of treatments for presumptive malaria

Background data elements required to generate denominators (update at least annually): • Number of children under–five (overall and in iCCM target areas) • Number of expected cases by iCCM condition (overall and in iCCM target areas) • Number of CHWs trained and deployed to provide iCCM Data best captured through household or CHW surveys and special studies: • Gender of cases treated • Follow–up visits for cases treated by CHWs • Referral completion and outcomes • Skills/knowledge of CHWs • Quality of care by provider type (first dose, counseling, use of RDT, use of timer,) • Care–seeking behavior • Timeliness of care–seeking/treatment and source of treatment • Child deaths (total or by cause)

CHW – community health worker, RDT – rapid diagnostic test, iCCM – integrated community case management

*Data on the number of children visiting a CHW during the reporting period must be collected to calculate the referral rate by CHWs

†The iCCM supply chain group recommends collecting three data elements for supply chain management through the Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) for resupply or quantification and monitoring a supply plan: CHW consumption by commodity; stock on hand by commodity; and number of days stocked out during reporting period by commodity.