TABLE. Vaccine administration data concordance* and selected data quality and data use indicators, by country— Kenya immunization information system assessment (IISA), 2015 and Ghana IISA, 2016.
| Selected data quality and data use indicators from IISA | No. subnational sites (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Kenya, n = 8 | Ghana, n = 16 | |
| Subnational level | ||
| Concordance between received facility monthly report and subnational database |
5 (63) |
4 (25) |
|
Health facility data quality and use indicators
|
No. facilities (%)
|
|
|
Kenya, n = 16
|
Ghana, n = 34
|
|
| Concordance between child vaccination register and facility vaccination tally sheets |
0 (0)† |
1 (3) |
| Concordance between facility monthly report and facility vaccination tally sheets |
5 (31) |
13 (38) |
| Staff members meet at least monthly to discuss immunization data |
10 (63) |
23 (68) |
| Up-to-date, properly filled immunization monitoring chart |
5 (31) |
14 (41) |
| Staff members felt they need more training in at least one domain of immunization data management |
13 (81) |
34 (100) |
| Staff members felt their monthly target population for immunization was not accurate§ | 8 (50) | 18 (53) |
* Defined as 100% concordance for both the third dose of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV3) and the third dose of diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine (DTP3) over all months compared.
† Field team compared tally sheet and register data at 15 of 16 facilities visited in Kenya.
§ Targets were thought to be too high or too low compared with actual population size observed by staff members.