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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Res. 2016;2(2):85–91. doi: 10.5430/jer.v2n2p85

Table 2.

Early warning indicators summary

Early Warning Indicator (EWI) (time frame) EWI target for all sites Number adult of sites meeting EWI target (% of sites meeting target) Number paediatric of sites meeting EWI target (% of sites meeting target) Adult estimates % (95%CI) Paediatric estimates % (95%CI)
On-time pill pick-up (1 Jan 2002-) Green: > 90% 16/74 (21.6%) 3 (4.2%) 76.2% (67.6–84.8) 55.0% (44.8–65.2)
Amber: 80%–90% 10/74 (13.5%) 7 (9.7%)
Red: < 80% 48/74 (64.9%) 58 (80.6%)
Not collected 0 (0.0) 2 (2.8%)

Retention in care (1 Jan–31 Dec 2012) Green: > 85% 36/74 (48.7%) 6806/8078 (84.3%) (80.1–89.8)
Amber: 75%–85% 19/74 (25.7%)
Red: < 75% 17/74 (23.0%)
Not collected 1/74 (1.4%)

Pharmacy stock-outs (1 Jan–31 Dec 2012) Green: 100% 14 (18.9%) 23 (31.9%) N/A N/A
Red: 0% 60 (81.1%) 46 (63.9%)
Not collected 0 (0.0) 3 (4.2%)

Dispensing practices (1 Jan 2012–) Green: 0% 64 (86.5%) 61 (84.7%) 0.1% (0.0–0.2) 0%
Red: > 0% 10 (13.5%) 7 (9.7%)
Not collected 0 (0.0) 4 (5.6%)