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Volume 23, Supplement—December 2017
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Global Health Security Supplement
Prevent

Enhancing Workforce Capacity to Improve Vaccination Data Quality, Uganda

Kirsten WardComments to Author , Kevin Mugenyi, Amalia Benke, Henry Luzze, Carol Kyozira, Ampeire Immaculate, Patricia Tanifum, Annet Kisakye, Peter Bloland, and Adam MacNeil
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Ward, A. Benke, P. Tanifum, P. Bloland, A. MacNeil); African Field Epidemiology Network Secretariat, Kampala, Uganda (K. Mugenyi); Ministry of Health, Kampala (H. Luzze, C. Kyozira, A. Immaculate); World Health Organization, Kampala (A. Kisakye)

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Implementation timeline for the DIT strategy to improve vaccination data quality, Uganda, 2014–2016. Systematic comparison of the number of doses of vaccine recorded on the paper-based monthly HMIS report and the electronic HMIS data was conducted only in the first 48% (n = 56) of districts where the DIT strategy was implemented. *Design of training curriculum changed to enhance delivery through case-study–based and practical sessions. Additional content was added in the following areas: monitor

Figure 2. Implementation timeline for the DIT strategy to improve vaccination data quality, Uganda, 2014–2016. Systematic comparison of the number of doses of vaccine recorded on the paper-based monthly HMIS report and the electronic HMIS data was conducted only in the first 48% (n = 56) of districts where the DIT strategy was implemented. *Design of training curriculum changed to enhance delivery through case-study–based and practical sessions. Additional content was added in the following areas: monitoring and evaluation activities for the DIT strategy, supportive supervision, and development of specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound recommendations. †Mobile application introduced for DIT members to report results from organizational assessment and data quality improvement questionnaire. ‡Postimplementation review conducted in sample of districts and health facilities. DIT, data improvement team; HMIS, Health Management Information System

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