CLAimHealth: Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting for Improved Health Activity Final Report: FY 2021 TB Data Validation Activity in NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A
Citation: USAID/Philippines Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting for Improved Health (CLAimHealth) Activity. October 2021. Final Report: 2021 TB Data Validation Activity in Selected Sites: NCR, Region III, and Region IV-A
Abstract: A data validation activity, conducted by USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting For Improved Health, was conducted in September 2021 as part of its mandate to support the USAID/Philippines Office of Health (OH) in data quality assurance of performance data used by the Health Project (HP)
This data validation exercise aimed to: 1) follow up on the findings and recommendations of the FY 2020 TB DQA; 2) validate reported performance data on selected tuberculosis (TB) indicators for the period of quarter (Q)1 and Q2 calendar year (CY) 2021 in selected health facilities; 3) observe and review data management systems for selected TB indicators; 4) identify issues and challenges in ensuring data quality of selected TB indicators; and 5) recommend interventions to improve the data quality of TB
Key findings include:
Recording and Reporting System
- Not all facilities have access to Integrated TB Information System (ITIS) and supply of National TB Control Program (NTP) Manual of Procedures Version 6 (MOP 6) forms. As a result, some areas do not encode at the facility level. For instance, San Juan City only encodes TB data at the city level.
- A third of respondents have data entry backlogs due to COVID-19 related activities.
- Data for contact investigation were captured by treatment cards but were not encoded in the NTP’s ITIS
Training on the use of ITIS
- Many health workers have been oriented but were not trained on MOP 6.
- Some health workers find ITIS version 2 more difficult to encode compared with the previous version.
- Some health workers who recently took on the task of recording and reporting the data were unfamiliar with the overall process and required training, specifically on MOP 6.
This data validation exercise aimed to: 1) follow up on the findings and recommendations of the FY 2020 TB DQA; 2) validate reported performance data on selected tuberculosis (TB) indicators for the period of quarter (Q)1 and Q2 calendar year (CY) 2021 in selected health facilities; 3) observe and review data management systems for selected TB indicators; 4) identify issues and challenges in ensuring data quality of selected TB indicators; and 5) recommend interventions to improve the data quality of TB
Key findings include:
Recording and Reporting System
- Not all facilities have access to Integrated TB Information System (ITIS) and supply of National TB Control Program (NTP) Manual of Procedures Version 6 (MOP 6) forms. As a result, some areas do not encode at the facility level. For instance, San Juan City only encodes TB data at the city level.
- A third of respondents have data entry backlogs due to COVID-19 related activities.
- Data for contact investigation were captured by treatment cards but were not encoded in the NTP’s ITIS
Training on the use of ITIS
- Many health workers have been oriented but were not trained on MOP 6.
- Some health workers find ITIS version 2 more difficult to encode compared with the previous version.
- Some health workers who recently took on the task of recording and reporting the data were unfamiliar with the overall process and required training, specifically on MOP 6.
Author(s): USAID
Year: 2021
Language: English
Region(s): PHILIPPINES
Resource Type: Reports
Source: United States Agency for International Development
