Table 1 Summary of activities conducted between June 2019 and March 2020 in the intervention (Mwanza district) and control sites (Chikwawa, Neno, Ntchisi districts) in Malawi
District | Activities |
|---|---|
Mwanza (Intervention site) | • Purchasing of airtime and internet dongles to facilitate entry into the DHIS2 at the HMIS office • Printing and provision of data collection and reporting tools to health facilities • Data quality assessment of ANC, maternity, sexually transmitted infection (STI) and outpatient registers in health facilities • District- and facility-level orientations on new and revised data collection tools. • Supportive supervision in health facilities to review ANC, maternity, family planning, and HMIS15 data • District- and facility-level data reviews |
Chikwawa (Control site) | • Allowances and transportation for HMIS office staff to perform supervision visits and data verification exercises in health facilities • Monthly airtime subscription of 10GB provided to the HMIS office to facilitate the submission of reports to DHIS2 • HMIS office staff provide access to the NGO office to print registers, summary sheets, and supervision checklists • Transportation of new logs from the National Statistical Office to Chikwawa • Deployment of data clerks in targeted health facilities |
Neno (Control site) | • Monthly financial allocation for HMIS office to buy stationery • Creation of a booklet for tracking the submission of monthly reports by health facilities • Quarterly financial assignment to HMIS office to cover daily allowances and fuel costs for in-facility supervision visits • Internet bundles to facilitate timely data entry into DHIS2 • Deployment of data clerks in targeted health facilities |
Ntchisi (Control site) | • Deployment of data clerks in targeted health facilities • Stationary (tonner, papers, writing materials) and airtime for data entry • Transport of monthly reports from facilities to HMIS office |