Quality of malaria data in public health facilities in three provinces of Mozambique

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 4; p. e0231358
• Main Authors: Colborn, James M, Zulliger, Rose, Da Silva, Mariana, Mathe, Guidion, Chico, Ana Rita, Castel-Branco, Ana Christina, Brito, Frederico, Andela, Marcel, de Leon, Gabriel Ponce, Saifodine, Abuchahama, Candrinho, Baltazar, Plucinski, Mateusz M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.04.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Case management; Computer and Information Sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Collection; Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods; Diagnostic Tests, Routine - standards; Disease control; Disease prevention; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Fever; Fever - etiology; Health care facilities; Health Facilities; Health Personnel - psychology; Humans; Immunoassay - methods; Immunoassay - standards; Indicators; Information management; Information systems; Interviews as Topic; Laboratories; Malaria; Malaria - diagnosis; Malaria - parasitology; Malaria - pathology; Management information systems; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microscopy; Mortality; Mozambique; Patients; People and Places; Plasmodium falciparum - metabolism; Presidents; Protozoan Proteins - analysis; Public health; Quality; Recording; Registries; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity; Vector-borne diseases; Mozambique; Atlanta Georgia; Georgia; United States > US

Malaria data reported through Mozambique's routine health information system are used to guide the implementation of prevention and control activities. Although previous studies have identified issues with the quality of aggregated data reported from public health facilities in the country, no...