Table 5 List of indicators and scores [1 (< 60%): weak performance; 2 (60–79%): moderate performance; 3 (≥80%) good performance] for acceptability, stability and utility used for the evaluation of the influenza sentinel surveillance system in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2012–2015

 • Proportion of surveillance staff that is satisfied with the weekly bulletins^a

Number of surveillance staff within each reported category [not satisfied (NS), poorly satisfied (PS), satisfied (S), very satisfied (VS)] / Number of surveillance staff interviewed

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

NS: 0.0%

PS: 0.0%

S: 30.0%

VS: 70.0%

 • Proportion of surveillance staff that is satisfied with supervision and feedback^a

Number of surveillance staff within each reported category [not satisfied (NS), poorly satisfied (PS), satisfied (S), very satisfied (VS)] / Number of surveillance staff interviewed

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

NS: 0.0%

PS: 17.6%

S: 44.1%

VS: 38.2%

 • Proportion of time allocated to influenza surveillance activities per week^a

Number of hours allocated to influenza surveillance activities per week / Number of working hour per week

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

48.3%

 • Frequency of lack of data collection forms^a,c

Number of surveillance sites within each reported category [never (0), once per year (1), 2–3 times per year (2–3), ≥4 times per year(≥4)] / Number of surveillance sites

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

0: 100.0%

1: 0.0%

2–3: 0.0%

≥4: 0.0%

 • Frequency of lack of sampling material^a

Number of surveillance sites within each reported category [never (0), once per year (1), 2–3 times per year (2–3), ≥4 times per year(≥4)] / Number of surveillance sites

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

0: 72.7%

1: 27.3%

2–3: 0.0%

≥4: 0.0%

 • Frequency of lack of credits for SMS^a

Number of surveillance sites within each reported category [never (0), once per year (1), 2–3 times per year (2–3), ≥4 times per year(≥4)] / Number of surveillance sites

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

0: 100.0%

1: 0.0%

2–3: 0.0%

≥4: 0.0%

 • Frequency at which the transport of samples was delayed^a

Number of surveillance sites within each reported category [never (N), seldom (S), often (O), regularly (R)] / Number of surveillance sites

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

N: 0.0%

S: 90.9%

O: 9.1%

R: 0.0%

 • Frequency at which the refrigerators of the sentinel sites were not functional^a

Number of surveillance sites within each reported category [never (N), seldom (S), often (O), regularly (R)] / Number of surveillance sites

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

N: 100.0%

S: 0.0%

O: 0.0%

R: 0.0%

 • Frequency at which a power failure, including the generator, occurred at the surveillance sites^a

Number of surveillance sites within each reported category [never (N), seldom (S), often (O), regularly (R)] / Number of surveillance sites

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

N: 0.0%

S: 9.1%

O: 18.2%

R: 72.7%

 • Proportion of sentinel sites with at least one member of staff trained in sentinel surveillance procedures during the last one year^a

Number of sentinel sites with at least one trained member of staff / Number of surveillance sites

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

100.0%

 • Number of decisions taken by the INRB and/or the DLM based on influenza sentinel surveillance results^b,d

N/A

Questionnaire survey for DLM and INRB

4

 • Proportion of surveillance staff that receive the following reports: (i) Virological surveillance report, (ii) Syndromic surveillance report, (iii) Influenza bulletin^a

Number of surveillance staff that receive reports / Number of surveillance staff

Questionnaire for surveillance staff at sentinel sites

77.1%

 • Estimation of burden of influenza-associated illness using surveillance data

Not applicable

Publication on burden of influenza-associated ILI and SARI.

1 [13]

 • Contribution to influenza Regional/Global studies

Not applicable

Publications on Regional/Global studies with DRC influenza data

3 [14, 15]