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Table 2 Timeliness of surveillance reporting pre and post training

From: Use of technology for public health surveillance reporting: opportunities, challenges and lessons learnt from Kenya

 

Intervention counties

Comparison counties

 

Number of weekly reports received (a)

Number of expected weekly reports (b)

% Timeliness

(a/b ×100)

Number of weekly reports received (c)

Number of expected weekly reports (d)

% Timeliness

(c/d ×100)

before training (15 weeks period)

8572

28,352

30%

11,435

36,769

31%

after training (12 weeks period)

11,490

22,579

51%

11,164

29,290

38%

Difference before and after training

  

21% (95% CI 20.16–21.84)

  

7%

(95% CI 6.27–7.73)

Chi square

  

2247

  

357

P value

  

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

  1. The difference between the change of 21% in the intervention group and 7% in the comparison group is 14% and part of this can be attributed to the intervention