Assessment of the core and support functions of the integrated disease surveillance and response system in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Table 2 Performance of the IDSR support surveillance functions at health facility and district levels, Zanzibar

Support activity	Primary health care facilities^a		Hospitals
	Public^b (n = 29)	Private^c (n = 11)	Public^b (n = 4) + private ^c (n = 1)	Facility Total (n = 45)	District Total (n = 10)
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Standards and guidelines for surveillance
Availability of national guidelines for surveillance	3 (10)	1 (9)	0 (0)	4 (9)	7 (70)
Supervision
Supervised by higher level supervisor in the last 6 months	28 (97)	8 (73)	1 (20)	37 (82)	4 (40)
Supervised health facility staff	NA^d	NA	NA	–	7 (70)
Have supervision checklist	NA	NA	NA	–	6 (60)
Training
Knowledge on IDSR	5 (17)	0 (0)	0 (0)	5 (11)	2 (20)
Awareness on IDSR indicators	2 (7)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (4)	2 (20)
Trained on disease surveillance	18 (62)	4 (36)	2 (40)	22 (49)	10 (100)
Coordination
Availability of surveillance focal person at the district	NA	NA	NA	–	10 (100)

^aPrimary health care units (PHCUs) + primary health care centres (PHCCs). ^bPublicly owned. ^cPrivately owned. ^dNA Not applicable

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