Out goes Malezi Bora(Intergrated Child Health Week),In comes Monitoring Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Vaccine, Kenya
Out goes Malezi Bora(Intergrated Child Health Week),In comes Monitoring Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Vaccine, Kenya
Hot on heels of the just concluded malezi Bora week where Supervisors from MOPHs,UNICEF,WHO and other Partners monitored the activities on real time basis.The team conducted a total of 356 Exit Interviews and visited 116 districts during in the last two weeks.
Based on the success Datadyne has Once again partnered with the Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation(MOPHs) and WHO in Monitoring the ongoing H1N1 campaign which started early this Month.The National level team developed the tool without assistance from foreign consultant thus reflecting on the EpiSurveyor simplicity and Robustness.The country relied on the pool of local experts versed with EpiSurveyor to create the required tools.
Kenya is among the first countries in Africa to use the vaccine donated by WHO.This is due to the threat of disastrous outcomes of the Pandemic Influenza that was declared by WHO in June 2009 continues to grow.The excercise is on going targetting priority groups for vaccination free of charge.
In strenghthening the Monitoring and Evaluation arm of the activity,National level Logisticians drawn from WHO and MOPHs are using Episurveyor Web version in monitoring what is happening at the District and Health Facility with the main objective of addressing the Gaps identified before the activity ends.Data collected using the Simple and Smart Phones are sent to the national level and Feedback provided by the National level given to all the concerned on real time basis. Bussiness unusual, we are not waiting for the activity to end before we analysed and come up with lessons learnt.We use todays information to change tommorrow's activity.Instant Standard analylsis feature in the EpiSurveyor is a wonder as at the touch of button all the reports are genertaed and exported in PDF format.Areas being monitored includes strategies in place for reaching the target group,Vaccines availabity,Social mobilation,AEFI, and cold chain among others.
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