DAPCU Yavatmal (Maharashtra) Response to the Theme : Data Quality

In the Yavatmal district, every month review meeting is conducted with all HIV facilities such as (ICTC, ART, NGO, SRL, BLOOD BANK Etc..). In review meeting, first will look in to the reporting status in SIMS whether all facilities have submitted reports with in the time period or not. During the meeting M&E officer will review the reports submitted by the facilities, also in the review meeting MRD data and Line list data will be cross checked whether facilities entering the same data in the reports or not. Etc. If any data queries arise the same will be discussed and clearing in the meeting by M&E officer in that meeting. Every quarter hands on training is providing to the facility staff on SIMS Reports and improving data quality.

In district total 115 facilities and all facilities are entering data in SIMS within timeline. DIS and M&E analysing the data every month after getting all facilities reports, the reports at times have  data gap for some of the indicators such as age wise positive, male female positive, total testing etc.  After reviewing the data gaps DIS and M&E instructions the facilities to review the data and correct it in the system at the earliest.

During field visits the DAPCU staff verify the registers and submitted reports whether reporting data is matching with registers or not. This improves the submission of quality data.