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Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

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BOX 2.5New guidance on electronic recording and reporting for TB care and controlSurveillance systems depend on countries keeping good records of all TB cases notifi ed to national TB control programmes (NTPs) and ofTB treatment outcomes. This is a data-intensive activity that is increasingly moving away from paper-based to electronic recording andreporting (ERR).Advantages of ERR include:■ Better management of individual patients, for example by providing fast access to laboratory results;■ Better programme and resource management, by encouraging staff to use and act upon live data. This may help to prevent defaultingfrom treatment and assist with management of drug supplies (including avoidance of stockouts);■ Improved surveillance by making it easier for facilities not traditionally linked to the NTP, suchas hospitals, prisons and the private sector, to report TB cases, and by reducing the burden ofcompiling and submitting data through paper-based quarterly reports;■ Greater analysis and use of data, since data can be readily imported into statistical packages,results are available to decision-makers more quickly and it is possible to detect outbreakspromptly;■ Higher quality data, since automated data quality checks can be used and duplicate ormisclassifi ed notifi cations can be identifi ed and removed (which is very diffi cult or impossible to donationally with paper-based systems). It is also easier to introduce new data items.WHO coordinated the development of a guide on how to design and implement ERR according to bestpracticestandards in 2011. The guide was widely disseminated in April 2012 and is available atwww.who.int/tb/publications/electronic_recording_reportingFIGURE 2.17 <strong>Global</strong> progress in implementing national surveys of the prevalence of TB disease, actual (2002–2012)and expected (2013–2017)Number of surveys11109876543210Asia – GFC Africa – GFC Other<strong>Global</strong> focuscountries (GFC) selected byWHO <strong>Global</strong> Task Force onTB Impact MeasurementViet NamCambodia Malaysia Indonesia Eritrea Thailand Philippines Bangladesh Myanmar China Ethiopia UR Tanzania Indonesia Bangladesh2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014–2017Lao PDRPakistanCambodiaRwandaThailandNigeriaGambiaSudanDPR KoreaNepalMongoliaSouth AfricaZambiaKenyaMalawiUgandaGhanaPhilippinesMyanmarViet Nam26 GLOBAL TUBERCULOSIS REPORT 2012

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