MIS Report Writing

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MIS Report Writing
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Overview

• Report template components
• Standard data tabulation

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Report template

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Background information
• Objectives
• Survey methodology
• Sampling
• Field staff, recruitment, training
• Field work
• Data entry and management
• Ethical issues
• Response rates

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Report template

• Household characteristics
• Household population by age and sex
• Household composition
• Household assets and possessions
• Characteristics of respondents
• Eligible women 15-49
• Educational attainment and literacy

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Report template

• Coverage of malaria interventions
• Household possession of Nets/ITNs
• Use of Nets/ITNs among children
• Use of Nets/ITNs among women/pregnant women
• Indoor residual spraying
• Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT)

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Report template

• Coverage of malaria interventions
• Fever prevalence and treatment
• Serology
• Prevalence of anemia/severe anemia
• Prevalence of malaria

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Report template

• Sample design and implementation
• Estimates of sampling error
• Data quality tables
• Survey participants
• Questionnaires

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Report development

• Drafting and feedback
• MIS steering committee/core group
• CSO/MoH relationship and requirements
• Report finalization and launch
• Budget for printing
• Timely release of results increases their
  application for programmatic planning

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Standard Tabulations
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Summary

• Report template is available
• Emphasis on consistency for standard presentation
  of results
• Consistent numerators/denominators
• Consistent tabulations
• Respecting the requirements of MoH and CSO
• Timeliness