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Bhattacharya M, Jaiswal V, Joon V. Supervision and Quality Control Measures in Annual Sentinel Surveillance for HIV Infection in India. Journal of Health Management 2011. [DOI: 10.1177/097206341101300305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) has been entrusted by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to undertake monitoring and supervision of annual Sentinel Surveillance (ASS) activity in India since 1998, to ensure that the data obtained are valid. Earlier Regional coordinating teams cooperated with NIHFW in this task. From 2006 onwards, NACO identified five regional institutes covering all the states and Union Territories and Central team members consisting of experts from various organisations for the monitoring and supervision of the ASS cycle to ensure quality control of both epidemiological data collection and HIV testing (NACO 2006a and b). We describe here the process of quality control and observations of the ASS rounds held from 2005 to 2007. The performance of a majority of sites was satisfactory. The testing laboratories usually adhered to standard operating procedures (SOPs). Lacunae observed during the supervisory visits have been enumerated along with the recommendations for the future surveillance rounds.
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Affiliation(s)
- M. Bhattacharya
- HOD, Department of Community Health Administration, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, Delhi, India
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- Research Officer, Department of Community Health Administration, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, Delhi, India
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- Department of Community Health Administration, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare, Delhi, India
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