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Table 2 Level of Weekly Report Completeness and Timeliness by Sub-district

From: SMS-based smartphone application for disease surveillance has doubled completeness and timeliness in a limited-resource setting – evaluation of a 15-week pilot program in Central African Republic (CAR)

Sub-district

Distance (Km) from district capital

(Travel time by motorbike, hours)

Level of security risk (EISF)

Completeness

Transmission initiated (%)a

Transmission complete (%)b

Timeliness (%)c

Berberati

5 Km

(0.1 h)

Low

153/154 (99.3%)

160/165 (97%)

126/154 (81.8%)

Sosso-Nakombo

58 Km

(1–2 h)

Low

14/15 (93.3%)

10/15 (66.7%)

5/14 (35.7%)

Dede-Makouba

71 Km

(2–5 h)

Low

29/30 (93.3%)

17/30 (56.7%)

12/28 (42.9%)

Gamboula

86 Km

(2–5 h)

Low

30/30 (100%)

26/30 (86.7%)

11/28 (39.3%)

Carnot

76 Km

(2–5 h)

Low

15/15 (100%)

14/15 (93.3%)

11/14 (78.6%)

Gadzi

206 Km

(5–10 h)

Medium

29/30 (96.7%)

22/30 (73.3%)

16/28 (57.1%)

Amada-Gaza

179 Km

(5–10 h)

Medium

21/30 (70%)

13/30 (43.3%)

13/28 (46.4%)

p value

  

p = 0.72

p < 0.01

p < 0.01

  1. aThe proportion of transmission initiated = Total reports partially or fully received × 100 / total N reports expected from sub-districts)
  2. bThe proportion of transmission complete = Total reports fully received × 100 / total N reports expected from sub-districts)
  3. cAs the surveillance focal points were absent from their health facilities for the booster-training workshop in Berberati during epidemiological week 14, they did not submit their Weekly Reports until returning the following week. Therefore completeness, but not timeliness of reports, was calculated for week 14