the role of dashboards in long lasting insecticidal nets llin campaigns a pilot report from nigeria
2018
Background: Although there are various malaria
intervention measures, the Long-Lasting
Insecticidal Nets (LLIN) are considered as the most cost-effective intervention
measure for malaria endemic countries. This study critically aims to look at
the role of dashboards in the 2017 LLIN replacement campaigns that took place
across five states (Adamawa, Edo, Imo, Kwara, and Ondo) in Nigeria. Methods: This
study conducted an in-depth review of the technical assistance provided by the
WHO National Professional Officers on malaria to the five states that
implemented the LLIN replacement campaign in 2017 in Nigeria - Adamawa, Edo,
Imo, Kwara, and Ondo. Dashboards as
strategic monitoring tools were deployed at stages to monitor the
pre-implementation. The
findings from the dashboards at different stages of the campaign were analysed using
the SPSS version 24. Results: The
result shows that out of 17 variables on the pre-implementation dashboards, the gaps flagged-off using the
dashboard at 3 weeks’ pre-implementation in the implementing states dropped
from a maximum of 88.2% (15/17) in Kwara state, 82.3% (14/17) in Edo state,
76.5% (13/17) in Ondo state, and 70.6% (12/17) in Adamawa and Imo states
respectively to 0% (0/17) across all the states at three days to the campaign
implementation. Also documented is the progressive increase in the proportion
of distribution points (DPs) with LLINs by days of implementations from 32% to
45%, 68%, 80% and 100% in day1, day2, day3, day 4 and day 5 respectively. Conclusion: On the
overall, this study further underscores the need to scale up the use of the
LLIN dashboards that would be monitored using a ‘virtual situation-room’ with
the technical input from the WHO NPOs on a real-time basis. This innovation in
the malaria control programme in Nigeria would promptly flag-off key issues
that potentially affect the quality of the LLIN campaign in Nigeria. Keywords: Dashboards;
Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets; Malaria; National Malaria Elimination Programme;
Nigeria; WHO
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