TITLE:
Incomplete Reporting of HIV/AIDS by Uganda’s Surveillance System and the Associated Factors
AUTHORS:
Denis Akankunda Bwesigye, Barry M. Loneck, Barry R. Sherman
KEYWORDS:
Incomplete Reporting, HIV/AIDS, Surveillance, Uganda
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Preventive Medicine,
Vol.6 No.4,
April
21,
2016
ABSTRACT: Introduction: The United States government supported Ugandan government by introducing the District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) in 2012 to improve HIV/AIDS surveillance. Districts have yet to fully adopt this relatively new system given a 70.2% reporting completeness achieved nationally between April-June 2013. Methods: The study examined one dependent variable of districts’ reporting completeness against four independent variables: 1) Number of client visits; 2) Number of district health units; 3) Number of NGOs delivering HIV/AIDS services; and 4) Regional location. The study employed cross-sectional study design which allowed researchers to compare many different variables at the same time. HIV/AIDS program data that were reported by districts into DHIS2 during the period of April to June 2013 were used to assess for reporting completeness. Findings: Districts with the lowest number of client visits (under 2500) achieved the highest mean reporting completeness (81.6%), whereas a range of 2501 - 5000, or over 5001client visits recorded 72.4% and 51.7% respectively. The higher the number of client visits is, the lower the reporting completeness is (p