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Table 2 Comparing Deki Reader and DHIS data for fever cases tested with an RDT in Rivers and Akwa Ibom Pilot facilities

From: The role of the Deki Reader™ in malaria diagnosis, treatment and reporting: findings from an Africare pilot project in Nigeria

Month

Data from Fionet

Data from DHIS 2.0

Chi square (p-value)

Number of persons with fever

Fever cases tested with RDT

Proportion of fever cases tested with RDT (%)

Number of persons with fever

Fever cases tested with RDT

Proportion of fever cases tested with RDT (%)

June

500

466

93.2

1056

904

85.6

8.59 (<.0.001)

July

247

243

98.4

948

825

87.0

26.60 (<.0.001)

August

293

268

91.5

771

727

94.3

2.80 (0.095)

September

368

330

89.7

668

611

91.5

0.92 (0.34)

October

437

423

96.8

1452

1225

84.4

46.63 (<.0.001)

November

452

397

87.8

1245

1195

95.9

37.97 (<.0.001)

December

332

294

88.6

1061

1027

96.8

35.04 (<.0.001)

Total

2629

2421

92.1

7201

6535

90.4

4.25 (0.04)