Table 3 Malaria diagnosis data recorded and reported at frontline health facilities
Register | Malaria data collected | Monthly summary form | Malaria data reported |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Outpatient (Under 5) register | Malaria cases diagnosed < 5 | 1. Outpatient morbidity report < 5 | Suspected malaria |
|  | Malaria cases treated in < 5 |  | Confirmed malaria |
2. Outpatient (Over 5) register | Malaria cases diagnosed > 5 | 2. Outpatient morbidity report > 5 | Suspected malaria |
|  | Malaria cases treated > 5 |  | Confirmed malaria |
| Â | Â | Â | Malaria in pregnancy |
3. Laboratory register | Confirmed malaria cases | 3. Laboratory workload summary report | Malaria Bs: < 5 (total examined and total positive) |
| Â | Negative malaria cases | Â | Malaria Bs: >5 (total examined and total positive) |
| Â | Â | Â | Malaria RDTs: total examined and number positive |
4. AL/RDT register | Microscopy (positive cases) | 4. Monthly summary report for malaria medicines | RDTs: number positive and number negative |
| Â | Microscopy (negative cases) | Â | Microscopy: number positive and number negative |
| Â | RDT (positive cases) | Â | Total examined: microscopy and RDTs |
| Â | RDT (negative cases) | Â | Â |
| Â | Â | 5. Annual work plan | Fever cases tested positive |
|  |  | 6. Facility data consumption request form | RDTs: patients < 5 (tested and confirmed) |
|  |  |  | RDTs: Patients 5–14 years (tested and confirmed) |
|  |  |  | RDTs: patients > 14 years (tested and confirmed) |
|  |  |  | Microscopy: patients < 5 (tested and confirmed) |
|  |  |  | Microscopy: Patients 5–14 years (tested and confirmed) |
|  |  |  | Microscopy: patients > 14 years (tested and confirmed) |