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Protocol for the Adolescent Menstrual Experiences and Health Cohort (AMEHC) Study in Khulna, Bangladesh: A Prospective cohort to quantify the influence of menstrual health on adolescent girls' health and education outcomes
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effective disease surveillance system critical early detection response disease epidemics study aimed assess capacity manage utilize disease surveillance data implement intervention improve data analysis use district level tanzania mapping indepth interview desk review employed data collection ilala kinondoni districts tanzania interviews conducted members council health management teams chmt assess attitudes motivation practices related surveillance data analysis use based identified gaps intervention package developed basic data analysis interpretation use effectiveness intervention package assessed using preand postintervention tests individual interviews involved 21 chmt members females 10 males 11 overall median age 445 years iqr 37 53 half participants regarded data analytical capacities skills excellent analytical capacity higher kinondoni 61 ilala 52 agreement availability opportunities enhance capacity skills reported 68 91 participants ilala kinondoni respectively reported challenges disease surveillance included data incompleteness difficulties storage accessibility training related enhancement data management reported infrequently done terms data interpretation use despite reporting incidence viral haemorrhagic fevers five years actions taken either investigate mitigate indicating poor use surveillance data monitoring disease occurrence overall percentage increase surveillance knowledge preand posttraining 376 ilala 204 kinondoni indicating positive impact training chmt members limited skills practices data analysis interpretation use training data analysis interpretation significantly improved skills participants