Indicator Short Definition Purpose/ Source Method of Data Type of Calculation Reporting New Desired Indicator Title Importance Calculation Limitations Indicator Type Cycle Indicator Performance Responsibility Measles Percentage of Monitors DHIS Numerator: Reliant on Output Percentage Quarterly No Higher Expanded coverage children under 1 measles under 1 proportions of Programme Measles 1st under 1 year who coverage population children on dose before received their estimates immunised Immunisation 1 year first measles from against (EPI) dose StatsSA measles are desired. Denominator: Manager Population under 1 year Maternal Number of Monitors trends SADHS Numerator Data are Outcome Number per Empirical No Lower Health mortality women who die in maternal not 100,000 data are Maternal Information, Number of ratio as a result of mortality frequently provided Mortality Epidemiology women who childbearing, available. by the Ratios are die as a and Research during Empirical SADHS desired result of Programme pregnancy or data are every 5 Lower childbearing, within 42 days of available years during delivery or from the pregnancy or MCWH termination of SADHS, within 42 Programme pregnancy in which is days of one year, per conducted delivery or 100,000 live every 5 termination births during that years of pregnancy year in one year Denominator Total number of live births during that year x 100,000 Proportion Percentage of Monitors trends SADHS Numerator Data are Output Empirical No Higher levels Health of births women who in maternal not data are of skilled Information, Number of attended gave birth in the mortality frequently provided births Epidemiology women who by skilled 5 years available. by the attended by gave birth in and Research health preceding the Empirical SADHS skilled health the 5 years Programme personnel South African data are every 5 personnel are preceding Demographic available years desired the survey Survey (SADHS) from the who reported
Indicator Title Short Definition Purpose/ Importance Source Method of Calculation Data Limitations Type of Indicator Calculation Type Reporting Cycle New Indicator Desired Performance Indicator Responsibility Measles coverage under 1 Percentage of children under 1 year who received their first measles dose Monitors measles coverage DHIS Numerator: Measles 1st dose before 1 year Denominator: Population under 1 year Reliant on under 1 population estimates from StatsSA Output Percentage Quarterly No Higher proportions of children immunised against measles are desired. Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) Manager Maternal mortality ratio Number of women who die as a result of childbearing, during pregnancy or within 42 days of delivery or termination of pregnancy in one year, per 100,000 live births during that year Monitors trends in maternal mortality SADHS Numerator Number of women who die as a result of childbearing, during pregnancy or within 42 days of delivery or termination of pregnancy in one year Denominator Total number of live births during that year x 100,000 Data are not frequently available. Empirical data are available from the SADHS, which is conducted every 5 years Outcome Number per 100,000 Empirical data are provided by the SADHS every 5 years No Lower Maternal Mortality Ratios are desired Lower Health Information, Epidemiology and Research Programme MCWH Programme Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel Percentage of women who gave birth in the 5 years preceding the South African Demographic Survey (SADHS) Monitors trends in maternal mortality SADHS Numerator Number of women who gave birth in the 5 years preceding the survey who reported Data are not frequently available. Empirical data are available from the Output Empirical data are provided by the SADHS every 5 years No Higher levels of skilled births attended by skilled health personnel are desired Health Information, Epidemiology and Research Programme
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