Why Dar es Salaam
While EpiC's KVP service delivery sits in Lindi, several technical and data functions are anchored in Dar es Salaam where partner headquarters and the national HIV programme co-locate. The 2023 data quality programme was hosted in Dar to allow joint review between ASUTA, FHI360 and NACP technical leads.
Twelve data review workshops were convened during the year, each focused on a defined slice of the EpiC indicator set.
The concordance result
Concordance between source documents and reported indicators rose from 84 percent at the year's opening audit to 96 percent at the year's closing audit. Three reporting tools were harmonised against the national DHIS2 data dictionary, removing a long-standing source of double-counting on couples testing.
Forty staff completed the EpiC Data Steward certification, with refresher sessions scheduled twice annually.
What clean data unlocks
Clean data unlocks honest performance reviews, defensible reporting to funders and government, and credible storytelling about what is and is not working. The investment is unglamorous, but it is the precondition for everything else.
A structured data quality assurance rhythm raises the floor of every decision made on the resulting numbers.