From central reporting to council ownership
Historically, KVP programme data flowed from implementers to funders without much of a stop at the council level. In 2023 EpiC inverted that flow, treating the CHMT as the primary consumer of its own performance data.
Six full council DHIS2 audits were conducted, each pairing the District Health Information Officer with the EpiC data lead and the council DACC. Audits covered indicator completeness, source-to-system concordance, and timeliness.
What changed
Reporting completeness improved by 18 percentage points across the six councils. Seventy-two facility and council staff completed structured data quality training, and the year closed with zero major data flags from the partner audit.
More importantly, councils began using their own dashboards in monthly facility supervision visits — the clearest signal yet that data ownership has actually shifted.
What still needs work
Disaggregation by KVP type remains inconsistent in DHIS2 fields. The 2024 plan includes a structured engagement with NACP and the Ministry to harmonise KVP coding standards across implementers.
Council-level data ownership is the operational backbone of sustainable HIV service delivery.