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10/1/2020 Data Managment :: Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme(IDSP)
outbreak. Data analysis and actions are being undertaken by respective
State/District Surveillance Units. Emphasis is now being laid on reporting of
surveillance data from Major Hospitals and also from Infectious Disease
Hospitals.

Evolution of Data Reporting Formats

It was repeatedly felt that the forms used by IDSP (before 2007) to collect
data need simplification. A stakeholder meeting was held in August 2007 and
some modifications were suggested in the IDSP formats. These modifications
were also discussed with CDC Team which reviewed IDSP during 10-17
September 2007. A meeting was held in April 2008 to finalize the
simplification of formats of IDSP.

Experts from different organizations attended the meeting and discussed in
detail the modifications suggested by experts in earlier meetings. Amongst
many changes suggested, it was decided that in ‘S’ form, the age and gender
specific data for cases will not be collected to improve reporting and
minimize errors. Further, in continuation, a meeting was held under the
Chairmanship of Additional Secretary & MD (NRHM) on 19th December 2008
to examine IDSP proposal and after detailed deliberations, the simplified
formats were approved on 1st January 2009. In the meeting it was decided
that ‘in the proposed ‘P’ and ‘L’ forms, the data element on deaths may be
deleted as it is being captured in the new NRHM-HMIS formats’. Presently no
mortality data is being collected in ‘P’ format under IDSP.

Also by 2008-09, after the Joint Review Mission, it was agreed that following
the voluminous syndromic data at states and center was a futile exercise;
instead the CSU and SSU should give more stress on analysis of data
reported in “P” and “L” formats. Since then the syndromic data is being
analysed at the district and sub-districts levels only as alerts for investigating
the increased number or clustering of cases of any syndrome (e.g. fevers,
diarrheas, cough or jaundice or any other unusual syndromes).

The list of conditions under surveillance was also revised giving more focus
on outbreak prone conditions (Annexure 3, appended old and new list of
conditions under surveillance).

Current Status

Currently about 97% Districts are reporting weekly disease surveillance data
under IDSP. The revised P and L forms have been made available on IDSP
portal to enable on-line data entry. The data entry on IDSP portal is
consistently improving. A committee consisting of IDSP Epidemiologists and
experts from NCDC monitor the status of receipt of weekly surveillance data;
analyze data on a sample basis, and share the analysis with state
surveillance units to promote similar analysis at the state and district levels.
Further, CSU is undertaking regular video conferencing to discuss reporting
issues and seek clarifications on discrepancies in data such as sudden
increase in the number of reported cases including actions taken.

The year wise weekly reporting of S,P and L forms by all the districts through
IDSP Protal is shown below.

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