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Enquête d’évaluation de la disponibilité et de la capacité opérationnelle des services de santé (SARA) Burundi 2017

Burundi, 2017
Reference ID
BDI-MSPLS-SARA-2017-vFINAL
Producer(s)
Ministry of Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS
Collections
Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Dec 14, 2021
Last modified
May 31, 2022
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  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
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  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
BDI-MSPLS-SARA-2017-vFINAL
Title
Enquête d’évaluation de la disponibilité et de la capacité opérationnelle des services de santé (SARA) Burundi 2017
Translated Title
Health Services Availability and Capacity Assessment (HSAAC) Survey Capacity Assessment (SARA) Burundi 2017
Country
Name Country code
Burundi BDI
Study type
Service Availability and Readiness Assessment Mapping Survey [HFA/SARAM]
Abstract
The Ministry of Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS (MSPLS) implemented the first edition of the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) survey in 2017, with technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO). The SARA 2017 survey's purpose was to provide regular and reliable information on the progress and performance of the health system. The overall objective of the SARA 2017 was to regularly assess the provision of services (availability and operational capacity) and to conduct data verification in public and private facilities.

The survey covered 89 hospitals (44 public, 33 private, 4 denominational and 8 associative), 4 faith-based and 8 association-based) and 125 health centers (68 public, 39 private, 16 faith-based and 2 associative) distributed in all the districts of the provinces.

This report covers the following categories of indicators:

1. General service availability and readiness
• Basic amenities and comfort elements
• Basic equipment
• Standard precautions for infection prevention
• Diagnostic capacity
• Essential medicines


2. Service specific availability and readiness
• Maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH)
• Family planning
• Adolescent health
• Immunization services
• Preventive and curative care services for the child
• Adolescent health services
• Malaria
• HIV/AIDS counselling and testing services
• Tuberculosis
• HIV/AIDS care and support services
• PMTCT
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Diabetes
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Chronic respiratory diseases (CRI)
• Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
• Basic surgical services
• Blood transfusion
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Health facilities

Version

Version Description
Final report (2017)
Version Date
2017-03-01

Scope

Notes
The SARA survey is designed to generate a set of core indicators on key inputs and outputs of the health system, which can be used to measure progress in health system strengthening over time. The SARA focuses on three main areas: service availability, general service readiness and service-specific readiness.

A basic approach to SARA is to collect data that are comparable both across countries and within countries (i.e. across regions and/or districts) using a standard core questionnaire developed by WHO in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Usually, a country adopts the standard core questionnaire with adaptations to certain elements such as types of facilities, managing authority of facilities, national guidelines for services, staffing categories and national policies for medicines (e.g. for tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS). The SARA survey requires visits to health facilities with data collection based on key informant interviews and observation of key items. The survey can either be carried out as a sample or a census; the choice between these methodologies will depend on a number of elements including the country's resources, the objectives of the survey and the availability of a master facility list (MFL).

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Nationally representative, as well at provincial and district levels
Universe
The survey covered 89 hospitals (44 public, 33 private, 4 denominational and 8 associative), 4 faith-based and 8 association-based) and 125 health centers (68 public, 39 private, 16 faith-based and 2 associative) distributed in all the districts of the provinces.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
Ministry of Public Health and the Fight Against AIDS
Producers
Name Role
World Health Organization Technical support
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Role
World Bank Funding

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The survey employed stratified sampling and a census as methodologies for selecting the sample. The census (systematic draw) included all hospitals except specialized hospitals. There were 3 strata where the first strata was at provincial level, the second strata was at the district level and the third strata as the managing authority (public, private, religious and associative).

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2017-03-01 2017-05-12
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
Training of survey teams comprising 44 enumerators and 11 supervisors was conducted. To ensure the quality of the data collected, the supervisors carried out a back check from 10% of the health facilities in the sample in accordance with the SARA survey methodology.

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The SARA core questionnaires overview is as follows:
Section 1: Cover page
Section 2: Staffing
Section 3: Inpatient and observation beds
Section 4: Infrastructure
Section 5: Available services
Section 6: Diagnostics
Section 7: Medicines and commodities
Section 8: Interviewers observations

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-BURUNDI-SARA-2017-vFINAL
Producers
Name Abbreviation Role
World Health Organization WHO Documentation of assessment
Date of Metadata Production
2021-11-14
DDI Document version
Final version
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