Table 3: AFP surveillance performance indicators in DRC from 2008 to 2014

Parameter

Year

 

Average

target

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Annualized non-polio AFP rate 2/100,000 < 15 yrs population

≥2

5.8

4.5

5.8

5.4

4.4

4.2

3.9

4.8

Proportion of AFP cases investigated (out of the total notified)

≥80%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Proportion of AFP cases with 2 stool specimens collected within 14 days of onset of paralysis

≥80%

95%

85%

73%

82%

83%

83%

81%

83.1%

Proportion of stool specimens arriving at national level within 3 days of being sent (%)

≥80%

12%

9%

12%

13%

6%

7%

10%

9.8%

Proportion of stool specimens arriving at national lab in good condition

≥80%

93%

95%

88%

95%

97%

95%

95%

94%

Proportion of stool specimens for which lab results were sent within 14 days of receipt at the lab (%)

≥80%

95%

92%

85%

80%

96%

94%

93%

90.7%

Proportion of stool specimens from which non-polio enterovirus was isolated (%)

≥10%

4.6%

5.6%

9.3%

9.8%

8.3%

6%

6.1%

7.1%