ScanForm + Malaria
ScanForm presentin all eight
malaria-endemic
counties in Kenya

Background
ScanForm is a paper-based innovation which digitizes handwritten data from a picture taken witha smartphone camera. Malaria indicators from theantenatal care (ANC) register were first monitoredwith ScanForm in 2018, allowing for a sustainablemeans of approximating malaria prevalence in thegeneral community, using routine data.
Two key advantages of ScanForm are: (1) time
saved by auto-calculating Ministry of Health(MOH)-compliant summary reports, and (2) significant improvements in the data quality of thesesummaries. For two years, a study was conductedin eight facilities in Kenya to compare ScanForm’ssummaries with those from routine ANC register
reporting. The results found:
1. Summaries produced by ScanForm are 2x
more accurate compared to manually-computed methods.
2. Malaria prevalence amongst pregnant mothers
can predict prevalence in the general population, making ScanForm registers effective fornear real-time, passive malaria surveillance.
Data collection with ScanForm has since expanded
to multiple regions and countries, with many MOH
registers upgraded to ScanForm, including:• ANC• Outpatient Department (<5 and >5 yrs),• Inpatient Department, Maternity• Child Welfare Clinic• Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response• and many more.
The simple pen-and-paper interface enables easy
adoption by community health volunteers (CHVs),

who use ScanForm to capture household demographics and health services delivered in rural communities.
A selection of malaria surveillance and research
projects with ScanForm include:•Performance monitoring of long lasting insecticide nets, spatial repellents, and attractive
targeted sugar bait interventions at the village
level.

•A variety of cutting-edge clinical trials: from antimalarials for pregnant women to the effect ofmalaria infection and treatment on the clinicalcourse of COVID-19.

•CHVs tracking malaria prevalence and interventions in the community, including the evaluationof RTS,S - the first malaria vaccine approved bythe WHO.

How does ScanForm work?

1. Write on paper

2. Take a picture

3. Data is digitized

Fill out the paper form
with handwritten data.

Scan the filled out formwith the mobile app.

Let AI transcribe thatfor you!

4. Export andanalyze data
Explore data andsummary statistics.

What data is collectedwith ScanForm?
••

All malaria indicators required by: governments, donors, partners and researchers.
ScanForm pipelines are designed with you toauto-generate customized summary statistics, data quality reports and dashboards.

Key MOH Indicators
Participant Demographics
and Symptoms:•••••

Total visits
Village reporting
Visit number
Age distribution
Gravidae••••

HIV status
Fever 48hMalaria symptoms
Symptomatic vsasymptomaticTesting and Diagnosis••••

Treatment••

Malaria severity (total visits,total tested, total
symptomatic)
Treatment
positive••

Treatment
negative
Testing and treatment of suspectedmalaria

Malaria testing (for
1st ANC visit)
Malaria tested
Malaria tests
Testing among
symptomaticpatients••

Testing among
asymptomaticpatients
Testing rate at
health facilities

Indicators••

Positivity rate
(general, RDT andby microscopy)
Proportion ofmalaria cases in all
outpatient cases••

Outpatient
confirmed malaria
cases per 1,000
population
Malaria annual
blood examinationrateProject Highlight: Tupime Kaunti
WHENImpact

Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2021
WHERE

•

93 facilities in Migori and Homa Bay counties,Kenya
WHY

To improve malaria surveillance and programming by increasing the availability, analysis andquality of malaria data from routine health registers.

••

Before ScanForm, 65% of health care workers
indicated reports took more than 30 minutes tocomplete. During ScanForm, 96% said it took lessthan 30 minutes.
For facility and management level respondents,
100% and 70% reported adequate access to ScanForm summary statistics, respectively.
After one year, 84% of CHMT officers voted for
ScanForm as a superior solution for routine datacollection and timely malaria surveillance.

Malaria positivity rate auto-calculated from ScanForm-based OPD<5registers, by sub-county“...we all felt [ScanForm] is the best way to go becauseof the benefits of using artificial intelligence to improve
the quality, access and timeliness of data, which is what
we seek to improve to enable informed decision making.
Focus group discussion feedback from Tupime Kaunti projectScanForm auto-generates visualizations for custom
dashboards to inform programmatic action.
Outpatient under 5: Malaria testing rate at Health Facility [%]“ScanForm ATSB - % of Households with Functional Latrine

ScanForm ATSB - % of Households with Access to Safe Water

ScanForm ATSB - % of Households with Hand Washing
Facilities

ScanForm ATSB - % of Households with Refuse Disposal
Facility

When we are conducting DQAs,
we go to the facility and request
for registers but some would be
misplaced. With ScanForm, you
can access digitized records
and electronic summaries
at any time...making this technology a good example for easy
availability of data.
Focus group discussion feedback from Tupime Kaunti
project

Are you ready to upgrade
to ScanForm?

Contact us:
https://scanform.qed.ai
scanform@qed.ai
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