Visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis and reporting delays as an obstacle to timely response actions in Nepal and India

Table 4 Cross tabulation of KAP regarding VL reporting of district health managers in Bihar and Nepal

	Office/facility of local health managers	N	Yes	No	Fisher's exact test
VL cases are entered into a computer by the health worker/manager	Bihar - all facilities	19	3	16	p < 0.001
	Nepal - all facilities	22	16	6	p < 0.001
National standard formats are used for VL case reporting to concerned center authorities	D(P)HOs - Nepal	12	1	11	p = 1.000
	DMOs - Bihar	9	0	9	p = 1.000
VL Sentinel Sites are known to health managers	EWARS sites -Nepal	10	9	1	p < 0.001
VL Sentinel Sites are known to health managers	D(P)HOs - Nepal	12	1	11	p < 0.001

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