Evaluation of the Drinking Water Quality Surveillance Information System (Sisagua), Brazil, 2014-2020
Drinking Water; Health Information Systems; Public Health Surveillance; Environmental Health; Epidemiología Descriptiva
Objective: To evaluate the Water Quality Surveillance Information System for Human Consumption (Sisagua) in Brazil from 2014 to 2020. Methods: Evaluative-descriptive study, as recommended by the methodology of the Updated Guidelines for Evaluating Public Health Systems of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The attributes simplicity, flexibility, data quality, acceptability, representativeness, opportunity and also the usefulness of the system were evaluated. Results: Sisagua was considered a complex, flexible system, with excellent data quality, regular acceptability and representativeness, and a poor opportunity. It is a useful system having as references the objectives established for the surveillance of the quality of water for human consumption. Conclusion: It was possible to identify potentialities, inconsistencies and weaknesses of the system, and, therefore, point out points that require greater effort to provide the continuous improvement of Sisagua.