The Strategic Information Management System (SIMS) used in the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP IV) primarily serves to:
- A Provide antiretroviral therapy adherence reminders via mobile SMS
- B Screen blood donations for HIV using fourth-generation ELISA
- C Monitor programme outputs and outcomes at facility level in real time ✓
- D Link HIV-positive individuals to nutritional support under NHM
Correct answer: C. Monitor programme outputs and outcomes at facility level in real time
Explanation
SIMS under NACP is an electronic data capture system that collects, consolidates, and analyses programme data from Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs), ART centres, and Link ART Centres. It monitors service delivery metrics — HIV testing volumes, positivity rates, ART initiation, lost-to-follow-up — enabling real-time programme management. It is a monitoring and evaluation tool, not a clinical messaging, blood bank, or nutritional linkage system.
Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.
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