PPIP 2

Perinatal Problem Identification Program v2

Version history

21 June 2008 - (2.2.3)
  • Corrected: ARV use data was not included in exported data.
15 June 2008 - (2.2.2)
  • New feature: A new data filter was added to the 'Primary obstetric cause of Perinatal death', 'Final cause of Neonatal death' and 'List avoidable factors' data analysis windows. If a filter is set up to include early neonatal deaths, you can now include selected days (0 to 7) only.
  • Corrected: Assisted deliveries data imported from version 1 was not applied correctly when these imported records were edited in version 2.
  • Corrected: Assisted deliveries data imported from version 1 was not included in Excel data export.
11 November 2006 - (2.2.1)
  • Changed: The anti-retroviral drug use data function is not a separate module any more, but a normal part of PPIP.
  • Updated: An updated code list (version 2.03) is supplied with this upgrade.
12 August 2006 - (2.2.0)
  • New data field: The anti-retroviral therapy module was expanded to keep track of the number of neonates receiving medication for PMTCT. This adds a field to the Monthly data data entry window, as well as a new analysis on the Antiretroviral therapy tab of the Miscellaneous -> Other data analysis function.
  • Corrected: Display of the HIV and Antiretroviral analyses. Previously, specific user settings would result in these figures not being displayed.
  • Corrected: A field was added for 'Delivered in transit' on the printed Perinatal death data sheet.
  • Corrected: A few typo's.
13 September 2005 - (2.1.01)
  • Corrected: Import of v2 data: handling of selected dates import.
  • Corrected: Export data: Last imported data set's name was sometimes added to the list of exported data sets.
31 October 2004  -  (2.1.00)
  • New function: Anti-retroviral therapy module. Use the Program settings (Optional modules tab) to enable the module. This adds data fields to the Monthly data and Perinatal death data entry windows, additional data filters to the Primary and Final causes of Perinatal Death data analysis functions, as well as a new analysis tab to the Miscellaneous -> Other data analysis function.
  • Updated: PPIP will now inform you about duplicate perinatal and maternal death entries immediately after entering the ID number.
  • Updated: Margins on some reports changed.
  • Corrected: A few spelling mistakes.
5 June 2004  -  (2.00.03)
  • Corrected: Complete font change to correct display of data analysis screens with certain versions of Windows.
  • Corrected: Calculation of 'Total deliveries' with four or more levels in the data pyramid.
  • Corrected: 'Compare units' listed lower level data sets incorrectly under certain circumstances.
  • Updated: Improved the management of inconsistent Monthly data (more deaths than births reported in a weight category during a month) in 'Compare units' data analysis.
  • Corrected: Definition of 'Fetal death rate' as displayed on 'Information of calculation of rates & ratios' window.
19 May 2004  -  (2.00.02)
  • Corrected: The 'Total data' printout used the default inclusion settings incorrectly.

  • Corrected: Percentages of numbers delivered in different weight categories ('Total deliveries' data analysis) were not rounded correctly.

  • Corrected: Font colours in 'Perinatal, Neonatal & Fetal mortality rates' data analysis. The first two columns (Perinatal & Neonatal mortality rate) and the denominators in other columns used the font colour chosen in Windows setup as active Title Bar font colour. Depending on the user's setup, this sometimes made these values difficult to read. Changed all fonts to black.

  • Corrected: An error message was displayed when saving updated 'Monthly data'. When the 'Select the month to edit / delete' window was opened and a month was selected for editing, this was allowed only once. If a second month was selected for editing, and the user attempted to save the changes, an error message was displayed.

  • Updated: All bar graphs' Y-axis labels were updated to always display multiples of ten.

29 February 2004  -  (2.00.01)
  • Release of PPIP 2.

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