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4.1 INTRODUCTION
Section 1 detailed the attributes of a good indicator, emphasizing that indicators should be measureable, feasible, valid, timely, replicable, sustainable, relevant, and comprehensive. In addition, indicators should be stratified by person, place, and time as desirable. This section describes some practical strategies for evaluating the quality of health indicators. It should be emphasized that sources of high quality data contribute to the development of high quality indicators. In addition to the quality of the sources and the data, the performance of the indicator should measure what it is intended to measure.