Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) | Reference Manual, Version 2.2

Overview

SARA relies on a rapid data collection and analysis methodology, and can be combined with a record review to assess data quality of the facility reporting system. Ideally, SARA is conducted approximately three to five months prior to a health sector review to allow for the results to feed into the health sector review process.

SARA is designed as a systematic survey to assess health facility service delivery. The objective of the survey is to generate reliable and regular information on service delivery including service availability, such as the availability of key human and infrastructure resources, and on the readiness of health facilities to provide basic health-care interventions relating to family planning, child health services, basic and comprehensive obstetric care, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and noncommunicable diseases.