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MEASURE Evaluation, a USAID-funded project, supports improvements in monitoring and evaluation population, health and nutrition worldwide. Please find announcements of new publications below.
Development of a Master Health Facility List in Nigeria (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/cpet7e)
Establishment of a Master Facility List (MFL) to standardize the allocation of unique identifiers for health facilities can overcome identification issues and support health facility management. The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health recently developed a MFL, and we present the process and outcome.
Ethnicity and HIV Risk Behaviour, Testing and Knowledge in Guatemala (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/shft7e)
Data on 16,205 women aged 15–49 and 6822 men aged 15–59 from the 2008–2009 Encuesta Nacional de Salud Materno Infantil were used to describe ethnic group differences in sexual behavior, HIV knowledge and testing.
Évaluation de l’aide apportée par l'USAID à la prévention du VIH au Mali de 2000 à 2010 (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/89ft7e)
Ce rapport présente les résultats d’une évaluation des strategies VIH/SIDA de l’USAID et de ses programmes de prévention du VIH au Mali. Les résultats de cette évaluation aideront à la conception du programme VIH/SIDA de l’USAID/Mali pour la période 2013-2018.
Fact Sheet: M&E of Malaria Control Programs: Building Capacity through Regional Workshops (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/o2gt7e)
MEASURE Evaluation and implementing partners, Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna in Burkina Faso and University of Ghana School of Public Health in Ghana, implemented regional workshops from 2010 to 2014 to strengthen capacity in the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of malaria.
Fact Sheet: Measuring the Strength of National Social Service Systems (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/4uht7e)
MEASURE Evaluation developed a set of 32 core indicators to assess the outcomes of efforts to strengthen social service systems. Applying these indicators can help a government and its partners gain a clear picture of what’s working and what needs attention.
GIS and Sampling (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/knit7e)
This manual details how geographic information systems (GIS) can inform the sampling process, opening the door to powerful new possibilities for obtaining samples representative of particular subpopulations of interest, and the considerations surrounding the application of GIS to sampling.
Global Health Principles Monitoring and Evaluation Resource Guide for United States Government (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/0fjt7e)
This guide provides clear monitoring and evaluation definitions, global indicators, and country-level indicators for a variety of U.S. agencies, to enabled them to collaborate more closely on shared objectives in global health.
Impact Evaluations of Large-Scale Public Health Interventions: Experiences from the Field (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/g8jt7e)
In this paper, we share field experiences from a number of evaluation studies undertaken during MEASURE Evaluation Phases II and III. A series of case studies highlight design and implementation challenges that required creative solutions to move forward; plus analysis across studies revealed common reoccurring themes and valuable lessons.
Improving Estimates of Insecticide-treated Mosquito Net Coverage from Household Surveys: Using geographic coordinates to account for endemicity (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/w0kt7e)
Coverage estimates of insecticide-treated nets are often calculated at the national level but are intended to be a proxy for coverage among the population at risk of malaria. The analysis uses data for surveyed households, linking survey enumeration areas with levels of malaria endemicity and adjusting coverage estimates based on the population at risk.
Monitoring and Evaluating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/ctlt7e)
In the 42 years since independence, Bangladesh has made some substantial progress in the health sector, which is all the more remarkable when compared with other countries in the region. However, this achievement is not uniform across all health indicators. The coverage of many critical health services is still quite low.
Monitoring and Evaluation at the Community Level. A Strategic Review of MEASURE Evaluation, Phase III Accomplishments and Contributions (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/slmt7e)
This strategic review catalogues MEASURE Evaluation’s contributions to community M&E, highlights lessons learned through this work, notes key gaps that require attention, and proposes future work that builds on the project’s achievements.
Rethinking HIV Prevalence Determination in Developing Countries (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/8dnt7e)
The process for HIV prevalence determination using antenatal clinic sentinel surveillance data has been plagued by criticisms of its biasness. We propose a data collection model that leverages the increasing adoption and penetration of the Internet and mobile technology to collect and archive routine data from HIV counseling and testing (HCT) client intake forms.
Transforming Gender Norms, Roles, and Powers for Better Health. Evidence from a Systematic Review of Gender-Integrated Health Programs in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (https://t.e2ma.net/click/k3ios/kfcngl/o6nt7e)
This review presents evidence showing how gender-integrated programming influences health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: in particular, reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health; HIV prevention and AIDS response; gender-based violence; tuberculosis; and universal health coverage.
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