HRH Global Resource Center - Monitoring & Evaluation

The Data Revolution: Finding the Missing Millions

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:50:30 +0000

This report sets out the evidence that, even when people are counted, the counting is frequently not good enough. What is assumed to be an empirical fact – a statistic – is too often the result not of direct observation but of inference, assumptions or extrapolation, or political negotiation. In sub-Saharan Africa, some 133,000 women may have died from childbirth-related causes in 2013, or twice as many. We cannot be sure. [from introduction]

Geospatial Analysis in Global Health M&E

Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:51:48 +0000

Geospatial Analysis in Global Health: A Monitoring and Evaluation Guide for Making Informed Decisions provides monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practitioners an overview of geospatial analysis techniques applicable to their work. This guide shows how geospatial analysis can be used to support public health program decision-making along with routine planning and M&E. [from abstract]

Mobile Technology for Monitoring and Evaluation and Health Information Systems in Low- to Middle-Income Countries

Thu, 30 Apr 2015 17:34:33 +0000

In many developing country settings, limited resources constrain the development and expansion of certain technology infrastructures — such as high-speed Internet — that could facilitate more efficient data collection and reporting in the health sector. Mobile technologies may offer an affordable alternative to (or alongside) other electronic health applications in many low-resource settings. In this paper, current uses of such mobile technologies in the developing world are discussed, and how these approaches can be applied to improve national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems.

Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation System Design for Value Chain Projects

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:00:47 +0000

The intention of this guide is to give project design teams, project M&E staff and project managers the tools and guidelines they need to effectively plan for and manage highly-effective systems for monitoring and evaluating value chain projects. In doing so, the guide aims to enable CARE to improve the performance of value chain interventions and improve CARE‘s ability to test the Market Engagement Theory of Change.

The New HIV/AIDS Program in Peru: The Role of Prioritizing and Budgeting for Results

Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:11:13 +0000

This study aims to evaluate and develop recommendations on how the HIV/AIDS program in Peru can achieve better Value for Money. [from abstract]

Aligning Vertical Interventions to Health Systems: A Case Study of the HIV Monitoring and Evaluation System in South Africa

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 17:33:19 +0000

Since responsibility for health services management lies at the district (sub-national) level, this study aimed to assess the extent to which the HIV M&E system is integrated with the overall health system M&E function at district level. This study describes implementation of the HIV M&E system, determines the extent to which it is integrated with the district health information system (DHIS), and evaluates factors influencing HIV M&E integration. [from abstract]

Real-Time Assessments of the Strength of Program Implementation for Community Case Management of Childhood Illness: Validation of a Mobile Phone-Based Method in Malawi

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:41:54 +0000

Health surveillance assistants (HSAs) in Malawi have provided community case management (CCM) since 2008; however, program monitoring remains challenging. Mobile technology holds the potential to improve data, but rigorous assessments are few. This study tested the validity of collecting CCM implementation strength indicators through mobile phone interviews with HSAs. [from abstract]

An Integrative Review of the Role of Remittances in International Nurse Migration

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:42:35 +0000

This review seeks to understand the role of remittances in international nurse migration within the context of three theories of international migration: equilibrium approaches, social networks, and globalization. [from abstract]

A Systematic Review of Health Technology Assessment Tools in Sub-Saharan Africa: Methodological Issues and Implications

Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:34:56 +0000

Health technology assessment (HTA) is mostly used in the context of high- and middle-income countries. Many “resource-poor” settings, which have the greatest need for critical assessment of health technology, have a limited basis for making evidence-based choices. This can lead to inappropriate use of technologies, a problem that could be addressed by HTA that enables the efficient use of resources, which is especially crucial in such settings. There is a lack of clarity about which HTA tools should be used in these settings.

Human Resources for Health in Botswana: The Results of In-Country Database and Reports Analysis

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:09:46 +0000

The aim of this study was to analyse the existing databases on health workforce in
Botswana in order to quantify the human resources for health.