Monitoring and Evaluation for Health Sector Programmers
USD 900
Course Date:
21/11/2022 to 25/11/2022
20/03/2023 to 24/03/2023
22/05/2023 to 26/05/2023
07/08/2023 to 11/08/2023
04/12/2023 to 08/12/2023
INTRODUCTION
Monitoring and Evaluation helps in collecting, analyzing and transforming health data into strategic information for informed decision making, improved effectiveness and enhanced advocacy in health programs. M&E will help to ensure that health programs are implemented as planned and to assess whether desired results are being achieved. This course aims to build the capacity of M&E professionals working in the health sector. The acquired M&E skills will assist the participants to improve health program planning and performance management and enhance the institutionalization of the collection of health-related data and the analysis of program impact. The main topics covered include the development of monitoring and evaluation for key health sector program areas; HIV and AIDS, STDs, TB, maternal health, family planning, child health and reproductive health.
DURATION
5 Days
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course the learners should be able to:
- Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of health programs
- Design a health project using logical framework
- Develop indicators and targets for each result level
- Track performance indicators over the life of the project
- Evaluation a health project against planned outcomes
- Develop and implement an M&E system
- Develop a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1
Introduction to Strategic Information in Health Programs
- Need for reliable information in health programs
- Components of strategic information
- Uses of strategic information
- Strategic information and program life cycle
- Decision making using strategic information
M&E System Strengthening for Health Programs
- Why M&E System strengthening in health?
- Use of M&E System strengthening tool
- Content of M&E System strengthening tool
Module 2
Introduction to M&E
- Definition of Monitoring and Evaluation
- Why Monitoring and Evaluation is important
- Key principles and concepts in M&E
- M&E in project lifecycle
- Complementary roles of Monitoring and Evaluation
M&E Frameworks
- Conceptual Frameworks
- Results Frameworks
- Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)
- LogFrame - Design of projects using LogFrame
M&E Health Indicators
- Indicators selection
- Indicator metrics
- Linking indicators to results
- Indicator matrix
- Tracking of indicators
Module 3
M&E Plans in Health Programs
- Importance of an M&E Plan
- Documenting M&E System in the M&E Plan
- Components of M&E Plan-Monitoring and Evaluation components
- Using M&E Plan to implement M&E in a Project
Gender Perspective in M&E for Health Programs
- Importance of gender in M&E
- Integrating gender into program logic
- Setting gender sensitive indicators
- Collecting gender disaggregated data
- Analyzing M&E data from a gender perspective
- Appraisal of projects from a gender perspective
- Issues with integrating gender into M&E
Module 4
Health Programs Evaluation
- Determining evaluation points from results framework
- Components of evaluations: implementation and process evaluations.
- Evaluation designs- experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental
- Performance evaluation process
- Evaluation findings sharing and dissemination
Impact Evaluation in Health Programs
- Why impact evaluation is important
- Project attribution
- Counterfactual in IE
- IE Methods; Difference in Difference & Propensity score matching
Module 5
M&E Results Use and Dissemination
- Data demand and use in health programs
- Use of M&E Lessons learnt and Best Practices
- Organization knowledge champions
- M&E reporting format
- M&E results communication strategies
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