Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation is a critical component of effective management of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs. In the context of PMTCT, M&E plays the following roles: helps determine whether existing health services are adequately prepared for the introduction of PMTCT interventions; identifies gaps for the integration of PMTCT services into antenatal care and maternal and child health services; identifies weaknesses in the management information system (MIS) and tracking system of PMTCT services; provides guidance on ways to provide and maintain high-quality services; and supports implementation by providing ways to learn from experience, improve health activities, and promote better planning.

Guide for Monitoring and Evaluating National HIV Testing and Counselling (HTC) Programmes

2011 | World Health Organization (WHO) | 68 p

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Expanding HIV testing and counseling (HTC) services is a key activity for national programs in order to achieving universal access to prevention, treatment and care. As services are scaled up and more resources are invested in HTC, national programs must be able to establish standards, and ensure the quality of and coverage with HTC services among populations with the greatest need. An effective HTC programme will result in a larger number of people with HIV receiving an early diagnosis of, and care and treatment for, HIV.

2009 | FHI

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Program evaluation is a complex necessity in all public health programming. Both implementers and funders use evaluations to assess program effectiveness, impact, and cost effectiveness, with the goal of using the results to guide program development, implementation, and ongoing improvement. However, not all program managers have the educational training or field experience to know what information to collect and how to do it in a way that yields accurate and useful results to conduct useful program evaluation.

2009 | United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [PEPFAR] | 207

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This document is available publicly at www.PEPFAR.gov and replaces all previous versions of PEPFAR Indicator Reference Guides. This guidance will go into effect for the FY 2010 PEPFAR planning and reporting cycle and will stay relevant until such time that a new version of the guidance is published. This indicator reference guidance document is not PEPFAR program guidance. It is meant to be used as a companion document to the various program‐related guidance documents that will be released for PEPFAR this year, which may include:

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PMTCT/VCT Site Assessment Tool

2009 | ICAP - International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs | 16

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Each year, more than 700,000 children are born infected with HIV. More than 90 percent of these children will contract the virus from their mothers during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding. Reducing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV is a primary focus of ICAP’s prevention efforts.

2009 | World Health Organization (WHO) | 102 p

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The three interlinked patient monitoring systems build and improve on the original 2006 patient monitoring tools by supporting integrated service provision, follow up of mother-infant pair and monitoring of key TB-related and paediatric variables. The MCH minimum data set includes all routine core maternal and infant variables plus key HIV-related variables. The generic ART cohort report has been simplified and the cross-sectional quarterly report is now integrated to collect not only HIV indicators, but also key PMTCT, MCH and TB/HIV indicators.

2008 | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS] | 42

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The purpose of this document is to present the 40 core national indicators that provide minimum necessary information for national-level monitoring of the HIV epidemic and response, and to provide detailed specifications and guidance on the 15 indicators recommended in addition to the 25 UNGASS indicators. This set of 40 core national indicators replaces the set of indicators published by UNAIDS and its partner agencies in National AIDS Programmes. A Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation (UNAIDS, 2000).

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Module 9 PMTCT Programme Monitoring

2008 | World Health Organization [WHO]

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This module is designed to provide information and introductory skills on the essential components of a PMTCT programme, including the prevention of HIV; prevention of transmission from mother-to-child; provision of treatment and care to HIV-infected women, children and their families The module is targeted to staff working in (or intending to work in) PMTCT programmes or healthcare settings that provide PMTCT services: nurses, midwives, physicians, social workers, outreach workers, counselors and programme managers.

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Positive Women Monitoring Change

2008 | International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) | 53 p

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This resource is a monitoring tool on access to care, treatment and support, sexual and reproductive health and rights and violence against women created by and for HIV positive women.

2004 | UNAIDS | 46 p

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This guide addresses monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS activities for national level programs using a set of indicators on prevention and mitigation.

2003 | Family Health International [FHI]

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These MTCT baseline assessment tools were conceived with the vision of PMTCT programs as integral to MCH clinics, and with MCH service providers and counselors as the backbone of these services. The primary users of these tools to be PMTCT managers and planners at the national, district and facility levels, as part of PMTCT start-up and/or expansion activities.

Family Health International [FHI]

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This training resource is designed to build skills for conducting quality monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities. The course is anchored by three core modules: Introduction to M&E; Collecting, Analyzing and Using Monitoring Data; and Developing an M&E. Date: 2004

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS]

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UNAIDS and its partners have developed a set of core indicators that permit the monitoring of key international and national actions, national programme outcomes, and impact entitled National AIDS programmes: A guide to monitoring and evaluation (UNAIDS/00.17E, June 2000). This guide has been widely distributed and used. As a consequence of rapid developments in HIV/AIDS prevention and care in the last few years, however, some important areas are not covered.

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PMTCT Readiness - Rapid Site Assessment

ICAP - International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs

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ICAP programs are built on the belief that HIV/AIDS services should be universally available and accessible. They also recognize the rights and obligations of host countries to design and implement locally appropriate programs. With this mind, ICAP works with Ministries of Health, local governmental organizations, and in-country partners to develop sustainable HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs that are integrated into national HIV/AIDS control program.

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