MEASURE Evaluation News

GIS Workshop Held in Uganda: A MEASURE Evaluation-led workshop in Uganda taught participants how they can provide health care and other services to at-risk, remote populations. Attendees learned how to use geographic information systems (GIS) and maps to determine where isolated populations may be located and what barriers might keep these populations from accessing services.
Data Quality Assurance Worldwide: MEASURE Evaluation’s data quality assurance (DQA) tools have been used by organizations and governments in more than 50 countries worldwide. DQA involves strengthening a program’s M&E systems by ensuring more accurate data, which in turn can be used to improve health and other development outcomes.
Monitoring Malaria Trends in Mali Using Cell Phones: Cell phones are improving the frequency and efficiency of how malaria-related data are reported in Mali through a MEASURE Evaluation project. The ongoing project consists of a system that contains malaria-related statistics and information that those on the system can access via entering a code into their cell phones.
Facts about Lot Quality Assurance Sampling: A concise summary of implementing Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) in maternal and child health surveying in Kenya and Liberia is now available. The fact sheet describes how the rapid, population-based surveying and analysis method was used in the countries.
Monitoring Malaria Trends with Cell Phones and Site Visits in Ethiopia: A collaborative project is using cell phones and supervisory visits to help analyze malaria trends in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. The project works by using SMS technology to build on existing reporting systems to monitor malaria diagnostic, treatment, and control activities.
New MEASURE Evaluation PRH Infographic: Infographic showing how MEASURE Evaluation PRH helps improve decision making in global family planning and reproductive health.
Clarification Regarding Usage of the Child Status Index: Implementation of the Child Status Index in recent years has enabled MEASURE Evaluation to learn how it fits effectively into an overall package of monitoring and evaluation tools, and in which circumstances the tool is best used.
Bibliography on Recent Eastern Caribbean Health Studies: Stakeholders in several Eastern Caribbean countries are using an annotated bibliography of peer-reviewed and gray health science literature relevant to the Eastern Caribbean region to strengthen health information systems, policy, and program planning. The bibliography inspired the expansion of a central Caribbean database to house the articles and reports for public health officials and the general public.
Strengthening Cote d’Ivoire Patient Monitoring: An October 2012 training of trainers taught regional health data managers and monitoring and evaluation experts in Cote d'Ivoire how paper-based tools can help monitor systems and link patients to needed care.
Business Planning Workshop in India: A project in India aims to show that empowering people economically can also improve their health. The Public Health Foundation of India and the State Employment Generation Mission in Assam conducted a four-day business planning workshop in Guwahati, Assam’s capital.
Rapid Monitoring of AIDS Referrals Tested: A pilot test of the Rapid Monitoring of AIDS Referral System (R-MARS) tool kit was conducted in Nyandarua South and Nyandarua North districts from 2010 to 2012. The pilot assessed whether the tool kit and its instruments could be successfully adapted and used within a network of HIV/AIDS service providers and determined whether the data gathered during the pilot were useful for these providers.
M&E of Malaria Programs e-Learning Course Launched: MEASURE Evaluation, a USAID-funded project, launches the M&E of Malaria Programs e-course.
MEASURE Evaluation Launches M&E Learning Center: The M&E Learning Center provides an enhanced online learning experience for researchers, program managers, trainers, policy makers, students, and other public health professionals.
MEASURE Evaluation to Lead Kenya Associate Award: MEASURE Evaluation has won an Associate Award in Kenya – with a ceiling of $35 million over 5 years.
Jim Thomas New Director of MEASURE Evaluation: Jim Thomas has served as MEASURE Evaluation’s Deputy Director for HIV and Infectious Diseases since 2010. Siân Curtis has been the director since 2002. During her tenure, MEASURE Evaluation has been re-awarded twice and has more than tripled in size.
Health Information Systems Assessed in Mexico: Assessing an electronic health record (EHR) tool in the public health system of Colima, Mexico, is the focus of a recent scientific journal case study involving MEASURE Evaluation and its partners. Published online in the September 2012 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, the study reviews the implementation process and perceived benefits and limitations of the EHR. It also makes recommendations to improve sustainability in a public health system.
Nigerian Workshops Focus on Research to Improve Health Services: Applying key research findings to help improve public health services was the focus of a two-day training workshop held in Lagos, Nigeria, in June 2012 by MEASURE Evaluation and Nigerian partners. Training covered bridging the research-to-practice gap related to HIV and AIDS programs.
Health Management Information System Showcased in Ethiopia: Successes from Ethiopia’s Health Management Information System (HMIS) project were highlighted at a national Ministry of Health annual review meeting in October 2012, held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. About 300 copies of a new factsheet on the HMIS were distributed during the four-day event.
New Performance Management Plan Checklist: The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health is using a new checklist developed by the MEASURE Evaluation PRH Associate Award. The checklist helps evaluate performance management plans for the programs that PRH supports.
Zambia Central Statistical Office Produces Quality Publications: A recent copy of The Statistician, the annual newsletter for the Zambia Central Statistical Office, featured key findings from Zambia’s 2010 Census with pages of colorful tables and figures in an attractive tabloid format. “Through this publication, our data users will gain access to a variety of statistical data on socioeconomic indicators,” says John Kalumbi, Director of Census and Statistics, in a foreword to the 12-page newsletter.

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